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Nepal is very popular in terms of adventure related sports. Among other sports, Elephant Polo is one of the rare, adventurous and only of its kind in Nepal. This game was first played in India around 20th century by the members of the Maharaja’s Harem (Zenena) to keep them busy. The idea of Elephant Polo in Nepal with the name of The co-founders, James Manclark, a Scottish landowner and Jim Edwards.
The first elephant polo games were played with a soccer ball. But after finding out that the elephants like to smash the balls, the soccer ball was replaced with a standard polo ball. The World Elephant Polo Association (WEPA) was established in 1982 with its headquarter at Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge in Chitwan, Nepal. The very first elephant was played on a grass airfield in Meghuauly, located just on the edge of the National Park.
I definitely recommend this place. Deepak and his staff are excellent and always go the extra mile to help their clients, they made a real difference to my stay in Chitwan and Nepal overall. Thank you again Deepak!
Great Place, Great Service and Great Staff, Specially many thanks to Deepak who made our memorable stay in Chitwan. Thank you Deepak, Best of Luck, you have a very nice resort. I recommend you.
Great staff, nice place, relaxed atmosphere, delicous food, clean rooms, absolute safety on the territory, excellent service… It’s a couple of weeks left the place and already miss it Hope to come again. Good luck and greetings from Georgia.
A lovely place to stay. Very economical, great staff – friendly and accomodating. Thanks to the boys at Chitwan Forest Resort for taking care of us. We had a blast! We highly recommend staying here.
What a great place to stay. Deepak and all the staff were brilliant. Friendly efficient, and helpful. Rooms were excellent, food the best i had in Nepal. I would reccomend the resort to anyone.
