Tour B – One Day Elephant Care

Highlights

• Play with elephants
• Feed elephants
• Wash/bathe elephants
• Buffet lunch
• Free photographs

You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 8:00 – 8:30am to drive for roughly one and a half hours to the elephant park located at Doi Inthanon National Park. On arrival you will be greeted by members of the Karen Hill Tribe, who will give you traditional clothes to wear. You will also be provided with fruit and vegetables to feed the elephants, whilst you can also play and interact with them. A buffet consisting of freshly prepared, local home cooked food is provided for lunch. After lunch you will have the opportunity to take the elephants to indulge in a mud spa, which is good for their skin and helps them to regulate their body temperature, and then walk with the elephants down to the river where you can swim and bathe with the elephants. Towards the end of the day you will feed the elephants again (they should eat one third of their body weight every day) and have the chance to take some photos and say goodbye. You will be dropped off at your hostel at approximately 5:30pm.

Throughout the whole tour we will be taking many photos with a professional camera, which will be shared for free, so that you can fully focus on enjoying your time with the elephants.

This tour consists of:

• Pick-up from your accommodation between apx. 8:00am-8:30am to drive one hour and a half
• You will be greeted by members of the Karen hill tribe and given traditional clothing to wear
• You will be given fruit and vegetables to feed the elephants with
• After feeding the elephants you will take them for a walk through the forest
• You will then go for lunch where we provide you with a delicious buffet of freshly prepared home cooked food

• After lunch, take the elephants to indulge in a mud spa
• You will then walk the elephants down to the river where you can swim with them and help them bathe
• Feed the elephants again (they have to eat a third of their body weight), hug, kiss, take some photos and say goodbye
• We will drop you back at your accommodation, you will arrive back in Chiang Mai at apx. 5:00-5:30pm

What to bring:

• Swimwear
• Towel
• Change of clothes (you may wish to bring a hoodie or jumper as it is cooler up in the mountains where the park is located)
• Mosquito spray

Included:

• Transportation
• Insurance
• Toilet/changing facilities
• Lunch (please make us aware of any dietary requirements beforehand)
• Drinking water
• Free photos of your experience with the elephants