Follow the elephants into the jungle. You walk through the forest alongside free-roaming elephants and hear each one's story, stop for a home-cooked Thai lunch, then spend the afternoon feeding them, sharing a mud spa, and washing them in the water. A whole day given over to the elephants.
Before you book
- Minimum age is 7 — Part of the programme is a walk through the jungle, so children of 6 and under cannot take part. The child rate applies from age 7 to 10.
- There is one departure a day, at 08:00 — The time you choose at booking is when the programme begins at the camp.
- Pick-up times — 06:45-07:30. The exact time varies slightly with your hotel's location and is confirmed on your voucher.
- Return transport included — For hotels within Phuket only. Phuket International Airport cannot be entered under airport rules, and piers such as Rassada are not served either.
- We return you to where we collected you — We do not drop you off at other accommodations. To go straight to the airport after the tour, choose “Airport drop-off” (1 vehicle · 1–8 guests · 890 baht) on the booking form.
- Please bring a swimsuit and a change of clothes. You will go into mud and water.
- Booking deadline — Please book by 17:00 Thailand time the day before your visit.
- Cancellations and changes — Free cancellation up to 2 days before your visit, with no fee. After that, no changes, cancellations or refunds are possible.
- When we accept cancellations — Please send cancellations during TripRAON business hours, 08:00-17:00 Thailand time.
💚Great for
- Anyone with a full day to give — The programme runs for six hours.
- Anyone who wants to understand elephants properly — You hear each elephant's story in detail as you walk.
- Anyone who wants the jungle scenery as well
- Anyone who would like two meals included
✨Highlights
- Jungle trek — Walk the forest paths alongside free-roaming elephants
- Hear the rescue story of every elephant you meet
- Thai home-style lunch
- Prepare the elephants' nutritional supplements and feed them
- Mud spa · Bathing and play in the water
- Making elephant dung paper
🗓️Itinerary
- Pick-up from your hotel
- Arrive at the camp · Snacks, tea and coffee · Programme briefing
- Set out into the jungle - walk with the elephants and hear their stories
- A home-cooked Thai meal
- Prepare the elephants' nutritional supplements
- Say hello to the elephants, feed them, and take photographs in the forest
- The mud spa
- Play in the water with the elephants
- The open-air rain shower
- Shower and change into dry clothes
- A Thai meal with seasonal fruit · Say goodbye and return to your hotel
📦What's included and not included
- Included — Round-trip transportation · Guide · Rental of traditional Karen clothing and EJS hats · Thai meals · Bottled water · Elephant food · Travel insurance
- Not included — Personal expenses · Gratuity for your guide and keeper (optional)
🎒What to bring and things to note
- Swimsuit · Change of clothes · Towel · Hat · Sunscreen · Insect repellent · Sneakers (for walking in the jungle) · Passport number (for insurance)
- The programme runs even in heavy rain, and there are no cancellations or refunds because of the weather.
- If you are pregnant or have limited mobility, please tell us when you book.
- The mud spa and the bathing happen only when the elephants want them.
- No elephant riding, no shows — Elephant Jungle Sanctuary is an ethical elephant sanctuary with ACES Gold accreditation. We never make an elephant do anything against its will.
- Group sizes change from day to day — They depend on the programme, the camp assigned, and how many elephants and visitors there are that day.
- Tell us in advance — If you have a food allergy or dietary restriction, limited mobility, are pregnant, or have any symptoms that could be contagious, please tell us when you book.
🐘Compare with other elephant programs
- 1 hour of feeding — No vehicle · No water activities · ฿750
- Feeding with return transport, 1 hour 30 minutes — Vehicle included · Watch the elephants bathe · ฿1,300
- Feeding + Rain Shower 1 hour 30 minutes — Vehicle included · Rain shower · ฿1,700
- Half-day experience, 3 hours — Vehicle included · Mud spa and bath · 1 meal · ฿2,500
- 6 hours of full-day jungle trekking — Vehicle included · Mud spa and bath · Meals included · Ages 7 and up · ฿5,000
