Mae Taeng · Chiang Mai
A long table of fruit for the herd
A moment from the elephant day.
Behind the moment
Feed and walk
Then it is feeding time. The elephants reach up with their trunks and you hand the food across. After that you walk with them, at the pace the keepers set. Stay close to the elephant guide and keepers and follow what they say; it keeps you and the elephants safe.
The rest of the day
We pick you up where you stay at 08:30 and drive about an hour north to an elephant camp in Mae Taeng. From about 10:00 you register, change into a keeper outfit and join a short workshop with an elephant guide. Then you prepare food, feed, walk with and bathe the elephants, always with the keepers beside you. After a buffet lunch at the camp we drive about 40 minutes to Bua Tong, the Sticky Waterfall, for around two hours. You are back where you stay around 16:00.