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ELEPHANT (Elephas maximus) They are
Chtiwan’s largest animal, with fully grown adults
weighing up to 6 tonnes. Once common in the Terai, wild
elephants are now a rare sigh, with only a few small
groups remaining in southern border areas of Nepal.
Even so elephants play an integral part in the life of
any visitors visiting Machan Wildlife Resort, for the
Resort maintains a corps of eight domesticated and
trained animals, which are in action every day of the
tourist season, ferrying people across the river to the
resort or moving gently through the grasslands and jungle
on game-spotting safaris. They live in a compound of
their own a couple of minutes’ walk from the resort
and a visit to their lines is a highlight of every
visitors stay.
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Establishment
