Chiang Mai: Elephant Sanctuary & Waterfall Small Group Tour
ID: GYG430605-775900
Category:
Country: Thailand
Duration:
07:00 hours
Description
Experience Chiang Mai Secret Elephant Sanctuary on a small group tour. Learn how to care for and feed the elephants. Walk with rescued elephants through the deep jungle and enjoy Mae Wang Waterfall.
Take a visit to the Secret Elephant Sanctuary in Chiang Mai. Start with a convenient pick-up from your hotel in the city center of Chiang Mai and take a drive to the elephant sanctuary. Learn how to make healthy snacks for elephants and see the rescued animals. Go for a swim at Mae Wang Waterfall.Relax as you are picked up from your city center accommodation in Chiang Mai. Sit back as you are driven southwest of the city on a scenic 1.5-hour drive. Encounter local farms, hill tribe villages and rice fields. Receive a warm welcome when you arrive at the Secret Elephant Sanctuary.Put on your traditional Karen Hill tribe clothes to look like an elephant caretaker. Listen to a briefing on Asian elephants and the background of the sanctuary. Gain new knowledge as you are taught how to make healthy snacks for the elephants. Feed the rescued elephants as you walk up a hill in the deep jungle. Watch the elephants foraging for food and see elephant families interacting with one another. Bathe in the river with the elephants and walk them back to the sanctuary, where you will be taught how to make elephant medicine balls.Take a shower and pack up your belongings. Eat a traditional Thai lunch and fresh fruits. Leave the elephant sanctuary and stop at Mae Wang waterfall for a quick swim before transferring back to your hotel in Chiang Mai city center. Arrive back at your starting point at 2:00 PM.
Highlights
- Enjoy an ethical elephant care experience and waterfall in the deep jungle
- Prepare food and learn how to care for rescued elephants
- Walk with the elephants and watch them forage in natural surroundings
- Enjoy bathing with them in the nature pool in the river stream
- Enjoy the intimacy of a small group tour
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please note that elephants are not forced to perform any activities during the tour.
Elephant riding is prohibited.
Do not forget to bring your personal medicine.
A change of clothes is recommended as you might get wet and dirty while bathing the elephants.
This tour supports ethical elephant tourism with enhanced welfare.
This tour can be customized flexibly according to the situation.
You are required to bring and wear a mask
Pickup and drop-off is available for hotels in Chiang Mai City Center between 7:00 - 7:30AM. Please wait in your hotel lobby 10 minutes before the confirmed pickup time.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
