Early morning: getting on the elephants

Greater one-horned rhinoceros

Greater one-horned rhinoceros

Greater one-horned rhinoceros

One of the elephants was decorated for the recent festival or a wedding

The group

Wading across the river

Spotted deer

Hog deer

Another rhino

Forest of Rhino apple trees

View from above

Mahout (the elephant driver or trainer) getting back up on the elephant via her trunk

Our elephant decided to break off a rather large tree limb to carry along to munch on

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Now you have to get off!

Kids

Working the fields

Plowing by hand with a single blade and two oxen

View of the Rapti River from the lodge's porch

The picture I wish I could have taken!

More elephants!

Later we walked to the river and watched the handlers give the elephants a bath in the river. Two of the braver members of our group took part in the bathing.

Ann getting a bath

Next, Gil's turn

The ladies were enjoying the show

Then they just walked back across the river

Petting the elephant

Petting the elephant

She had been a bad girl, thus the rope and chain for control

Resting her trunk by holding it in her mouth