Riserva naturale degli elefanti di Phuket Santuario etico

If you want pure happiness, this is the place to be. As a solo traveler I often find it hard to just enjoy but this experience was absolutely amazing! I opted for the half day with lunch and WOW- From taking you to meet each and every elephant and their backstory, to helping feed them, to even making paper, this experience was absolutely amazing. Getting to see the elephants so close while still letting them live their own way without harm was eye opening and unreal! Highly recommend for all ages !

Heartwarming to see how well these animals are treated here. It's a beautiful big park with beautiful nature. We could also see some wildlife while we were safely guided through the park. Unlike other animal tourist attractions where the animals are treated harshly, this one is made for giving a warm and safe home for the elephants. We need more of these!

This is the best way to see Elephants up close and in an ethical way. You get to up close and get great photos of these magnificent animals. Your money goes a long way to helping this center in its mission.

This was an amazing day. An excellent tour. More than expected. This was an amazing day. An excellent tour. More than expected.

Wonderful to see the six rescued elephants roam freely with their mahouts. „Porsche” the guide was charming, humorous and full of knowledge. We helped prepare the elephants fruit snd vegetable snack and watched them feed very close up. The no touch aspect was particularly heart warming. We hope the 15 acre reserve will soon find a new and bigger jungle home.

This is a wonderful opportunity to be in the presence and respect these magnificent animals, without exploitation or causing any distress to them. The elephants are well loved and cared for and enjoy all the freedom possible within the boundaries of their enclosure. Of course complete freedom to roam in the wild would be ideal, but is restricted by their histories of burden. What a wonderful experience which we enjoyed very much! Thank you for your continued work. Hopefully more funds can be found along with another site, so that more than 6 can be supported in the future and give more of these special animals a better life, away from exploitation and distress.

Amazing. We were keen to avoid seeing wildlife being exploited for tourism and this Ethical Sanctuary was perfect. The knowledgeable guide talked us through how the elephants are rescued and looked after, acknowledging their needs and creating an environment tailored to their natural needs and instincts. We were still able wander around the open area with our guide to see them close up and interact via providing them with food rather than touching or feeding them directly. We were delighted to see them comfortable and happy. So rather than visiting wildlife where they are forced to "perform" for tourists, giving rides/being touched/washed I cannot recommend this highly enough - and by visiting this Sanctuary you could help establish this model and help Thailand move their wildlife enclosures to this more sustainable and compassionate model.

I had a really great experience here, I did the tour with lunch and got to cook some thai food after visiting with the elephants. Glad it is a no-touch, no-bathing sanctuary, which makes it better for the elephants

This was a very interesting and informative visit to the elephant sanctuary. Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. I learned a lot about elephants and their personalities. Also about the treatment of elephants in the past. I would highly recommend a visit to the elephant sanctuary.

A great experience. Loved seeing these elephants roam around, not chained up and not trained for tricks etc. The hands off experience does not take away from the magnificence of these beautiful animals. Our guide was very informative and clearly respects and is passionate about the sanctuary and looking after these animals for the rest of their days