One Day Walk Elephant Jungle Sanctuary
Set out on your trek into the jungle will be our first activity. You will find free-roaming elephants and hear their individual stories. Also, you can touch, feed, photograph, and interact with the elephants while you learn about their lifestyle and behaviors. Through your trek, you will also get to observe the lush greenery that Phuket has to offer. Lunch is a delicious spread of home cooked Thai food.
After Lunch, you will do an activity the same as half day afternoon program. you will learn more about elephants and their different behaviors. You will also assist in preparing the medicinal soil for their consumption. After feeding you will get muddy with the elephants as you apply a healthy cosmetic mud treatment to their skin. Next, you will join them in the water for a refreshing bath nearby river. Moreover, you can swim and help bathe and brush the elephants while they wade through and play in the water. Once the elephants are clean, you can change into some dry clothes. Finally, eat some snacks and seasonal fresh fruit.
About Our Sanctuary
Phuket Elephant Sanctuary is a final home for retired working elephants, set on 30 acres of the lush tropical jungle. Observe how elephants rehabilitate into forest life after decades of abuse and experience how incredible the largest land mammal on earth is during a day at our sanctuary.
Our mission is to provide as many elephants as possible with 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.
However, at the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary, we enforce a strict NO RIDING policy. We do not make our elephants work or perform, or do any activity outside their natural behaviors.
What to bring
- Change of clothes and some good shoes or sandals that you don’t mind getting wet/dirty
- Swimming suit
- Sunscreen/hat/towel/insect repellent
- Any medicines you require
PRICE INCLUDES
- Pick-up/Drop off at your accommodation in Phuket
- English-speaking tour guide
- Two traditional Thai buffet meals
- Drinking water
- Food for feeding elephants
Note: For One day Walk program. We do not offer free photo and photographer for a walk with elephants session. Please bring your personal camera. (Drone is not allowed) Sorry for this inconvenience.
Download brochure: Elephant Jungle Sanctuary
6:30-7:30 am: Pick up from your hotel or accommodation in Phuket.
7:30 am: Drive North-West of Phuket Town to Naithon Beach, over rolling hills, through the forest and local farming areas, and alongside the picturesque coastline.
8:00 am: Arrive at Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket. Enjoy a welcome snack, sip tea or coffee, and learn about elephants as you are given an introduction to our program.
8:15 am: Set out into the jungle where you will learn more about our rescues.
11:00 am: Eat a meal of traditional Thai food.
13:15 pm: Assist with the preparation of natural dietary supplements for the elephants.
13:30 pm: Meet the elephants. Feed them and administer dietary supplements as you learn their stories. Play, interact, and take photos with the elephants in a natural setting.
14:00 pm: Mud spa with the elephants.
14:30 pm: Swimming with elephants
15:00 pm: Join the elephants in our specially constructed outdoor “Elephant Shower”
15:20 pm: Use our facilities to take a (regular) shower, dry off, and change clothes.
15:30 pm: Eat a lunch of traditional Thai food, freshly cooked Pad Thai, and seasonal fruit, before saying goodbye to the friendly elephants.
16:00 pm: Leave the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary and drive for approximately 1 hour back through spectacular island scenery.
17:00-17:30: pmDrop off at your hotel or accommodation.
Our WALK WITH THE ELEPHANTS package accepts a maximum of 15 people per day.*
Please Note: At the Sanctuary, we will allow you to spend as much time as possible with the elephants. Therefore, there is no formal schedule and aside from pick-up times, the times shown here are approximations.
PICK-UP and DROP OFF FEE
Kata, Karon, Patong, Kamala,
Nai Yang, Bang Tao, Surin Beach |
Free |
| Mai Khao |
Free |
| Rawai, Chalong, Cape Panwa, Cape Tukkae, Koh Sire, Laemhin, Rawai, Phromthep Cape, or Nai Harn Beach |
Free |
Airbnb lodging, rental villas,
private houses |
No pick-up visitors will be responsible for self-arranged transportation to
1. Elephant Jungle Sanctuary office (Patong)
OR
2. Designated Meeting Area (Naithon)
3. Designated Meeting Area (Kathu waterfall) |
Rassada Pier, Sea Angel Pier,
Ao Po Grand Marina Pier |
No pick-up. Visitors will be responsible for self-arranged transportation to
1. Elephant Jungle Sanctuary office (Patong)
OR
2. Designated Meeting Area (Naithon)
3. Designated Meeting Area (Kathu waterfall)
Drop off to Pier – 500 thb/per person
(Must inform a day in advance) |
Visitors staying outside of
Transfer Zone |
Visitors will be responsible for arranging transport either to a designated meeting point in the Nai Thon area
(200 thb discount applicable via online bookings only) |
Phuket International Airport
Please inform a day before your visit if you
need airport drop off and how much luggage you will have |
Pick up –
Self-arranged to the designated meeting point at NaithonDrop-off – to Phuket International Airport
+ 300 thb per person
+ 500 thb (a group of 2-9 passengers) |
Visitors who arrange their own transportation to the meeting point, either at Ban Nai Thon school or Kathu waterfall and request to be dropped off at another location, will incur an additional transport charge of 1,000 baht for a group of up to nine people.
(Please note that the fare for a taxi or other mode of transport to the chosen meeting point is payable by the visitor and Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket will not pay for transport or reimburse costs incurred)
Must be over 7 years old
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