A half-day (4-5 hour) no-riding elephant experience where guests feed, walk beside and bathe rescued elephants, join a mud spa and help with a physical health check. Hotel transfers from all Phuket areas, a Thai meal, snacks, drinks, guide, insurance and a photo download are included. Two daily sessions with pickups from 06:30 and 11:30.
Your day
- 06:30-07:45 / 11:30-12:00Hotel pickup
- Educational introduction to elephant anatomy, behaviour and history
- Feeding, photographing and observing elephants in a natural setting
- Help with a routine physical examination alongside the mahout
- Bathing with the elephants
- Mud spa with the elephants
- Traditional Thai meal (lunch in morning session, dinner in afternoon session)
- DIY poo paper envelope craft
- 11:30-12:00 / 16:30-17:00Return to hotel
Included
- Round-trip hotel transfer from all Phuket areas
- Lunch or dinner (depending on session)
- Snacks, tea, coffee, drinking water
- Food for the elephants
- English-speaking guide
- Injury insurance
- Free photo download via Facebook
Hotel pickup
Morning pickup 06:30-07:45, return 11:30-12:00; afternoon pickup 11:30-12:00, return 16:30-17:00. Free round-trip transfer from all Phuket areas, no surcharge.
What to bring
- Comfortable clothes you don't mind getting wet and muddy
- Change of dry clothes
- Shoes or sandals that can get wet
- Sunscreen and insect repellent
- Waterproof bag or case for phone and valuables
Good to know
- Strictly no riding
- Infants 0-3 free; children 4-10 child price; 11+ adult price
- Itinerary subject to change
Booking and cancellation. Requests for the next day are accepted until 20:00. Free cancellation until 15:00 the day before for most tours. Similan, Surin, Coral Island, fishing, early bird and private boat tours need cancellation by 18:00 two days before. Full booking terms
