Pick up from your hotel and transfer to Elephant Jungle Sanctuary
A full-day Elephant Jungle Sanctuary package offers visitors the opportunity to get to know each of the remarkable elephants and gain a special understanding of their daily lives and behaviours. Experience life with the elephants in their natural home – A freely roamed environment which is both safe and sustainable. Located beside a Karen village in a densely forested mountainous region, the Sanctuary is surrounded by spectacular jungle scenery
08:30 Drive approximately 1.5 hours South of Chiang Mai through rolling hills, forest, and local farming areas.
10:30 Arrive at the Sanctuary. Meet your guide and walk for 10-15 minutes through the Jungle to the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary. Change into traditional Karen clothing. Enjoy an introductory lesson about elephant anatomy, history, and behavior.
11:00 Meet the elephants. Feed, interact, and play with the elephants in a natural environment as you learn about their behavior and history. Take photos with the elephants.
12:00 Enjoy a lunch of traditional Thai food and fresh fruit.
13:00 Learn how to make herbal medicine balls, feed the Elephants and then walk with the elephants to the river. Bathe and brush the elephants.
14:00 Join the elephants for a therapeutic mud spa. Swim in the river and take photos with the elephants. 15:00 Change clothes and say goodbye to the elephants
15:30 Leave the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary and drive approximately 1.5 hours to Chiang Mai.
17:00-17:30 arrive hotel in Chiang Mai
Please Note: At the Sanctuary, we will allow you to spend as much time as possible with the elephants. Therefore, there is no formal schedule and aside from pick-up times, the times shown here are approximations
WHAT TO BRING: Hat, Bathing Suite, Sunscreen, Towel, Walking Shoes, Change of Clothes, Camera
Overnight in Chiang Mai.