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Elephant Polo in Nepal is lively sport and attracts the sport lovers find the game quite interesting. The Elephant polo is played while riding on elephants and Nepal is regarded to be the pioneer of the sport. Apart from the Himalayan Kingdom, other countries such as Sri Lanka, India and Thailand also provide the tourists pleasure of the wonderful Elephant Polo. Elephant polo is one of the rarest and adventurous sport as well as one of the unique sports in Nepal.

Among the various Adventure Tours in Nepal, Elephant Polo in Nepal requires equipments that take in a standard polo ball and six to nine foot bamboo sticks with a polo mallet on the end. The polo pitch is about three-quarters in length of a standard polo pitch. The game is played when two people riding elephants are steered by mahouts. The players keep guiding the mahout about which way to go and hit the ball.

According to records, the modern game of Elephant Polo in beginning of the twentieth century was originated in Meghauly, Nepal and this made Nepal Polo famous in the world. Elephant Polo in Nepal is a pleasurable activity among the number of adventure sports in Nepal.

While in the country you are also offered with an opportunity of witnessing the annual Elephant polo tournament in the airfield of Meghauli Chitwan, which lies in the south west of Kathmandu. The tournament is organized by the World Elephant Polo Association. The World Elephant Polo Association has it’s headquarter at the Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge in Chitwan, Nepal.

Elephant polo is an exciting game and it is an interesting game with longer sticks at a slower pace. The pitch is marked with a center line and a circle with a radius of 15 meters is found in the center of the field. The game continues with 15 minutes break and the elephants are changed as well as the ends are changed at half time. Elephant Polo in Nepal starts in the last week of November and continues till the first week of December.

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