Elephant Rescue Park (office)

The best experience ever! We chose overnight tour. Tour guide is very friendly, helpful and able to speak English very well. We learnt a lot about how to take care of elephants, including how to see if elephants are irritable. It’s easy to see those elephants are happy under love and well care. We are planning to go back again for those clever and cute elephants!❤❤❤

Very good experience! The elephants are treated amazingly, they have lots of space and wonderful caretakers. I recommend a private tour, even if more expensive, its so much better! The elephants are not stressed from you, lots of time for pictures, walking with them in the park, on their own ritym and you get in the water with them bathing. Its clearly to see they are relaxed there and its well worth your investment!

One of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had! Our tour guide’s name was Shy, (Definitely not spelled correctly, but pronounced like “shy”) and he was great!

The tour starts by them picking you up and driving you to the park, allowing you to see the beautiful scenery along the way. Once you arrive you change into the provided clothing and boots. Then they give you an introduction to feeding the elephants, what the tour will consist of, background on the park, and some funny demonstrations. Our guides also spoke English really well which was nice, considering we don’t know much Thai.

After that you make your way over to the elephants and begin feeding them, as well as taking photos. Then you begin your walk with the elephants. We walked around enjoying the views of them along side the mountainous region.

Then we went to a pond and began to bathe the elephants, which was so much fun.
Afterwords, you change out of your provided clothing and into your change of clothes, and begin to eat a meal they make you. 10/10 for how good the meal was.

I’ll also add as a side note, we wanted to go to Sticky Waterfall afterwords and a very nice lady named Goon (Also not spelled correctly but pronounced as such) took us there! She was so much fun and talked to us the whole way! She even waited for us to get done and took us back to our Airbnb!

Everyone is so friendly and the treatment of the elephants is spectacular. You can tell how much everyone cares for them.

Do not miss an opportunity such as this. You won’t get a better experience anywhere else!

Sean was our tour guide, and he did an amazing job. He educated us on the history of elephants in Thailand and how they care for them. They gave us uniforms to wear and rubber boots. We fed, walked with, and bathed the elephants. We were also provided a good lunch.

Great experience!! They really take care responsibly of the elephant in an incredible ethical way.

They were super punctual in the pick up and we could enjoy the entire afternoon with the elephants.

It was a fun experience feeding, walking and cleaning the elephants. They have different programs if you want to enjoy the entire day or multiple days. This is 100% safe for any age.

I will definitely visit Elephant Rescue when I come back to Chiang Mai and absolutely recommend them.

Their team has the mission to rescue elephants from Logging industry, circus and walking campus protecting and taking care of the elephants.

It is an experience that everyone should do once. 😍 Just to stand next to elephants and look into their eyes is amazing.. They are happy there and treated very well by the staff. Super thanks for Chai (sorry if name written not correctly) which was so professional and told us everything about elephants and even more.. Highly recommended!

I got a visit to this park as a birthday present from a friend who had been there last year. I was a little worried it would be a bit of a "circus for the people" and that I wouldn't like it. I leave Chiang Mai enriched with one of the best experiences of my life. It's hard to describe. It is emotional and profound. And so I have to recommend everyone to go experience it for themselves. I hope I have the same memory of an elephant and will remember this experience for a lifetime. Thank you for a great guide, an amazing day (I definitely recommend the full program to everyone) and the best birthday present I could have received.

The most magical and special time at Elephant Rescue Park.

Thank you for having us, and thank you for educating us on the beauty and importance of caring for these majestic animals.

Our main guide Chai was very informative and knowledgeable on the elephants and was able to answer all the questions for him.

We started off changing into our uniforms, listening to an introduction on the park's goals, missions and morals they have.

We then fed the elephants their breakfast and went for a walk in the jungle with elephants alongside.

After that what followed was bathing the elephants in a lake, giving them a scrub and cleaning them.

We then had said goodbye to the elephants and were treated to a buffet lunch, it was amazing!

This will definitely be a day that will always be remembered.

Thank you to all those involved, we will definitely be back!

Had an AMAZING experience at Elephant Rescue Park. We booked the overnight 2 day package and we highly recommend it.

Getting the opportunity during the evening to connect with the owner and operators of the park was very insightful and engaging. Very reassuring to hear how much the Park cares for their elephants and hear their (IMO) realistic view of how to promote an ethical and sustainable elephant experience.

I’ve seen how other parks choose to care for their elephants AND visitors and this park excels at both. So glad to learn during our extended tour that they have plans of expanding their park and giving their elephants a larger range to explore.
It was so peaceful getting the opportunity to simply walk with the elephants. Love that they are allowed to explore their surroundings freely. Their is a mahout to chaperone but for the most part these elephants are allowed to roam their land as they please.

It was also heartwarming to see the elderly elephants given extra care and fed meals better fit their abilities. One of the most gentle and docile elephants at the park lost most of her teeth and the park took special care to accommodate her needs and feed her foods that she could easily chew.

Our extended stay also included the opportunity to get our hands dirty and volunteer in the fields doing some work cutting and collecting grass for the elephants. This was very rewarding but it might not be suitable for some visitors as the grass was very sharp and also covered in thorns. Be mindful if you choose to opt for the heavy labor and be sure to wear thick gloves and long sleeves. I would do it alll over again but with the right attire.

Ending our final day and saying goodbye to the park was very sad however, if you book the 2 day experience, it also includes a visit to the “stick waterfall” and Poo Poo paper park. Both great additions to our journey back into Chiang Mai.
Thank you Elephant Rescue Park for a great experience.

I was sceptical before coming in because of reviews of other places. I couldn’t be more wrong. From what I could see, the elephants are happy and treated wonderfully. I don’t want to spoil the visit to anyone, but the whole tour consists in taking care of the elephants (not the other way around) - as it should be. It is also clear the love and care the staff has for the elephants and also for providing a great experience to the visitors. Thank you guys so so much for this wonderful memory!

Thank you Dew, our friendly guide. We had the most amazing time interacting with the elephants and all their wonderful carers. Mr Kit and his team are doing such noble work giving these gentle giants plenty of space to walk around and play and giving us a chance to pet, feed and bath them, at their own pace. All the animals - elephants, buffaloes, dogs are relaxed, well-fed and happy 😊❤

We had most amazing time at the Rescue Park. The elephants are all well looked after and happy in their surroundings. The staff truly care for the elephants and have a good rapport with them. Definitely a great deal of affection between handler and elephants. We stayed the night and we were also very well looked after. We would thoroughly recommend this park.

it was the most amazing and unforgettable trip of my life. it changed me. such close contact with these great animals revealed something new in me. the desire to be close to nature and do everything possible to protect it. I have not seen a bad attitude towards elephants. we fed them and washed and bathed with them. it is a great honor to be next to those who save animals from a hellish life. I wish you prosperity and save as many of these incredible animals as possible!

Such a nice and lovely experience! Chai was our tour guide and he was really good, he explained everything about the elephants! Thank you! I would recommend it!!

The experience was truly amazing! Super ethical and tons of contact with the elephants.

They have rescued elephants from zoos, circuses, logging, and places that do back riding. It is not only a tour but a contribution or donation where the money goes to help these abused animals. ❤

The crew was funny and helpful and I even won a free T-shirt!

Loved it, I would definitely go back.

After spending ages searching online for the right place, I finally found Elephant Rescue Park and I’m so glad we did. Be careful when searching online as there are a few with a similar name that aren’t helping rescued Elephants - this is the place you’re looking for. We did a full day tour with the elephants and it was such a magical, once in a lifetime experience. They pick you up from your hotel. We were VERY lucky that nobody else booked on our date so we basically had a private tour. However groups are still good sized and you’re given plenty of time to hang out with the elephants. You learn about the food they eat and prepare snacks for them before being able to feed them. Then after lunch (freshly made Thai food, very delicious) you get to walk with them and then bathe them. Memories that will last a lifetime. Pong was such a great guide and all the staff had genuine love and care for the elephants and treated them like family. Highly recommend and thank you to Pong and the team!

It's one of the pricier elephant parks but it's worth the money imo. 3000 THB pp for the full day program. The park was huge and the guides seemed very knowledgeable. We met with 5 elephants in total. We mainly fed one and walked with three. There were only 5 people in our group so we had plenty of opportunities to interact with the elephants. We encountered the half day program and there were way more people in their group. I think the number of people changes based on how many people sign up that day. So go during the down season if you can to maximize the experience.

Great experience. I picked out the tour I wanted online and got an email confirmation with my pick up time. The ride there was an hour but the tour guide was super funny and informative so it went by fast. I did the half day B package for 2200 Baht. We started the tour by changing into the red uniforms. Then we fed the elephants bananas, walk around with them, pet them, learned so much about them, bathed them, and then we finished the tour was a delicious meal with an amazing view. The entire experience was just lovely. The staff was sooo friendly, the elephants are clearly well taken care of, and you can tell by the way the staff talks that they love the elephants and truly care for them. I highly recommend this park as they do not ride, no mud baths, and they buy their elephants not rent them. If I ever come back, I 100% would come again. Also, Dew was the best tour guide.

Elephant Rescue Park is most likely the best elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai. Thanks to our guide Am who is very knowledgeable about the elephants and speaks good English. The elephants here are really well taken care by their mahouts who kinda have great bonding with the elephants. Mr Kid,the owner of the place is really dedicated in taking great care of the elephants and not into profit making mindset. His efforts and work done for these gentle giants are very impressive. I took the whole day package and it was really amazing. We really get to spend lots of time with the elephants. The park also has great accomodation for those who plan on doing their overnight package. The view is really nice. Will definitely come back again and recommend to family and friends.

These are people with golden hearts. Their care for the elephants is endless and they really treat them as a family. As for the activity, it was perfect. We were picked on time from our hotel, we changed to the uniforms and then we were engaged in feeding the elephants, walking with them and bathing them for a few minutes only (just when they wanted to). The activity also involved a big educational part on elephants in general and the sanctuary elephants in particular. The story of the first rescued elephant who passed away was just heartbreaking. Now there are currently 8 elephants there. I really hope they continue getting enough support for their important mission.