Phuket Elephant Sanctuary: Experience the Ethical Approach to Elephant Tourism

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Experience the ethical approach to elephant tourism at Phuket Elephant Sanctuary. Support a sustainable and compassionate environment where elephants roam freely and receive professional care.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Phuket Elephant Sanctuary - Skip the unethical elephant encounters in Phuket and visit a sanctuary where the animals are allowed to live their final years roaming freely without being harmed by tourists. Located on 30 acres of lush, tropical land bordering the Khao Phra Thaeo National Park in North East Phuket, visiting the Phuket Elephant…

What's Included

Guided Walk across the Canopy Walkway
Educational Video Documentary
Vegetarian Dinner Buffet
Signature Iced Soda & Unlimited Snack Bar
Welcome Snacks and Beverages
Umbrellas, Rain Coats, Mosquito Spray
Bottled water

What's Not Included

Roundtrip Transfers - If option is not selected

Additional Information

Phuket Elephant Sanctuary is the pioneering ethical elephant sanctuary in Phuket, where elephants can freely roam, bathe, and socialize across 30 acres of lush, tropical land adjacent to the Khao Phra Thaeo National Park in North East Phuket. The sanctuary purchases all rescued elephants to ensure it becomes their permanent home, providing professional…

Location

Phuket Elephant Sanctuary

If you selected Program Only (No Transfer), please meet us at our office in Paklok 30 minutes before the start of the program. Parking is available.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Gaijin444

Nov 4, 2025

Highly recommended! - You treat the elephants very respectfully here; the elephants move completely freely in the terrain; as visitors you can experience them very close up in the open terrain together with a guide who passes on a lot of information about the individual elephants in the sanctuary, their history and habits. From my point of view highly recommended!

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Kenci9688qc

Oct 30, 2025

Amazing afternoon with the beautiful elephants - Had an amazing afternoon at the elephant sanctuary. Any visitors to Phuket who genuinely cares about these incredible animals and their well-being should visit. They are the only ethical elephant attraction in Phuket. Sadly all of the others still use barbaric methods to force the animals to perform for your "pleasure". Also shocked to see that other venues still encourage practices like elephant riding and "bathing" with them - in water that they use as a toilet! Not good for either the elephants or you!! 😁

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Dianna_g

Oct 29, 2025

This is a truly ethical... - This is a truly ethical sanctuary that respects the elephants while creating an amazing experience for visitors. The staff is all so kind and attentive. I’d definitely return and encourage others to visit their sanctuary if they want to support their mission to rescue and care for abused and elderly elephants.

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Safari20927436359

Oct 29, 2025

Fantastic day with elephants - We had. A fantastic day in the park. Light lunch and dinner buffets were proved and delicious. We walked down amongst the elephants and got very close to many of them. Rudi, our guide did a fantastic job job shepherding us around to find all the active elephants and gave us a run down on their histories Not to be missed if you get the chance

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295ravalib

Oct 27, 2025

Highly recommend! - Great experience! They really prioritise ethical care for the elephants and making sure they are happy. Very knowledgeable tour guides who love what they do. Highly recommend for all groups!

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R9874aasarahs

Oct 26, 2025

Such an amazing experience - Such an amazing place!!! Animals are so well looked after. So impressed with everything, meal was included after. Staff so so so lovely. Highly recommend.

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Lucy

Oct 20, 2025

A Deeply Meaningful and Powerful Experience - It is impossible to overstate how moving and breathtaking this experience was. Do not be put off by the lack of interaction compared to other elephant experiences. Witnessing the incredible work being done it this sanctuary is 100x more satisfying than washing an elephant (which we learned is very bad for the elephants as the elephants that live at these ‘sanctuaries’ get all sorts of serious life-long foot problems from too much water exposure). For me personally, I feel this was a life changing experience and one of the most special and unique things I have ever seen or done. Book this right now! Also the food is delicious and you can eat as much as you want. My boyfriend hates vegetarian food and he loved it.

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424valariek

Oct 19, 2025

Life changing experience - This was an amazing experience! I fell in love with all the elephants immediately. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable, funny and sweet. You can tell everyone here loves the elephants so much and they are taken care of so well.

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Lanya_f

Oct 13, 2025

The Elephants life line. - Loved every minute of this tour - it showed you a different side to the elephants life before they found their forever freedom home. Worth every Penny to help them maintain this sanctuary and hopefully rescue future elephants.

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Suegn3778dv

Oct 11, 2025

The real ethical sanctuary - Very informative and well worth the cost. We walked around the large sanctuary and came face to face with many elephants. They are rescued old ladies who have happy flappy ears and seem very content. There is even a hospital area with an inpatient having his injured foot tended to. Buffet meal at the end was very good, as was the coffee and snacks when we arrived.

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From $92

up to 10 guests

1 - Adult