Elephant and Jungle Hiking Experience: An Ethical Eco-Tourism Encounter in Chiang Mai

Embark on an ethical and sustainable eco-tourism adventure in Chiang Mai. Join us in our mission to provide a better life for elephants, where they roam freely in a natural environment.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Chiang Mai Elephant Home บ้านช้างเชียงม่วง - ♥ ITINERARY: One Day Hiking and Elephant Experience

♥Pick up from your hotel or accommodation in Chiangmai City around 8.00 – 8.30 am.

♥Drive approx 1.5 hours, South of Chiangmai through nature landscapes, agricultural area, and forested hills. (Some time, Including a quick stop at a local market where you can explore the market, get some coffee and snack.)

♥Enjoy Bamboo Rafting about 1 hour

♥Hiking 2 hours through the beautiful jungle, farmland, rice terraces and spend time at waterfalls where you can swim and relax.

♥Arrive at Chiangmai Elephant Home, change clothes into a beautiful uniforms provided by us.

♥Enjoy a buffet lunch of traditional Thai food and fresh fruit, a bottle of drinking water provided.

♥Your guide will explain your program activities and tell you about elephant history and their behavior.

♥Observe the elephants in their natural home as you learn about their behavior and history.

♥ Throughout your visit at Chiang Mai Elephant home, it is important to us that you learn as much as possible about the elephants and why it is important to protect them. With the money we raise from visits and donations, we can contribute to elephant welfare by rescuing elephants, provide veterinary care and giving them land and infrastructure for them to live on.

♥Say farewell to your elephants and your new friends at Chiangmai Elephant Home after a memorable experience.

♥Return to your hotel or accommodation in Chiangmai City around 6.00 pm.

What's Included
  • Transportation with hotel pickup and drop-off in Chiangmai City
  • Ride in 4x4 vehicles with comfortable bench seats and open canopy
  • Complimentary bottle of drinking water
  • Thrilling Bamboo Rafting adventure
  • Traditional Thai buffet lunch with fresh fruit
  • One day Travel Accident Insurance for elephant program
  • Expertise of a T.A.T. Licensed English-Speaking guide
  • Camp activities with provided uniform
What's Not Included
  • We offer fast and best quality outsourcing of professional photography service with a small fee.
  • Gratuities to guides and drivers
  • An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside a 3-mile/ 5-km radius of our office in city center.
  • Personal expenses
Additional Information

We constitute a part of an ethical and eco-friendly tourism initiative. We’ve engaged in conversations with the elephant handlers (Mahout) and have invited them to be a part of our endeavor. Our unique project intends to unshackle the elephants from their chains and saddles, similar to the initiatives undertaken by the Elephants nature park, our model of inspiration. We’re committed to enhancing the living conditions of these majestic creatures. Throughout our offered programs, visitors can observe elephants in their natural habitat and understand their lineage and behavior patterns. It’s our pleasure to offer them a shelter that is safe, compassionate, and secure, allowing them to wander freely in their indigenous surroundings.

  • Our vehicles normally are single- or dual-cab 4x4s with bench seats in the back covered by an open canopy.
  • Please inform us your Hotel Name and room no. and wait at Hotel Lobby 10 minutes before the time specified on this voucher to start. The collection times may vary slightly depending on the traffic and your pick up location.
  • ♥ WHAT TO BRING: Insect Repellent, Sunscreen, Bathing Suit, Hat, Towel, Hiking Shoes, Clothes for changing, Camera (Optional)
Location
Chiang Mai Elephant Home บ้านช้างเชียงใหม่
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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865jodieb
Sep 5, 2024
Amazing and Informative Sanctuary. - Te was the most amazing and informative guide when visiting the sanctuary! We not only learnt a lot about where the elephants came from and how they were in the sanctuary, but also about their diets and lifestyles. All the workers and helpers were great with the elephants and truely loved all 5 of them. Would highly recommend to everyone!
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Adrien
Sep 3, 2024
Top - Excellent day with You a very friendly Guide! Elephants treated with respect!! We recommend without further.
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Cotswoldwalker132
Sep 1, 2024
Great experience - We had such an amazing day with Chiangmai elephant home. Te was such a lovely guide giving as lots of facts along the way, The elephants look happy and well looked after. They are free to roam.
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Alex
Aug 31, 2024
Elephant Excursion - Limbo was an excellent tour guide. We very much enjoyed our time with the elephants along with the trip to the waterfall. Would recommend!
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Quentingw1377rm
Aug 6, 2024
Great experience - Our TE Guide was great. He was very careful with us. Cooking, bathing, dining with elephants without forgetting elephant massages. We recommend it. Experience really great. To be done.
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Travel65325510238
Jul 24, 2024
It was an unforgettable experience. We can only recommend it! Thank you Nunu and TE - Very friendly advice from Nunu when booking. The guide TE was super great. 10 out of 10 points We booked into Nunu's office in Chang Mai. She was super friendly and gave us very friendly advice. We have booked the half-day tour. This was also carried out with only two participants. Our guide TE was at our hotel very punctually and gave us a friendly welcome. Our driver was at the hotel on time. We were able to spend more than 2 hours with an elephant, its trainer and the guide TE on the large facility. The 5 elephants were all free and able to move around. We were able to feed our elephant, rub mud on it and bathe with it. The elephant could leave at any time if it became too much for him. TE told us a lot about the elephants, the facility, keeping them and much more. Swimming at the waterfall at the end of the tour (without the elephant) was also a great experience. We could anly recommend the tour with Nunu and TE. Lovely again. It was a unique experience. Thanks Nunu and TE.
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Nicoe203
Jul 20, 2024
Great experience with elephants - We made the 2 days one night tour and it was really great . Organisation, staff, equipments are were good. Éléphants are in good health. The land is big , many space fore them ! Not to much people in same time. Tracking and bamboo rafting great to . If you want good time it’s the good adresse !
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Jacob
Jul 6, 2024
Unique experience with the elephants - Get very close to the elephants and have a unique experience in the forest, and remember to visit the waterfall and have a ride on the river with the bamboo boat
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Leticiaaf2024
Apr 2, 2024
Great experience - I had an incredible experience at the elephant sanctuary. Feeding the elephants and then giving them a bath was an absolute delight. Watching these gentle giants up close was truly breathtaking. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone who loves animals and wants to spend time with them ethically. Our tour guide, Te, was fantastic. He provided us with all the information about the elephants and their behavior, making the experience even more enriching. Overall, it was a memorable and wonderful experience.
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Mafalda44
Feb 15, 2024
An exceptional day with Te and the elephants. - We were picked up from the hotel by our guides; which was reassuring. Our guide Te was very generous, we learned a lot about the Karen culture, it was a great meeting. And what about our forest walk in the jungle, very exotic. The most touching thing was taking care of the elephants and playing with them in the water!!!! Unique experience in a setting of great respect for this pachyderm. Thank you Te and your team!!!!
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