Indian Elephant - in Kaziranga NP

There are three subspecies of the Asian elephant: the Indian elephant, the Sri Lankan elephant, and the Sumatran elephant. I've posted on the Sri Lankan elephant, on the Sumatran elephant and on the Indian elephants we saw in an elephant camp in Thailand. In December 2024 we visited Kaziranga NP in northeastern India and saw the Indian elephant in the wild. It was a very different experience. In Thailand and in Sumatra we saw them in elephant camps and were able to feed and touch them. In Sri Lanka we were able to get very close to them in our safari vehicles. In Kaziranga, for the most part we saw them very far away, except for some we saw being ridden by locals along the street. I think the Kaziranga experience was the most realistic and gave us the better sense of truly seeing them in the wild, but I did miss the close interaction. 

In the Central Range of Kaziranga. A youngster and a very pregnant female. 

Another female and a youngster.

In the Central Range.

Intermingling with swamp and hog deer.

In the Eastern Range of Kaziranga.

A youngster in the Western Range of Kaziranga.