Frankly, when I was planning my trip to Sri Lanka, the first thing I searched for was where to best see some elephants! There were a couple of places that popped out from my research. First of course, the famous Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage on the way from Colombo to Kandy. Well, this to me stood out as a touristy thing to do, because it is right in the middle of two popular cities and hence easy for tour companies to take you here. However, on probing more, I found these are actually chained and tortured animals! Well, I was not going to be a part of THAT!