Hotel: Elephants World
Transportation:
Going from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi and then again to the location of Elephants World was going to be too time consuming and costly to book through a chartered bus company, so I instead looked into private transportation. Getting a car to take the 4 of us from the airport in Bangkok to Elephants World and back, would cost us $37.50 each. The car will pick up at night on May 27th and drive us back to the airport in Bangkok so we can check in for our flight at 1:00am on May 28th.
Cost:
The cost of this unique and amazing experience is 4500THB, which includes 2 days of spending time with the elephants, accommodation for the night, and our food. We are going to be saving 2 days worth of food we budgeted for while doing this unforgettable experience.
Elephants World
Elephants world is an amazing place which works as an elephant sanctuary for old, sick, disabled, abused and rescued elephants, who receive the rest and joy that they deserve. This organization lets them enjoy themselves in their own natural environments until they take their last breaths. When I visited the website they offer a 2 day-1 night package where you can stay over night on location, while spending the 2 days doing various things with the elephants.
Day 1-
The Website outlines the activities of the first day:
- Arrival at ElephantsWorld. Meet and feed the elephants.
- Observe the elephants bathing.
- Clean fruit/vegetables, prepare and cook sticky rice for our old elephants.
- Lunch.
- Gathering / planting food for the elephants. e.g banana trees / sugar cane / banana grass or prepare fruit baskets for the afternoon.
- Feed sticky rice balls to the old elephants.
- Take the elephants to the river for a bath / scrub them clean.
- Feed the elephants fruit and vegetables.
Day 2-
The second day is described as having multiple options that we can do at our leisure:
1. Walking the elephants to the forest
In wet season our elephants sleep and eat in the forest. Staying overnight will allow you to walk the elephants out into the forest at the end of the day with the mahouts and get up early the next day to bring them back in before the day’s activities begin. In dry season you can take a walk with the elephants to the forest in the morning.
In wet season our elephants sleep and eat in the forest. Staying overnight will allow you to walk the elephants out into the forest at the end of the day with the mahouts and get up early the next day to bring them back in before the day’s activities begin. In dry season you can take a walk with the elephants to the forest in the morning.
2. Hiking to the top of a mountain
Follow one of the mahouts to the top of the mountain. Everybody can climb these mountains and enjoy the view and look to the other side. The price for this hike is 100 Baht per person and it is a tip for our mahouts.
Follow one of the mahouts to the top of the mountain. Everybody can climb these mountains and enjoy the view and look to the other side. The price for this hike is 100 Baht per person and it is a tip for our mahouts.
3. Bird watchingIn the early morning you can see a lot of beautiful birds next to our river. We will explain you about the birds that you can see.
4. Exploring the beautiful surroundings of ElephantsWorldWe have 24 hectares at Elephantsworld to explore with a selection of activities!
I would definitely recommend looking at the photo and video gallery on the website, it looks like an amazing opportunity to help out the elephants while gaining a lot of cultural content at the same time. Doing something like this at the end of the trip will add a really rewarding value to the last 3 weeks and leave us with something unforgettable to think about on the plane ride home.
