A morning with the Elephants

Spend half a day to visit elephant sanctuary in Phutket where the animals are allowed to live their final years roaming freely without being harmed by tourists. Located on 30 acres of lush, tropical land bordering the Khao Phra Thaeo National Park in North East Phuket, visiting the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary helps support their mission of compassionate and ethical elephant tourism.

A morning with the elephants is an eye-opening and inspiring experience. Following a scenic drive through a local village, you will arrive at the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary, a picturesque jungle with ponds, wide-open fields, and hillsides for the elephants to roam around.

Your visit starts at our Tree Top Reception and Observation Platform. We will show you a presentation and educational video to prepare you for your encounter with the elephants and help you understand why they need to be protected.

Next up, you will feed the elephants. While they enjoy their baskets of bananas, pineapples, and cucumbers, you have a chance to learn from our guides about the background of each elephant.

Once the elephants are fed, we walk with them down into the jungle. By keeping a safe distance and watching them from our observation salas, the elephants have the freedom to express their natural behaviors, from bathing and playing in our pond to socializing with each other.

Our top priority is the well-being of the elephants.

We do not offer rides, shows, bathing, trunk hugging, elephant kisses, sitting on or lying on the elephants, loud, noisy groups, or people crowding around the elephants.