Tour Overview

Overview : 2 Day Chiang Mai 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.

At this point during the day, you will walk alongside the elephants to a nearby river and join them for a bath in the refreshing water. Here, you will have the opportunity to bathe and brush the elephants while they enjoy wading through the water. Next, it will be time for a therapeutic mud spa. Feel free to get muddy as you cover the elephants in a protective layer of mud. Have fun playing with them and watch as they joyfully frolic in the mud spa.

The 2 day package begins by following the 1 day package itinerary, including the elephant feeding, mud spa, and bathing. At approximately 3pm, however, you will say goodbye to the 1 day visitors, and remain at the Sanctuary. At this point, you may once again interact with the elephants before they retire for the day, take a leisurely swim in the river, or simply relax on one of the viewing platforms overlooking the spectacular agricultural and jungle landscape.

Itinerary

Day 1

• 08:00-08:30    Pick up from your hotel or accommodation.
• 08:30    Drive approximately 1.5 hours outside of Chiang Mai through rural landscapes, agricultural areas, and forested hills.
• 10:30    Arrive at the Karen village. Meet your guide and walk for 10-15 minutes through the village to the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary. Change into traditional Karen clothing. Enjoy an introductory lesson about elephant anatomy, history, and behaviour.
• 11:00    Meet the elephants. Feed, interact, and play with the elephants in their natural home as you learn about their behaviour and history. Take photos with the elephants.
• 12:00    Enjoy a lunch of traditional Thai food and fresh fruit.
• 13:00    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 walk for 10-15 minutes through the Karen village.
• 16:00    You will be invited into a local kitchen, where you can watch or help out as traditional Karen food is prepared over the fire
• 17:00    Enjoy a nutritious candlelit dinner of local food made from wholesome, natural ingredients.
• Overnight in traditional wood house

Day 2

• 08:30    Wake up in the Waterfall Grove Sanctuary
• 09:30    Enjoy coffee/tea and a delicious breakfast of locally sourced organic foods.
• 10:00    Join half day morning group and trek for approximately 30 mins through serene, rural and jungle landscapes
• 11:00    Enjoy a lunch of traditional Thai food and fresh fruit at the waterfall
• 12:00    Trek to camp 4 The hill top paradise Santuary, pass by an organic farm
• 13:00    Enjoy time with the Elephants 
• 13:45    Visit the Karen Viliage, organic farms, and animal/plant life
• 14:30    Return to Chiang Mai
• 15:00    Drop off at your hotel or accommodation.