Elephant polo Elephant polo Elephant polo is a variant of polo played while riding elephants. It is played in Nepal, Rajasthan (India), and Thailand. England and Scotland regularly field teams. Equipment consists of a standard polo ball and six to ten foot cane (similar to bamboo) sticks with a polo mallet head on the end. The pitch is three-quarters of the length of a standard polo pitch, due to the lower speed of the elephants. Two people ride each elephant; the elephants are steered by mahouts, while the player tells the mahout which way to go and hits the ball. Elephant polo
Patara Elephant Farm The day concludes with a barebacked elephant ride to nearby temples, waterfalls, or forests. To get up onto the elephants, visitors are given three options. First, to use their elephant's bent leg to climb up onto its back. Second, to sit or stand on their elephant's trunk, which lifts them onto its back. And lastly, to have their elephant sit down and climb onto its back. To ride their elephant, visitors are told to sit on their neck and to put their feet and knees behind their elephant's ears. To hang on, visitors put their hands on the top of