Upgrade your vacation time for a 1-hour ethical elephant experience with hotel transfers, feeding, and observation. Create wonderful lifetime memories with elephants.
Our Feed Me Premium program is a time-saving adventure. We plan it all for you, starting with comfortable, round-trip transfers directly from your Samui accommodation. This extended 1-hour experience lets you hand-feed our rescued residents, learn their heartwarming stories, and watch them happily splash and swim in their bathing pool. It is an easy, fun, and highly rewarding journey that fits perfectly into any busy itinerary.
Elephant Jungle Sanctuary is Thailand’s ACES Gold-certified ethical elephant sanctuary — no riding, no performance, just elephants living as elephants.
Premium Inclusions: Every guest receives a complimentary, refreshing beverage and a special, exclusive souvenir to commemorate your support of ethical animal welfare.
| Duration | Trip Difficulty | Booking Cut-off Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Hours | Easy (Great for all ages) | 3 hour before the activity starts |
Arrive at Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Samui for a brief introduction to our ethical mission and conservation programs.
Meet our beautiful herd. Hand-feed them their favorite snacks, learn their stories, and spend quality time interacting with the elephants and capturing beautiful photos up close.
Watch the elephants splash, swim, and play in their bathing pool—one of the most memorable parts of the experience!
Visit our interactive Education Center to learn more about Asian elephant behavior, anatomy, and vital habitat protection.
For guests who wish to travel by themselves, please meet us directly at Soi 2 Camp.
Yes. We offer a free transfer service to/from hotels and most other places of accommodation within a 5km radius of
Chiang Mai’s Old City.
Visitors requiring transport from locations outside this area will incur a small transport surcharge.
We recommend staying in Chiang Mai the night prior to your visit to Elephant Jungle Sanctuary. Planes, buses, and trains are often delayed, and we are unable to wait for you outside of your assigned pick up time. If you wish to be dropped off at the airport or another location following your visit, please inform us of this at least 24 hours prior to your visit. Please note that we cannot offer you priority treatment, and all guests will be dropped off in the most efficient order possible.
No. Unfortunately it is not possible to arrange your own transportation to Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Chiang Mai, even if you have booked a visit with us. As many of our locations are very far from the city, and utilise unmarked or unpaved roads, a specialised vehicle with a professional driver who knows the routes is essential to ensure safety and timely arrival/departure. We offer a free transfer service, and can collect you directly from your place of accommodation in Chiang Mai.
On average, it takes approximately 1.5 hours to reach the Sanctuary from downtown Chiang Mai. Time taken may vary depending on which location you visit, as well as variables such as traffic, weather, and current road conditions. We offer visitors a short break around halfway to the Sanctuary, where food, refreshments, and bathrooms are available.
For the majority of the drive to Elephant Jungle Sanctuary, we use paved public roads, however the final portion of the drive to each of our locations includes unpaved road conditions. As some of the roads we use can be quite mountainous and winding, we recommend bringing medication if you are prone to motion sickness.
Unless otherwise specified, EJS uses comfortable, spacious, air-conditioned vans driven by professional drivers.
Elephant Jungle Sanctuary
Contact Information
chiang mai
Address: 119/10 Tha Phae Road, Chang Khlan Sub-district, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50100
Monday-Sunday 7 AM - 9 PM
phuket
Address: 2, 12, Kathu, Kathu District, Phuket 83120
Monday-Sunday 9 AM - 4 PM
pattaya
Address: Office 3, 347 Pattaya 3rd Rd, Pattaya City, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri 20150
Monday-Sunday 8 AM - 6 PM
samui
Address: Soi Maenam 1, Maenam, Ko Samui District, Surat Thani 84330
Monday-Sunday 9 AM - 5 PM