Chiang Mai - A Day With Our friends
Half Day Morning Tour Itinerary
- Optional Chiang Mai Pick up Between 08:15 AM - 08:45 AM With English Speaking Guide.
- Arrive at Elephant Sanctuary between 9:45 - 10:00 AM in The Mountains
- Optional Change Of Clothes Into Thai Karen Clothes, Shorts & Tops
- Brief Orientation and Introduction to The Elephants and the Project.
- Prepare The Elephants Feast and Hand Feed These Majestic Creatures.
- Elephant Jungle Hike, Experience Our Friends In Their Natural Habitat.
- Lunch in The Mountains Overlooking the Elephants.
HALF DAY MORNING PROGRAM
Tour Start Time 10 AM
Tour Duration 4 Hrs
10:00 – 10:15 AM
INTRODUCTION
- Arrival and introduction to Elephant Freedom Project and the program’s schedule. Feel free to grab a cup of coffee, snack, or bottle of water, included free of charge. Our guests are offered the use of Karen clothes for the day. These Thai outfits are light cotton and perfect for your journey. We then prepare the food we will serve our majestic friends. Click here to see guests preparing food.
10:15 AM
PREPARE THE ELEPHANTS FEAST
- Now it’s time to prepare the food you will feed the elephants. The interaction during feeding is just amazing. This is a great time to bond with these majestic creatures. These gentle giants welcome the interaction and love to be fed. Imagine hand feeding an elephant.
11:15 AM
ELEPHANT JUNGLE HIKE
- It’s time to take a hike with our newfound friends. Just keep in mind we go at their pace, not ours. Feel what it must be like to roam with a small herd of elephants. This is an entirely natural event. The elephants are free to do what they wish.
12:00 PM
LUNCH AT THE SANCTUARY
- Are you looking for a truly authentic Thai experience? That’s what you will find as we offer you an authentic Thai lunch prepared by the Plern Home. You can’t get more local than this. Now sit back and relax and enjoy yourself. Spend time with your newfound friends while having lunch and watching the elephants.
1:00 PM
- Sadly, the morning has come to an end. The memories you have will last a lifetime. We start our *journey back to Chiang Mai and wish our new friends all the best with their travels. Your support for the Elephant Freedom Project means the world to us.
WHAT IS A MAHOUT
- Mahouts have been used since antiquity for both civilian and military use. Traditionally, mahouts came from ethnic groups with generations of elephant-keeping experience, with a mahout retaining his elephant throughout its working life or service years. Mahouts would often ride on a howdah placed on the back of their elephant.
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