Built on the banks of the serene Seletar Reservoir, this exhibit is home to our herd of five female elephants. Nestled in this quiet nook of the Zoo, you can enjoy panoramic views of the reservoir while watching our elephants at play.

Play is not only fun but helps our elephants develop skill and strength. Enrichment devices like play logs and rubber balls challenge our elephants physically and stimulate them mentally. Gambir especially enjoys a round with a rubber ball.

Look out also for ‘snack boxes’ hung up high in the trees in the exhibit. They are filled with pellets or treats like bananas, apples and carrots, so you’d also see a fleshy trunk or two trying to fish the treats out from small holes.

The trunk also works as a hose. Even between shows, you’d find the elephants playfully showering each other or just taking a dip at the bathing pool. As elephants do not have sweat glands, they relish frolics in the water as one way to prevent overheating

Wallowing in mud also provides a welcome respite from the sun. Caking themselves in earth protects their skin from sunburn and insect bites. Jati loves dusting herself with sand, which has the same functions as mud.

Besides providing food and taking care of their charges’ physical and mental health, the keepers also double up as ‘beauty consultants’. Foot care is an important part of our elephants’ ‘beauty’ regime. The keepers perform a complete pedicure for their charges when their toenails start getting long or when dead skin starts to accumulate.

And finally, we have Komali. Komali is our oldest elephant and she rules over the herd with an ‘iron’ trunk.

Komali has a very pale trunk and ears.

She also has an almost-hairless tail from a run-in with the herd’s previous matriarch many years ago.
Komali is very protective of her trusted ‘inner circle’ that includes Jati and a few keepers.

 

Jati is the largest in the herd. She is best friends with the Komali, the ‘boss’ of the herd and they are usually together most of the time.

Gambir has a gentle nature.

You can easily tell her apart by looking at her thick trunk.

She is also the noisiest elephant if she knows you have her favourite durian, coconuts and sugarcane treats.

 

Intan is Aprila’s older, half-sister.

 

She has a pinkish trunk.

 

Intan is extremely intelligent and she’s
usually the first to figure out food puzzles.

 

Intan is Aprila’s older, half-sister.

She has a pinkish trunk.

Intan is extremely intelligent and she’s usually the first to figure out food puzzles.