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This half-day elephant care program lets you meet rescued elephants up close at Elephant Retirement Park in the Mae Taeng district near Chiang Mai. Learn about elephant behavior and proper care from an experienced guide, then prepare food and feed the elephants yourself. Watch or join the elephants as they play in the mud and sand spa, and take photos with baby elephants. Choose a morning or afternoon program, with round-trip hotel transfers and a vegetarian Thai lunch buffet included.

Care for rescued elephants
at a sanctuary in Mae Taeng
This half-day (about 4-5 hours) elephant care program starts with pickup from your hotel in central Chiang Mai and a drive of about 1 hour to the countryside of the Mae Taeng district. Choose a morning or afternoon program, accompanied by an English-speaking guide, with drinking water, coffee and tea provided.
Learn about elephants and prepare their food

On arrival, change into local clothes and get ready for the activities. An experienced guide explains elephant behavior and how to care for elephants properly, and you prepare food and healthy feed for the elephants before feeding them.
Join the elephants at the mud and sand spa

Walk with the elephants to the mud and sand spa. Watch or join them as they play in the mud pool and bathing area, and observe their behavior in a beautiful natural setting. There is also a chance to take photos with baby elephants.
Shower and enjoy a Thai lunch buffet

After spending time with the elephants, shower and change, then enjoy a traditional Thai lunch buffet that is also suitable for vegetarians. After lunch, travel about 1 hour back to your hotel in central Chiang Mai.
※ All activities depend on the elephants' willingness; they are never forced to do anything they do not want to.
※ The activities you can watch or join may vary depending on the elephants' condition.
Round-trip hotel transfers (within 5km of the Old City)
Live guide
Drinking water, coffee and tea
Food for the elephants
Vegetarian lunch
Please check your mobile voucher by email or in the WAUG app.
The local operator will reconfirm your pickup time after booking. You are picked up from the hotel you entered when booking and taken to the sanctuary.
Valid only on the selected date and time.
Meeting point:
Chiang Mai hotel pickup
Pickup information:
Pickup takes place at the hotel or designated pickup point you selected when booking. Please check your voucher after confirmation for the exact pickup location and time.
Pickup is available from hotels within 5km of the Old City. If your hotel is outside the service area or pickup is not possible, you will be contacted via the contact details you entered when booking.
Elephant Retirement Park (Camp), Baan Nong Kai, San Pa Yang, Mae Taeng District, Chiang Mai 50330, Thailand