About Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre
Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre is a wildlife conservation facility managed by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia, located in Kuala Gandah, Lanchang, Temerloh District, Pahang. Established in 1989 within the Krau Wildlife Reserve, it rescues, rehabilitates and relocates wild Asian elephants affected by habitat loss and human-elephant conflict. It serves as Malaysia's main elephant translocation centre and offers educational visitor programmes about elephant conservation.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a managed conservation centre set along a river within forested surroundings of Krau Wildlife Reserve. The site includes an exhibition hall, video theatre, enclosures and a riverside area where elephants are fed and bathed by keepers. Visitors observe elephants at close range during scheduled feeding and bathing demonstrations, watch an educational documentary, and join guided briefings by wildlife officers. The experience is observational and educational, focused on rescue and translocation work.
Key highlights
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Malaysia's primary centre for rescue, rehabilitation and translocation of wild Asian elephants
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Scheduled elephant feeding and river bathing demonstrations by keepers
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Educational video presentation and exhibition on elephant conservation and human-elephant conflict