Dubare Elephant Camp – Jungle Lodges

Experience living with the elephants at the Dubare Elephant Camp – Jungle Lodges, while you feed them and interact with them at Jungle Lodges and Resorts. Dubare Elephant Camp provides an Elephant interaction along with jungle safari, Feeding, bathing and some adventure activities like river rafting is organized.

A unique eco-tourism destination, Dubare was once the training camp of the Mysore Dasara elephants. Today, the Dubare Elephant Camp is a centre for study of elephant behavior, run by the Jungle Lodges & Resorts. Here, a visitor can watch and learn more about elephants. A traines Natualist is at hand to explain the various aspects of elephant history, ecology and biology. Visitors can observe and also participate in various activities of elephants like feeding, bathing, etc.

What is it about elephants that brings out the child in everyone of us? Is it their gentle countenance that goes against the grain of their massive build? Or is it, we’ve all had, at some point in our lives? The Dubare Elephant Camp is a must-experience for the elephant lover in you. Karnataka’s history with elephants, goes a long way back and currently the state’s Forest Department has about 150 elephants in various camps. But in the recent past, after logging operations were ceased, there was a situation of freshly unemployed elephants.

The Dubare Camp, where elephants were trained for the famous Mysore Dasara, found a brand new calling. Today, it’s a place where hundreds of tourists get one-on-one with their biggest (quite literally) dream.

The Dubare Elephant Camp is a chance to get to know these giant, enchanting creatures better. With a host of activities built around this, many a guest has left the camp with a sense of responsibility to do their bit towards protecting elephants. A trained naturalist takes our guests through the complexities of elephant history, ecology and biology. Roll up your sleeves and pitch in for an elephant grooming session – watching elephants being given a scrub-bath in the river, with rituals like oil being applied to their forehead, tusks and the other aspects of elephant grooming will change your idea of pet maintenance.

Once the bath is done, learn how elephant food is prepared and how they’re fed. Mahouts will also demonstrate how elephants obey commands and how they functioned during their earlier role in logging operations.

The surrounding forests are home to exciting wildlife like the gaur, leopard, the wild dog, sloth bear, peacock, partridges, etc. Both non-vegetarian and vegetarian fare is served. Upon request, we can arrange for some local cuisine to be part of the spread.

Experience

Season

The camp is located in the Coorg district and enjoys idyllic weather conditions. The Camp is open throughout the year. Monsoons (July to mid-September) are heavy, but the swollen river makes it all the more interesting and the surrounding foliage is alive and vibrant. The post-monsoon months (mid-Sept to beginning March) are the ideal time to visit as the weather is perfect. Summers are pleasant, since the camp is located in sylvan settings.

Packages

River View Cottage Package

Tariffs are per person per night on twin-sharing basis(For single occupancy 30% extra).

Note: Tariffs are dynamic, subject to change without prior notice.

Package Includes : Location of the selected the accommodation, Stay, Lunch, Dinner & Breakfast, Elephant camp visit, , Jeep Safari into the Dubare Forest, Bird Watching / Nature Walk.  Forest entry charges and GST 18% .
*Seasonal hike applicable on above tariff