Maewang Elephant Care

A very unique experience.
You get to live near the elephants for the day.
During the stay you will:
- learn about elephants and the sanctuary
- feed the elephants
- prepare medicine/supplements for them
- bathe the elephants ( with water then with mud)
- eat lunch
Friendly and fun staff, you will really enjoy your stay there.
Your price will include everything (hotel pickup and drop-off, lunch, water, showers, etc)

Amazing family experience with elephants! Must do this trip at least once (we've gone 5 times)!!

We fed the elephants bananas, walked with them in the jungle and then bathed them in the river.

A brilliant example of Thai Locals coming together & doing great work in rehabilitating these beautiful creatures.
I spent a day observing them interact with their Mahoots in a natural setting.
The timetable focuses on the Elephants needs, not yours! Ya gotta love that.

You'll walk the same paths as the elephants and get in the mud pool to give then a spa day, so bring shoes that can get dirty/wet or comfortable sandals.
When you arrive you'll be given a shirt just like the elephant keepers (mahouts) use, and a tote bag to fill with bananas. Then you walk to where the elephants are and feed them the bananas while taking pictures and posing with them. They are free to roam and you are free to pet them. Then, it's time to go to the mud pool and give them a nice scrub with mud. To finish the trip, get in the river and wash all the mud away.
The elephants here are treated with respect, you don't ride them, and the handlers don't use prods or sticks to guide them.

Elephants seem to be well taken care of and the staff were very knowledgeable. Overall great experience and would highly recommend.

Nice place to visit. Elephant feeding and bath. Children and adults enjoy the sessions. The people are very nice.

Absolutely magnificent! Had the best time feeding, bathing and interacting with the elephants. They are gentle creatures and our tour guide kept us informed about them during our visit.

Best place to spend and know more about Thailand elephants. They are so friendly and adorable. We can feed them, bath them and play with them for couple of hours. They are so friendly and mischief too about 😊 food. But we will love their company for sure. Even staff are also so so so friendly. loved this place like anything.

Really cool experience! They truly love their elephants, very ethical!

they take excellent care of the elephants, we really enjoyed going there and playing with the cute elephants!

Very interesting vist with elephants.

Just woooaaw. Ron, the guide, is such a lovely man. Wish him all the best. He puts his hart into it

One of the best experiences I have ever done on a vacation. So glad we did the full day, it was absolutely perfect.

Such an incredible experience. Indescribable how special it was.

Please go

They really care for the Elephants

Exellent

Wonderful experience!

Good place

Dit was onderdeel van onze jungletocht en we gingen er een beetje naar toe met gemengde gevoelens. We hadden eerder al olifanten gezien die als als attractie werden gebruikt voor het vervoer van mensen, onder niet al te fijne omstandigheden. Maar de mensen die deze olifanten opvingen spraken met veel liefde over de dieren. En ze werden nu alleen gebruikt zodat mensen dicht bij kennis konden maken met deze geweldige beesten door ze te voeren en wassen.