Few kms from Gajanur dam on the way to Thirthahalli one can visit Sakrebayalu. Sakrebayalu has elephant camp. Every day morning there are around 12 elephants are brought here for bathing, breakfast, oiling etc. from their mahouts from inside the forest. As of Jan 2010 we could see 12 elephants including 2 of age 4 and 6 and one of 40 years how lived with her daughter and granddaughter of 6 years. Every day evening they are again brought here back from forest for some rest and few days they are left free in forest. There is an entry fee of 20 per person at Sakrebayalu. The best part is the elephants and mahouts are visitor and camera friendly. And these elephants pose very well for cameras. It’s fun to play with those baby elephants. I had also learnt that there was one tiny tot of 6 months and she was uncontrollable by more than 4 mahouts and hence she was not brought to the camp regularly as she was naughty, loved water and never came out of water most of the time.
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