Kanta Elephant Sanctuary - Full day
Kanta Elephant Sanctuary is an ethical and sustainable eco-tourism project located approximately 50 kilometers north of the city of Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. We offer a pleasant and ethical way of meeting, feeding, and touching the elephants in the stunning Mae Taeng Valley.
Kanta offers a retirement home for elephants who have previously worked hard for tourism entertainment or the logging industry. Feed, walk with and observe our beautiful rescued elephants as they roam throughout our sanctuary, socialize and bathe in the river and watch the elephants cover themselves in thick mud as they would in the wild.
With the full-day program, assist in preparing food and herbal medicine, feeding, bathing the elephants, and enjoying a mud bath together. We highly recommend Kanta for families with younger children because of its comfortable transportation and helpful, easy-going guides. Lunch will be included in the full-day package.
Children 3 to 9 years of age pay only 2000 Baht for entrance. Children 1 to 2 years of age can join the trip for free.
Itinerary & Practicalities
Price: 2500 THB
Pick up from your hotel between 8:00 – 8:30 AM.
Drive approximately 1 hour to Kanta Elephant Sanctuary.
Arrive at Kanta Elephant Sanctuary and change into our Kanta uniform.
Prepare fruit for our elephants.
Spend time to meet, greet, feed, and play with our elephants.
We will allow you to spend as much time as possible with the elephants at our sanctuary.
Thai lunch.
Prepare and cook sticky rice mixed with herbs for our elephants. This is good for their digestion.
Learn about the background, health care, and behavior of elephants.
Enjoy more time roaming, feeding, and take the elephants on a walk to the river to bathe and scrub them.
Tea or coffee break.
Observe the elephants enjoying their freedom, scratching, rubbing, and throwing dirt on their body to protect themselves from the sun.
Enjoy the view and take a lot of pictures before heading back to Chiang Mai
Drive back to Chiang Mai and arrive at your hotel around 4:00 PM.
Included in the price: Transportation, lunch, water, fresh fruit, an English-speaking guide, and insurance.
What to bring: A bathing suit, towel, flip flops, walking shoes or trainers, mosquito spray, and sunscreen.
Would you like to visit Kanta Elephant Sanctuary for half a day instead? Check out the half day tour >>
