One Day Walk With Elephants

Our One Day Walk With Elephants package at Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket offers visitors an enjoyable opportunity to spend quality time with elephants in their natural habitat, Go on an adventure with our rescued elephants! In this program, and gain insight on our rescues. Visitors will set out into the jungle with our rescued elephants and get the opportunity to observe them as they walk through the jungle.

This program is aimed at anyone seeking to learn more about elephants and observe our beautiful rescues as the forage through the jungle.

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Upon arrival to the sanctuary, Visitors will be briefed on the day’s itinerary. Once packed, you will set out on your trek into the jungle with your guide 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. Through your trek, you will also get to observe the lush greenery that Phuket has to offer.

Lunch is a delicious spread of home cooked Thai food. If you have any dietary requirements, let us know when you do your booking.

After Lunch, You will do activity same as half day afternoon program. you will learn more about elephants and their different behaviors. You will also assist in preparing the medicinal soil for their consumption. After feeding you will accompany them to a nearby mud spa. Get muddy with the elephants as you apply a healthy cosmetic mud treatment to their skin.

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.

ITINERARY

6:30-7:30 am	Pick up from your hotel or accommodation in Phuket (if applicable – fees apply).

8:00 am	Arrive at Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket. Enjoy a welcome snack, sip tea or coffee, and learn about elephants as you are given an introduction to our program.
8:15 am	Set out into the jungle where you will learn more about our rescues.
11:00 am	Eat a meal of traditional Thai food.
13:15 pm	Assist with the preparation of natural dietary supplements for the elephants.
13:30 pm	Meet the elephants. Feed them and administer dietary supplements as you learn their stories. Play, interact, and take photos with the elephants in a natural setting.
14:00 pm	Mud spa with the elephants.
14:30 pm	Swimming with elephants
15:00 pm	Join the elephants in our specially constructed outdoor “Elephant Shower”
15:20 pm	Use our facilities to take a (regular) shower, dry off, and change clothes.
15:30 pm	Eat a lunch of traditional Thai food, freshly cooked Pad Thai, and seasonal fruit, before saying goodbye to the friendly elephants.
16:00 pm	Leave the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary and drive for approximately 1 hour back through spectacular island scenery.
17:00-17:30 pm	Drop off at your hotel or accommodation (if applicable).

Our One Day Walk With Elephants package accepts a maximum of 15 people per day.

* Please Note: At the Sanctuary, we will allow you to spend as much time as possible with the elephants. Therefore, there is no formal schedule and aside from pick-up times, the times shown here are approximations.

PICK-UP and DROP OFF FEE

Kata, Karon, Patong, Phuket old town city, Kamala	100 thb. per person for round trip
Mai Khao, Nai Yang, Bang Tao, Surin Beach	800 thb. per group for round trip (group of 1-9 passengers)
Rawai, Chalong, Cape Panwa, Cape Tukkae, Laemhin, Rawai, Phromthep Cape, or Nai Harn Beach	800 thb. per group for round trip (group of 1-9 passengers)
Airbnb lodging, rental villas, private houses	No pick up. Visitors will be responsible for self-arranged transportation to Meeting Area (Kathu Camp 4)
Rassada Pier, Sea Angel Pier, Ao Po Grand Marina Pier, Koh Sire	1,200 thb (group of 1-9 passengers) (Must inform a day in advance)
Visitors staying outside of Transfer Zone	Visitors will be responsible for arranging transport either to a designated meeting point in the Nai Thon area, Kathu waterfall area. (100 thb discount applicable via online bookings only)
Phuket International Airport Please inform a day before your visit if you need airport drop off and how much luggage you will have	1,500 thb per group for round trip ( group of 1-9 passengers) Only. Drop-off + 500 thb (group of 1-9 passengers)

Visitors who arrange their own transportation to the meeting point at Kathu waterfall and request to be dropped off at another location will incur an additional transport charge of 500 baht for a group of up to nine people.

(Please note that the fare for a taxi or other mode of transport to the chosen meeting point is payable by the visitor and Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket will not pay for transport or reimburse costs incurred)