🐘 Elephant Retirement Park Chiang Mai – Ethical Elephant Experience
Overview
Discover a heartwarming experience at Elephant Retirement Park in Chiang Mai.This ethical sanctuary is home to rescued elephants from logging and tourist industries.No riding, no shows—just meaningful interaction and education. Enjoy feeding, walking with, and bathing elephants in a natural setting.
Duration
Half Day Morning : (07:00 – 13:30)
Highlights
- Spend a meaningful day at an ethical elephant sanctuary
- Enjoy feeding, walking, and bathing rescued elephants
- Includes vegetarian Thai buffet lunch
- Free photos uploaded to Facebook
- No elephant riding, no shows – 100% ethical experience
🌄 Half Day Morning Program (07:00 – 13:30)
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07:00 – 07:30: Hotel pick-up
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08:30: Learn about the elephants and the park
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09:00: Prepare food & herbal medicine, feed the elephants
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10:00: Jungle walk with elephants
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11:00: Mud & water bath, sand play
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12:00: Vegetarian Thai lunch
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13:30: Return to Chiang Mai
💡 About Elephant Retirement Park
This ethical sanctuary rescues and rehabilitates elephants from abusive industries. Here, elephants roam freely, enjoy mud baths, and interact gently with guests — no riding, no shows, just real care. Visitors are educated on conservation and invited to participate in daily routines like feeding, bathing, and jungle walks.
Inclusion
- English-speaking guide
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Breakfast (half day only)
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Drinking water
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Bananas & sugarcane for elephants
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Travel insurance
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Free photos uploaded on Facebook
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off within a radius of 5 km from the Three Kings. Monument.
- If you are outside the pick-up radius, please fill out the reservation form for pickup at McDonald's Im Thapae. Address: 17/1 Kotchasarn Rd., Chang Khlan Sub-district, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50100. The actual pickup will be in front of the restaurant.
- Insurance: To ensure insurance coverage for accidents, we kindly request a copy of your passport. Please send it to us via email or WhatsApp at least one day before the tour begins.
- Reservations are required at least two days in advance. For last-minute bookings one day before tours start, kindly contact us.
Exclusion
- Soil Milk for baby elephant (40THB)
- Minivan Seat for Infant (500THB)
- Any other expenses not mentioned in the package.
- Tips and gratuities
Preparation
- Chronic disease medicine.
- Hat (depends on you).
- Raincoat (for raining season)
- Camera
- Swimwear or bathing suit
- Sunscreen
- Insect repellent
- Towel (there are provided towels)
- Pick-up time may be delayed due to traffic.
- This itinerary is subject to change due to weather or interruptions.
- All the timings provided are approximate.
- This is a join-in group tour .
- This tour includes travel insurance provided by the operator.
- This tour start in Chiang Mai
- This tour is operated by our business partner(s).
You’ll get confirmation within 24 hours . If you don’t receive any confirmation, please contact us at [email protected] or +66 62 289 5343
- You’ll get a full refund if you cancel at least 2 days prior to the travel date.
- Changes of travel date must be made at least 2 days prior to the travel date ·
- In the event of a force majeure or unforeseen event such as bad weather or cancellation by our business partner(s), we reserve the right to cancel the tour. In this case, you will be given the option to reschedule or request a full refund.
- Refunds will be made via cash or bank transfer. Any bank fee that occurred will be deducted from the refund amount.
- No refund for no-show and last-minute cancellation for all reasons to maintain our competitive price as your seats cannot be resold.
