INTERESTING PLACE IN PAHANG

INTERESTING PLACE IN PAHANG

KUALA
GANDAH

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BACKGROUND

The Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre is an elephant sanctuary located in Temerloh in the
state of Pahang, Malaysia. within the Krau Wildlife Reserve.
The Centre was established in 1989 by the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks, and
forms a base for the Elephant Relocation Team, which since 1974 has been rescuing problem Asian
elephants whose habitats are being lost to cultivation or development.[3] and relocating them to suitable
habitats such as Taman Negara.[1] The Centre also aims to raise public awareness and support research,
and has increasingly become a popular tourist attraction[4] since its existence began to be publicised in
1997.
Visitors to the Centre are shown a video, then watch the elephants being washed and fed. This used to be
followed by riding on an elephant but now, visitors are being given the chance to go into the river with
two younger elephants. Daily visitor admissions are subject to strict quotas and advance booking is
strongly recommended.[1] Since limited budget together with congestion is a growing concern in
Elephant centre's management, generating more sustainable source of income has to be considered (e.g.
entry fee)

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ACTIVITIES WITH FAMILIES AT KUALA GANDAH

It was mid day, good time for outdoor activities. The information I heard that the sanctuary offers many
options on how we can spend time there. Among the attractions :
- visit some of the adult elephants,
- visit the young elephants
- opportunity to feed the younger elephants
- watch the elephant show,
- take part during bathing time.

Just need cash to buy some foods for the elephants or to book the activity packages

Entrance is free but they do ask for some contributions. That is fair for the upkeep of the place.

Good crowd and we had happy moments and fun time.

Remember to bring hand fan as it was super humid n hot in the middle of the day during the show.

Good activity for the younger kids n teens too.

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DATE TO COME

Address: Kuala Gandah, Lanchang, Pahang, 28500, Lanchang, Pahang
Open ⋅ Closes 6PM
Mon-Thu, Sat 8am–4:45pm
Fri 8am–6pm
Sun 8am–1:55pm

TICKETS

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EXPERIENCE AT KUALA GANDAH

Especially fun for kids

Families that are traveling with kids should not miss a visit to Kuala Gandah. Kids
will forever fall in love with elephants after they experience the close interaction at
Kuala Gandah. Visitors can witness feeding and bathing of the elephants; a great
experience especially for children. To minimize stress for the elephants visitors can
only see the elephants 2 times a day. Bathing of the elephants is only possible if
water levels are high enough. Important to watch is the National Geographic Video
documentary that is shown a few times daily; weekdays at 1pm, 1.30pm & 2pm (on
Fridays only), weekends at 12.30pm, 1pm & 1.30pm.
In the past it was possible to ride elephants, feed elephants and to bath with elephants.
Recently Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) decided to cancel these
activities in orde to relieve stress for the elephants. This decision was part of the
Malaysia Wildlife Act 2012 that was implemented in orde to minimize human contact
with the elephants.

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