Nepal\u2019s most famous annual Elephant Festival 2017 began in Nepal’s domestic tourism destination Chitwan on December 26, 2017 with the participation of over 50 elephants.<\/p>\n
The 14th<\/sup> edition of this annual five-day event features elephant football, elephant bath, elephant walk, elephant picnic and elephant beauty contest, among others. Elephant picnic was added to the show three years ago.<\/p>\n ” We have been organizing this festival to enhance human-wildlife relation by engaging them into sports and fun, and to promote Chitwan tourism. All our games and activities will revolve around elephants,” says Festival Coordinator Suman Ghimire Ghimire.<\/p>\n Besides elephant games, the event also showcases ethnic dances, cultural procession and musical programs with stalls covering wide varieties of local foods.<\/p>\n This festival is aimed at boosting Nepal tourism and promoting wild life conservation<\/a>, and attracts hundreds of domestic and foreign tourists to Chitwan<\/a> every year.<\/p>\n