T1043 Elephant Jungle Sanctuary

T1043 Elephant Jungle Sanctuary - Half Day

TOUR OVERVIEW

Price From : 1,700 Baht 1,900 Baht

A half-day of elephant interaction, feeding, and bathing at the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary in the Mae Wang area

TOUR DESCRIPTION

For the half-day programme at The Elephant Jungle Sanctuary, you can choose between the morning or afternoon session. This half-day elephant programme will get you out of the city into the hills of the Mae Wang area where you will spend a few hours of elephant interaction with some happy elephants. For the morning session get ready for an early pick-up! There will be a one and half hour drive to the Mae Wang area. On arrival, your guide will give you an introduction to the Asian elephant and some background information to the elephants which reside there. Next, it will be time to meet the elephants! The elephant meeting session at the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary is very informal and you can feed, mingle and get up close to all the elephants and this is a great time to take some photos. You will then accompany the elephants to their favourite mud pit where they like to wallow in the muddy water. Feel free to take part in their muddy experience. The last activity of the morning will be to walk the elephants to the small river for a bath and scrub down. At the end of the activities for the morning programme you will be provided with a traditional Thai lunch before departure back to Chiang Mai and transfer back to your Chiang Mai accommodation:

Note afternoon session follows the same itinerary but the pick-up time will be 11:30 am and you will be provided with lunch at the start of the programme.

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ITINERARY

06:30-07:00 Pick up from your hotel
Drive approximately 1.5 hours South of Chiang Mai
Walkthrough and learn about the elephants
Change into traditional Karen clothing and make medicine for the elephants.
Meet the elephants. Feed, give medicine, interact, and play with the elephants
Mud Spa with the elephants
Walk with the elephants to a river and bathe them.
Eat a traditional meal and then say goodbye to the elephants.
13:30 Drop off at your hotel or accommodation.

Afternoon Session

Pick up 11:30am - 6:00pm

PRICES

	Price	Deposit to secure booking	Balance to pay on the tour
Adult (and child above 130cm)	1,700 Baht	300 Baht	1,400 Baht
Child (up to 10 years old)	1,400 Baht	200 Baht	1,200 Baht

This tour includes

Licensed English speaking guide
All listed activities
Pick up and drop off at your hotel
Lunch
Accident insurance

This tour excludes

No exclusions

Guaranteed daily group departures - 2 person

This tour is guaranteed to depart daily if there is a minimum of two persons booked. If you are a solo traveller then please feel free to make a booking. In the rare event no others are booked on this tour then we will notify you two days before the tour offering you a full refund or alternative programme.

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Group Join in Tour

You will join a group of up to 13 persons.

Operated By Partner operator

This tour is operated by a specialist operator and not operated by Travel Hub

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QUICK FACTS

Tour Transport

You will be picked up directly from your hotel or guest house. Transport to and from the elephant venue will be by seated and covered pick up truck. At the end of the activity you will be dropped off at your hotel or guest house.

Guides

A Tourist Authority of Thailand licensed and English speaking guide will be provided.

Elephants and elephant welfare

Elephants feature on this tour please read the following information:

Riding:	The operator of this venue does not allow the elephants to be ridden
Bull hook:	The elephants are not controlled with a bull hook (bull hook will be reserved for emergency only if they feel guests are in danger)
Show	Elephants are not trained to perform tricks
Chaining:	The elephants are not chained to control their location
The operators of this trek have created high elephant welfare conditions.

Meals

This is a Half day tour however lunch will still be be provided:
• For the morning half day trip you will be served lunch before you return to Chiang Mai
• For the afternoon half day trip you will be served lunch on arrival at the elephant sanctuary

Accommodation

On this tour no accommodation is included. Please contact us if you would like us to arrange pre or post tour accommodation or require any assistance with hotel bookings in Chiang Mai

Insurance

Accident insurance for this tour is provided to cover medical bills up to a maximum amount of 100,000 baht.

Pick up and drop off

Free pick up and drop off is included to and from any Chiang Mai city hotel. Sorry we can not pick up from out of town resorts.

Pick up zone

Free pick-up for this tour can only be made at hotels within the pick-up zone indicated on the map. If your hotel is situated outside this zone please contact us as a special pick-up can be arranged on some tours (extra charge may apply) or we can designate a convenient pick-up location for you if you can make your own way into the pick-up zone.

Swim wear

On this trip you will be invited to bath the elephants in the river and mud spa. You are likely to get wet and dirty. Please either bring swim wear to change into or a change of clothes for the end of the wet activities.

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