Viator Exclusive: Elephant Conservation Experience in Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Trip Type: Viator Exclusive Tours
Duration: 9 hours
If you adore elephants, you’ll love this private full-day tour from Chiang Mai. The day trip focuses on local conservation efforts, and it’s a Viator Exclusive you won’t find anywhere else! During your visit to Friends of the Asian Elephant and the Thai Elephant Conservation Center near Lampang, stop by an elephant hospital; interact with elephant mothers and their babies at a nursery; watch the animals demonstrate their skills; and view beautifully crafted wooden elephants at the Ban Chang Nak museum. If you’d like, opt to ride an elephant and paint your own miniature sculpture to bring home.
Enjoy the personalized attention of a private guide and transport by private air-conditioned car or minivan, depending on the number of people in your party.
Enjoy the personalized attention of a private guide and transport by private air-conditioned car or minivan, depending on the number of people in your party.
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If you adore elephants, you’ll love this private full-day tour from Chiang Mai. The day trip focuses on local conservation efforts, and it’s a Viator Exclusive you won’t find anywhere else! During your visit to Friends of the Asian Elephant and the Thai Elephant Conservation Center near Lampang, stop by an elephant hospital; interact with elephant mothers and their babies at a nursery; watch the animals demonstrate their skills; and view beautifully crafted wooden elephants at the Ban Chang Nak museum. If you’d like, opt to ride an elephant and paint your own miniature sculpture to bring home.
Enjoy the personalized attention of a private guide and transport by private air-conditioned car or minivan, depending on the number of people in your party.Meet your guide upon pickup at your Chiang Mai hotel in the morning and relax on the approximate 1.5-hour drive by private vehicle toward Lampang. On this exclusive tour, learn how humans are doing their part to protect these endangered gentle giants on visits to conservation centers such as Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation.
Here you'll get to meet many elephants, including landmine survivors Mosha and Motala. Mosha stepped on a landmine in 2006 when she was only 7 months old, but in 2008 she received the world’s first elephant prosthetic! Learn about their plight at the hospital of this remarkable organization, founded in 1993, and hear about the tireless efforts to improve living conditions for Thailand’s elephants.
After watching a short video about Mosha and Motala, visit the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) next door. Your knowledgeable private guide will explain the history and mission of TECC, where you can interact with several mothers and their adorable babies at the elephant nursery.
After a Thai lunch at the center, enjoy some good, clean fun as you watch the elephants take a bath. You’ll also have the option of a 30-minute or 1-hour tandem elephant ride (additional expense) before or after your meal.
On the drive back to Chiang Mai, make a brief stop at Mae Ta, a small market selling local foods and plants. Then pay a visit to Ban Chang Nak, a museum and workshop founded by the famous Thai artist Phetch Viriya, a master carver of wooden elephants. Admire the replica of a mammoth made from thousands of wood chips on display in front of Ban Chang Nak. The center is home to hundreds of beautiful wooden elephants and other works, all created by local artists.
Your final destination is the Elephant Parade House in Chiang Mai, where you can participate in an optional crafts workshop. Onsite staff will assist you in painting your own miniature elephant (own expense), a perfect souvenir before your tour finishes with hotel drop-off in the early evening.
Enjoy the personalized attention of a private guide and transport by private air-conditioned car or minivan, depending on the number of people in your party.Meet your guide upon pickup at your Chiang Mai hotel in the morning and relax on the approximate 1.5-hour drive by private vehicle toward Lampang. On this exclusive tour, learn how humans are doing their part to protect these endangered gentle giants on visits to conservation centers such as Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation.
Here you'll get to meet many elephants, including landmine survivors Mosha and Motala. Mosha stepped on a landmine in 2006 when she was only 7 months old, but in 2008 she received the world’s first elephant prosthetic! Learn about their plight at the hospital of this remarkable organization, founded in 1993, and hear about the tireless efforts to improve living conditions for Thailand’s elephants.
After watching a short video about Mosha and Motala, visit the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) next door. Your knowledgeable private guide will explain the history and mission of TECC, where you can interact with several mothers and their adorable babies at the elephant nursery.
After a Thai lunch at the center, enjoy some good, clean fun as you watch the elephants take a bath. You’ll also have the option of a 30-minute or 1-hour tandem elephant ride (additional expense) before or after your meal.
On the drive back to Chiang Mai, make a brief stop at Mae Ta, a small market selling local foods and plants. Then pay a visit to Ban Chang Nak, a museum and workshop founded by the famous Thai artist Phetch Viriya, a master carver of wooden elephants. Admire the replica of a mammoth made from thousands of wood chips on display in front of Ban Chang Nak. The center is home to hundreds of beautiful wooden elephants and other works, all created by local artists.
Your final destination is the Elephant Parade House in Chiang Mai, where you can participate in an optional crafts workshop. Onsite staff will assist you in painting your own miniature elephant (own expense), a perfect souvenir before your tour finishes with hotel drop-off in the early evening.
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