Pattaya’s Ethical Choice: Elephant Sanctuary Visit

4 hours 30 minutes Cancellable until 1 day beforePickup availableInstant confirmationGuided Operated by MY Holiday Centre 4.9 from 109 reviews

Why we love it?

This half-day tour offers a unique opportunity to connect with gentle giants in a safe and ethical environment at an elephant sanctuary near Pattaya. Ideal for animal lovers and families, the experience includes feeding the elephants, learning about their stories, and participating in a fun mud spa treatment where you can help apply a nourishing mud mask. After enjoying a refreshing swim with the elephants in a nearby river, you’ll savor a delicious traditional Thai lunch featuring freshly cooked Pad Thai and seasonal fruits. With shared hotel transfers included, this tour provides a memorable and fulfilling day immersed in nature and wildlife.

Inclusions

  • Shared hotel transfers in Pattaya City
  • Private transfers (if option selected)
  • English-speaking tour guide
  • Two traditional Thai buffet meals
  • Drinking water
  • Food for feeding the elephants

Exclusions

  • Personal expenses
  • Hotel Transfers outside designated locations as Bangkok or Leam Cha Bang Pier
  • Gratuities

Itinerary

Stop 1 Itinerary

A half-day package to the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary offers visitors an enjoyable opportunity to spend quality time with elephants in their natural home, as well as gain an insight into their history and behavior, and create cherished lifelong memories of their time spent with these amazing animals.

On the morning of your visit, you will be picked up from your place of accommodation and will drive for approximately 20 Min from Samui International airport.  through scenic agricultural areas before arriving at the Sanctuary. There, you will meet your English-speaking guide and learn a little about the elephants, before changing into traditional Karen clothing.

After being allocated bananas and sugar cane to feed to the elephants, you will walk with your guide through the Sanctuary, where you will find free-roaming elephants and hear their individual stories. You can touch, feed, photograph, and interact with the elephants at your leisure while you learn about their lifestyle and behaviors. After you have met all the elephants, you will enjoy watching them enjoy their mud spa. The elephants apply mud on the skin for healthy sunscreen and mo mud treatment to their skin. Next, you will walk with the elephants, shower them and join them in the water for a refreshing. Brush the elephants while they wade through and play in the water.

Once the elephants are clean, you can take some final photos with them, and then it will be time to part ways with your new friend and change into some dry clothes. Finally, eat some snacks and seasonal fresh fruit, before enjoying once again the impressive rural scenery as you drive back to the hotel

*Due to the Covid-19 situation, Activity Mud spa with the elephants will be changed to Observe elephants playing in the mud and Shower with the elephant will allow the customer to join with rain shower or hose pipe only from the 1st of July until further notice.

Please Note

  • Not suitable forWheelchair users
  • Not allowedRiding the animals
  • Know before you goThis activity promotes sustainable tourism and strictly does not offer elephant riding
  • In case of rain, wellie boots will be provided as it can be muddy, so please bring a pair of socks
  • Wear clothes you don't mind getting sweaty or muddy

Know Before You Go

  • Public transportation nearby

Cancellation Policy

Fully refundable until 1 day before start