Which the best choice for Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai ???
There are many parks which make me so confuse. Help me, please!!!!! ….…. Don’t be worry! We can help you for getting more information in each Elephant park company with some the commendation from the tourists who used to have a mahout training experience at Elephant park.
Kanta Elephant Santuary
Kanta Elephant Sanctuary offers a unique and compassionate way to interact with elephants in their natural habitat. Unlike traditional elephant tourism, we do not use hooks, ankle chains, or offer elephant rides. We consider our elephants as part of our family and strive to provide them with a safe, nurturing environment where they can retire and live happily.
Our sanctuary is a haven for rescued elephants who have previously worked in the logging or tourism industry. We offer visitors the opportunity to feed, walk alongside, and observe these majestic creatures as they roam freely throughout our vast sanctuary. Our elephants socialize, bathe naturally in our fresh water lagoons, and enjoy the tranquility of our natural surroundings.
At Kanta Elephant Sanctuary, our mission is to promote the good health, freedom, and happiness of as many elephants as possible. We believe in using an ethical and progressive approach to elephant eco-tourism as a means to educate people from around the world about elephant care, conservation, and our philosophy of “Elephant Conservation in Action.”
Our hope is to set a positive example and change the perception of elephants, so they are not ridden, poached, overworked, or abused. We strive to create a future where elephants are treated with the utmost care, love, and respect they deserve. By visiting our sanctuary, you can be a part of this positive change and help promote elephant conservation.
Elephant Jungle Santuary
Elephant Jungle Sanctuary is an ethical and sustainable eco-tourism project located approximately 60km from the city of Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Founded in July 2014, it is a joint initiative between members of the Karen hill-tribes and Chiang Mai locals who were concerned about the welfare of elephants in Thailand.
Currently comprised of 3 spacious locations (Mountain Village, Tranquil Valley, & Waterfall Grove Sanctuaries), Elephant Jungle Sanctuary is home to almost twenty formerly mistreated elephants, who are now free to enjoy their lives.
Our mission is to provide as many elephants as possible with the good health, freedom, and happiness they truly deserve. We use our progressive and ethically responsible approach to elephant eco-tourism as a platform to raise awareness and educate people from Thailand and around the world about elephant care and the plight of the Asian elephant.
Our hope is to lead by example, and contribute to a positive change in the perception of elephants; to witness a future where elephants are not ridden, poached, overworked, or abused, and are instead treated with care, love, and respect.
The Elephant Jungle Sanctuary project also provides many Karen people with employment, education, and financial support.
The sanctuary have several tour options to choose from. The full/half day elephant care is the most popular options and is ideal for those who want to spend a day interacting with elephants. During the tour, visitors can learn about elephant behavior and care from trained English-speaking guides. They can also feed the elephants by hand, bathe them, and enjoy a mud spa with the gentle giants. The sanctuary’s mahouts are available to assist visitors and make sure they have an unforgettable experience. The half-day tour also includes two traditional Thai buffet meals, pick-up and drop-off services to your accommodation in Chiang Mai, drinking water, and food for feeding the elephants. Overall, the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary offers a responsible and ethical elephant encounter that is not only enjoyable but also contributes to the well-being of these majestic animals.
Mae Rim Elephant Home
The Mae Rim Elephant Home, located in the picturesque hills of Northern Thailand, is a sanctuary for elephants in need of rest and relaxation. Unlike other elephant camps, our elephants are not worked or forced to perform for tourists. Instead, they are free to roam and live in a nearly natural environment.
At our elephant home, we pride ourselves on the care and kindness we show to these magnificent animals. Our team of experienced caretakers is dedicated to ensuring the well-being of each and every elephant in our care. Visitors are welcome to come and interact with our elephant family, spending the day feeding them, walking with them, playing with them, and even bathing them.
Patara Elephant Farm
Patara elephant farm is a 100% Thai owned and managed farm focusing on health-care and breeding management for friendly, beautiful and special elephants to produce healthy elephants to live on Earth for long term elephant conservation.
Below are 9 facts of whom you are considering to support from Khun Pat, the owner.
1. We adopt/rescue elephants from unsuitable living condition such as circuses,and illegal logging camps.
2. We focus seriously on health recovery for elephants and natural breeding management to increase elephant population.
3. 14 elephants were born in the last 7 years and most of female elephant are now being pregnant. (4 babies born in 2011)
4. 10 years operation with 0 dead record of elephant accordingly to our healthcare program and daily activities for elephants.
5. 8 elephants from us were set free into the natural habitat and all are living fine. (www.elephantreintroduction.org)
6. We provide more open land for elephant than any other places. (highest space per elephant population)
7. We are the only elephant place in Asia that, everyday, have less number of visitors than number of elephant population.
8. we provide upper scale of interaction with elephants in term of quality and flexibility in length of time for our guests.
9. Our presentation is 100% self created while many other elephant places are just recently set up and try to imitate.
Thai Elephant Home
Established in 2005, the Thai Elephant Home is the most eco-friendly elephant home in its area. Our elephants are well cared for and happy, and this shows in our visitor experience. At this home, you do not just get a chance to ride an elephant, but to really spend time with it in its natural environment. The profits made from the home are invested into saving the local jungle. We buy areas of the jungle that have been destroyed by elephants left to forage for their own food. We replace the dead vegetation, and protect it while it grows. Almost every customer that comes to our home gets the opportunity to plant a tree in the area to contribute to our reforestation project. This home also involves the wider community by educating local school children about the environment and why it is important that we preserve our local forest. We want our children to grow up understanding global warming and doing their bit to save the planet.
Here at Thai Elephant Home you will learn to ride and command elephants, bathe with them and play in the mud with them. Unlike other similar program in the area we guarantee your own elephant for the day. Learn the quirks and behaviours of your own elephant. Joe and the staff will help you learn to command the elephant and after a day you will feel like a professional mahout as your elephant responds to you and takes you safely back to the Thai Elephant Home. After a long day of riding in the jungle, come back to the house and relax, enjoy a shower and fresh fruit, and learn how you can help with the reforestation project or elephant rescue! You can also try our new Thai herbal spa, a traditional foot and hand soak that heals the whole body through reflexology. Proceeds go to help our young university students continue their education.
If you want to get more involved with the elephants see our Mahout volunteer program. Spend a week with us and become a part of our familly. This will give you a chance to really understand these beautiful animals and the hard work that needed to look after them.
Elephant Nature Park
Elephant Nature Park is an elephant rescue and rehabilitation center in Northern Thailand where you can volunteer and visit to help. We have been involved in dozens of rescues to create our thriving elephant herd.
The park provides a natural environment for elephants and other animals under our care. Volunteers and visitors contribute to the healing while learning about their lives past and present.
Hands on Elephant conservation trips directly contributing to the survival of these highly endangered creatures. All visits to the park encourage understanding of the natural plight and environment of elephants.
Our park is also home to numerous other animals including rescued dogs, cats and buffaloes.
Unique and unforgettable trips organized by a National Geographic EarthPulse “Hero of the Planet”, US Humane Society “Genesis Awards” guest of honour, Time Magazine Hero of Asia.
Mae Sa Elephant Camp
The Mae Sa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand, now known as The Chang, is a sanctuary for elephants offering them a natural environment of forest, grass fields, a stream, and mud pits to live a more natural life. Visitors can book a full or half-day activity program, which is both fun and educational, allowing them to observe and learn about the elephants’ medicinal preparations, special foods, body structure, and observe them playing in the stream or mud pits. The camp underwent significant changes in 2019 when the new owner decided to see the elephants living a more natural life, leading to the retirement of nineteen elderly elephants and now living chain-free. As more elephants are relocated to The Chang, it has transformed into a sanctuary where elephants can live a natural life free from chains and activities like riding or painting pictures.
The Chang is an excellent place to support and appreciate the beauty of elephants while observing and learning about them. The changes made by the new owner have made it a sanctuary for elephants to live a more natural life, free from chains and activities like riding or painting pictures. Visitors can witness and learn about the medicinal preparations, special foods, and observe the elephants playing in the stream or mud pits, making it a fun and educational experience for everyone.
Other Farm
For the others company from trekking companies like the earth eco tour (Ban Bang Kud Elephant Camp). They suit for who need having fun with elephant, learn about a mahout training and combined with trekking activities such as rafting, hiking, elephant riding with inexpensive cost.
Background information :
The elephant the largest of land mammals, has evolved over more than sixty million years. Yet if the species current declines remain unchecked in Asia, sixty million years of evolution will be wiped out in just fifty years. In the modern world, one place where elephants can still have a close relationship with humans is right here, in Thailand.
Mahout and elephant training :
The Mahout and Elephant Training School also participates In controlling of a mahout person have an experience long time ago.You will have studied about training is a mahout, elephant bath; arrangement seeks the food, feed the elephant and the communication and ordering with the elephant. The instruction education has many the courses; you can choose study to follow inside detail.
Mahout and elephant training :
1. Study the life cycle of Thai elephant.
2. Study how to control elephant (Basic elephant language).
3. Study a mahout’s lifestyle.
4. Study nature conservation.
5. Elephant bath and elephant riding.
6. Growing plant for elephant food.