Overview:

Available Daily; Meet your new friends! Elephants are amazing animals and you'll enjoy bathing in the river and swimming with them in a private area, as well as feeding and watching the playful antics these beautiful creatures. Learn to ride bare back (no bench or harness) while walking alongside your mahout.
 

Description:

Meet your tour guide at your hotel or guest house.  Then go to the local market to load up with some bananas and other fruit to feed the Elephants. 

Travel in an air conditioned minivan to the Elephants base camp located about 1 hour outside of Chiang Mai. On your arrival, you will receive instructions in the basics of elephant training theory from experienced trainers. After that, you will apply what you have learned and begin your relationship with your elephant. 

There are a number of elephant camps to choose from around Chiang Mai.  The Mae Wang elephant camp treats their elephants with respect.  You will have the experience of riding an elephant without seeing the scarred head you see in many other camps caused by the improper use of the hooked stick used to control the animals. 

You'll develop a feel for the personality of "Chang" or Elephant and his contentment with human company. Chang is a social animal and will happily bond with humans, as is attested by the relationship between them and their mahout.

You'll enjoy bathing in the river and swimming at the waterfalls in a private area, as well as feeding and watching the playful antics of the elephant. You will ride bare back (no bench or harness) while walking alongside your mahout.

After your session with your elephant enjoy some refreshments while waiting to return. Arrive at your hotel or guesthouse around 5:00pm - happy with your new found friendship with your elephant.
 

*** NOTE:

• Tour includes: Transportation, Lunch, Mahout clothes and  Insurance.
   
• Optional: Normally riding 1 Elephant per 2 persons. If you need to ride 1 Elephant per 1 person, you have to pay surcharge 1,000 baht.