From Bangkok: Pattaya Ethical Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Day Trip

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Highlights

A half-day package offers visitors an opportunity to spend quality time with elephants at an ethically run elephant jungle sanctuary.Gain an insight into their history and behavior and create lifelong memories of your time with the animals.

Bangkok, Pattaya

Group Tour

6 Hours

VERY_EASY

English

Description

On the morning of your visit, you will be picked up from your place of accommodation in Phuket and will drive for approximately 1 hour through scenic agricultural areas, hills, and beach, before arriving at the Sanctuary.There, you will meet your English-speaking guide and learn a little about the elephants.
After being handed bananas and sugar cane to feed to the elephants, walk with your guide through the sanctuary, discovering free-roaming elephants in safe, sustainable and ethical environment, and hearing their individual stories.You can touch, feed, photograph, and interact with the elephants at your leisure while you learn about their lifestyle and behaviors.
After you have met all the elephants, accompany them to a nearby mud spa.Get muddy with the elephants as you apply a healthy cosmetic mud treatment to their skin.Next, walk with the elephants to a nearby river and join them in the water for a refreshing bath.Take a swim and help bathe and brush the elephants while they wade through and play in the water.
Once the elephants are clean, you can take some final photos with them, and then it will be time to part ways with your new friend and change into some dry clothes.Finally, enjoy eating some snacks and seasonal fresh fruits.After you're done at the Sanctuary you can go to Naithon beach to relax in the impressive rural scenery before driving back to your hotel.
Highlights
Spend an enjoyable half-day with the lovely giant creatures
Assist with the preparation of natural dietary supplements for the elephants
Enjoy a fun and fulfilling mud spa with the elephants
Take a dip in the water and swim with elephants
Enjoy a traditional Thai food lunch with freshly cooked Pad Thai and seasonal fruits

Itinerary

6:30-7:30 am	Pick up from your hotel or accommodation in Phuket.
7:30 am	Drive North-West of Phuket Town to Naithon Beach, over rolling hills, through forest and local farming areas, and alongside picturesque coastline.
8:00 am	Arrive at Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket.Enjoy a welcome snack, sip tea or coffee, and learn about elephants as you are given an introduction to our program.
8:15 am	Assist with the preparation of natural dietary supplements for the elephants.
8:30 am	Meet the elephants.Feed them and administer dietary supplements as you learn their stories.Play, interact, and take photos with the elephants in a natural setting.
9:00 am	Mud spa with the elephants.
9:30 am	Swimming with elephants
10:00 am	Join the elephants in our specially constructed outdoor “Elephant Shower”
10:20 am	Use our facilities to take a (regular) shower, dry off, and change clothes.
10:30 am	Eat a lunch of traditional Thai food, freshly cooked Pad Thai, and seasonal fruit, before saying goodbye to the friendly elephants.
11:00 am	Leave the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary and drive for approximately 1 hour back through spectacular island scenery.
12:00-12:30 pm	Drop off at your hotel or accommodation.

What's Included

Hotel transfers from Phuket Town, Kathu, Kata, Karon, Patong, Kamala, Surin, Bangtao, NaiYang and Naithon for the ticket only option

Private transfers available for hotel which is not in selected hotel

English-speaking tour guide

Two traditional Thai buffet meals

Drinking water

Karen shirt

Food for feeding the elephants

What To Bring

A copy of your passport to complete Insurance Agreement

A reusable water bottle as we currently only have plastic bottles which we recycle.We have large chilled filtered water dispensers to refill.(PES reusable water bottles currently in production!)

Sunglasses, sunscreen, insect repellent, cap or wide-brimmed hat to protect from the sun

Large golf-sized umbrellas are provided to use for sun protection as well as the rain

Closed-toe shoes or trainers for drier weather are recommended