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1 Day Package |
- We will pick you up in Chiang Mai at your guesthouse between 8:00- 8:30.
- After arriving, you will change into traditional northern style clothes and we will pay respect to Ganesh, the Elephant Buddha.
- You will meet the elephants and practice using commands to ride and control the elephants.
- Then, we will take your elephants for a ride around the forest.
- We will have lunch in the forest. All leftovers can go to the elephant so nothing is wasted, and no trash is left behind!
- Visit the natural black mud spa to play in the mud with the elephants. This mud is very good for your skin and the elephants, so enjoy!
- After getting muddy, you and your elephant will need a bath in the river. Clean your elephant and have fun swimming!
- Return to the Thai Elephant Home to shower, enjoy fresh fruit, and experience an optional Thai herbal spa for hands and feet.
- Learn more about what you can do to help with our Reforestation Project or elephant rescue!
- Return to Chiang Mai when you are ready in the afternoon.
2 Day Package |
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Day1:
8:30 AM - Pick up at your hotel in ChiangMai.
- After about an hour drive north, you will arrive at the Thai Elephant Home. You will register, change clothes, and then meet the mahouts, being taught all the basic knowledge about elephant control.
12:00 PM - Lunch at Thai Elephant Home.
-Get your own elephant and ride mahout style through the beatiful forest.
- Enjoy a swim with the elephants at the river.
- Head back to camp.
7:00 PM - Cook your own traditional dinner under the guidance of the mahouts!
- Learn about the history of elephants and mahouts.
Day 2:
7:00 AM - Clean, bathe and feed the elephants and their huts.
- Prepare a traditional breakfast.
- Pay respect the the Ganesh (Prapikaneat).
- Trek through the forest and practice controlling the elephant using voice commands.
12:00 PM - Have lunch in the forest.
-Take elephants to play in the black mud.
- Swim in the river.
3:30 PM - Change clothes and relax.
4:00 PM - Head back to Chaing Mai.
3 Day Package |
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Day 1:
8:30 AM - Pick up at your hotel in ChiangMai.
- After about an hour drive north, you will arrive at the Thai Elephant Home. You will register, change clothes, and then meet the mahouts, being taught all the basic knowledge about elephant control.
12:00 PM - Lunch at Thai Elephant Home.
-Get your own elephant and ride mahout style through the beatiful forest.
- Enjoy a swim with the elephants at the river.
- Head back to camp.
7:00 PM - Cook your own traditional dinner under the guidance of the mahouts!
- Learn about the history of elephants and mahouts.
Day 2:
7:00 AM - Clean, bathe and feed the elephants and clean their huts.
- Prepare a traditional breakfast.
- Pay respect the the Ganesh (Prapikaneat).
- Trek through the forest and practice controlling the elephant using voice commands.
12:00 PM - Have lunch in the forest.
-Take elephants to play in the black mud.
- Swim in the river.
3:30 PM - Prepare your camping equipment.
5:00 PM - Head into the forest.
7:30 PM - Cook dinner with the mahouts.
- Relax and allow the soothing jungle noises to lull you to sleep.
Day 3 :
7:00 AM - Get up, have special breakfast in the forest before returning to camp.
- Become the mahout by training others.
- One last trek in the forest with the elephants.
12:00 PM - Have lunch in the forest.
- Take elephants back to bathe in the river.
3:00 PM - Change clothes and relax. Say farewell to your new friends.
4:00 PM - Head back to Chiang Mai.
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7 Day package. |
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This package includes much of the activities of the other packages with a few extra surprises and a more intense introduction to the real life of a mahout.
This package includes, but is not limited to
- Visit Maetaman village and listen to the rich history of the village and of the elephants.
- A more advanced training of riding and commanding elephants
- Paying daily respect the the elephant Buddha, Ganesh
- Visiting Black Mud
- Regularly cleaning and bathing elephants
- Cutting grass and feeding elephants
- Demonstration of making sticky rice in bamboo like a mahout
- Collect food and herbs for medicine for elephants in the forest
- Learn about the different herbs and used as medicine for the elephants as practiced by the local Karen hill-tribe
(this is ONLY available as a 7+ Day package!)
- One night there will be a rice offering and traditional String-Tying ceremony for good luck
- We will give a traditional rice offering to the Buddhist monks
****ALL TIMES AND ITINERARIES ARE FLEXIBLE AND SUSCEPTIBLE, IF NOT LIKELY, TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON WEATHER, LOCAL EVENTS, AND THE ELEPHANT'S NEEDS****
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