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1 / 6Half Day Afternoon - Elephant in Wild Sanctuary
Experience an unforgettable ethical elephant encounter at Elephant in Wild Sanctuary in Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai. Enjoy a no-riding experience where you can feed, walk alongside, and care for elephants in a beautiful natural riverside setting. Discover their daily routines, enjoy river bathing activities, and savour a traditional Thai lunch.
From฿1,000per person
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Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai
Highlights
- Get up close to elephants in a natural riverside sanctuary in Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai.
- Prepare fresh food, including bananas, grass, and sugar cane, to feed the elephants.
- Learn about elephant care and prepare nutritious herbal vitamin balls.
- Observe elephants enjoying their natural mud spa.
- Walk alongside elephants through the sanctuary to the Mae Taeng River.
- Enjoy the opportunity to bathe and brush the elephants in the river.
- Relax and enjoy a traditional Thai lunch surrounded by nature.
Duration
6 hours
Pickup
Included
Frequently asked questions
The sanctuary does not offer riding and says it uses no chains or hooks because its elephants roam free. It is a hands-on visit rather than observation only: you feed the elephants and join them in the mud and the river, and some reviewers point that out. That is what the supplier states about its own care; we have not audited it ourselves.
Yes. Children aged 5 to 8 pay the child rate. For younger children, please ask the office before booking so the sanctuary can confirm.
Light clothes that can get wet and muddy, plus sandals or water shoes that stay on your feet. The sanctuary hands out mahout style shirts to wear over your own clothes, and the guides take photos during the day and post them on the sanctuary's Facebook page. Bring a full change of clothes and a towel for the ride home.
The elephant activities go ahead in light rain; the elephants do not mind and neither will you once you are already wet. Heavy rain can change the river activities, and the guide decides on the day.
Yes, the same elephant activities: food preparation, feeding, walking, mud spa and river. Only the start time differs. Neither half day includes the trek or the rafting.
