Top Pick - Full or Half Day @Elephant in Wild Sanctuary ChiangMai
Description
Planning a day trip here in Chiang Mai? then you’ll not go far wrong choosing one of our unique tours. You’ll get to care for our elephants, learn about them. your visit will be a life changing experience far beyond your imagination…
Tour Options
Itinerary
Pick up from hotel in Chiang Mai city between 08.00 - 08.30am and drop off about 06.30pm. ***If you book Half Day options there are no Trekking or Rafting*** - Depart from hotel and drive thought rural area and forest hill - Learn about Elephants behaviours in natural surroundings. NO RIDING!! - Learn how to prepare foods for elephants - Observing our beautiful rescued elephants as they roam throughout our sanctuary - Observing the elephants in mud spa, which help their skin and protect from insects - Observing when they are bathe at river in a natural way, as they would in the wild - Enjoy lunch (Thai foods) - White Water Rafting through the rain forest about 50 minutes - Trekking for 2 hours (1 hour go, 1 hour back) through jungle & beautiful waterfall - Back to Chiang Mai City (about 06.30pm) What to bring; Towel, Bathing Suit, Walking Shoes, Change of Clothes We don’t use chains, hooks or any other cruelty tactics like that because our elephant family are allowed to roam free.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up for any hotel from/to Chiang Mai City centre (not more than 2.4 km away from the old city). Experienced local guides, Air-conditioned Minivan with an experienced driver. An additional surcharge will apply if your hotel is outside of Chiang Mai city limits, to be paid in cash (THB) directly to the driver. We will reconfirm the amount in advance. or if your hotel far away more than 2.4 km from the old city, you can come to Starting Point: McDonald's (IMM THAPAE CHIANGMAI) at Tha Phae Gate. We start picking up guests from hotel in the old city first, then move to other area. If you are outside of town, please allow more time for pick up.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(238)
I had an amazing experience. Hiking in the jungle, spending time with elephants, rafting—everything was fun. The guide was very communicative and enjoyed the experience with us. He could also speak a little Japanese, so I would recommend this tour to Japanese people as well!
Loved our tour wide gave us very good information. The hike was breathtaking I love to be active so was great to see a waterfall. The elephant was just something I never thought I would experience
A beautiful and educational day. I was out with my 10-year-old daughter. The group was great and the guides especially Worrarit. These speak excellent English and are very attentive. The elephants were awesome, where else do you experience that? Thank you.
Excellent tour. Everything perfectly organized and well guided by Two, who even took some beautiful photos
Feeding , playing and bathing the elephants is an experience we will never forget. We started by changing clothes then rode a small truck on a rugged road then we reached the sanctuary . We re information on elephant highlights. Then we cut some watermelon to feed them mixed some vitamin food and we started feeding and interacting with them. The hugs the blow kisses the dancing was awesome. Then we hiked up the mountain them down towards the river and started bathing them . They blow ofd some water from their trunk yo get is wet
Great day trip to the mountains of Thailand. We would definitely recommend him. The elephants were very close with the visitors, it was fun!
Wonderful with Elephants and Sticky waterfall. Feels good that the elephants roam free and come every day to get food and to swim. As the Guide said if they were not fed, they would never care about us “No Food No Love” No ankle bracelets, no elephant riding or similar animal cruelty. Sticky Waterfall was a beautiful and amazing experience. No advanced climbing up the waterfall but still nice.
We thought that we would learn sth about the elephants and observe them, but the trip turned out to be a terrible place, where elephants are getting touched, and we should feed them. So not ethical at all! We asked the owner some questions about the elephants, like where they are from and where they live and she had no good answer to that and tried to not to talk to us anymore the rest of the trip! The elephants also didnt look that healthy! So if you want to do a ethical trip to elephants or want to learn something and not just want to have a foto with one, this is not the trip for you! Further i dont understand why they didnt wrote in the description of the tour that this trip is just touching and feeding!
When you book a tour of a country you’re not at all familiar with the very least of your expectations lies in seeing and learning something new. Pinpon and his wonderful team gave us something that went far beyond those expectations. His infectious laughter and timed humor made hiking in the Chiang Mai jungle as memorable as the beauty of the nature we were surrounded by. His deep connection and knowledge to the land gifted us an experience that we would never have had otherwise and made this a highlight of our time here in Thailand. Getting to care for the elephants in the Sanctuary was unforgettable and white water rafting was the cherry on top of the perfect day. We can’t recommend this experience enough!
Unforgettable and magical experience, I recommend 1000%!!
