Stravell Blog thanks! It really was an amazing experience!

It’s an awesome place!

Attha AtthaBhum thank you 🙏

You’re very welcome. Have fun!

Visit Lek instead @ Elephant News.

Thanks! We did a lot of research to ensure we were supporting a rescue and not an elephant riding place. If you go to Thailand, check out Koh Lanta. It’s a little island that’s just stunning with super nice people and amazing street food.

Thanks for watching and thank you for not supporting the riding places! They are such beautiful animals and I hope you get to experience Thailand! Safe travels 🙂

The Roar Within you’ll love it! If Nicky is still there tell him we said hello!

Thanks! Yea there's a couple with really similar names, the address was 392/5 Thanon Bandon-Cherngtalay. Here's the website of the one we went to: elephantretirementparkphuket.com/

Why is this? Can you please elaborate as we are going to Phuket and are thinking of going to the Sanctuary.

@@CowboyJojosAdventures : Past statistics indicated that those who visit elephants in Thailand Most of them are tourists from Europe and America. Which may be due to the poor global economic situation, Causing such tourists to decrease too. If you have a travel plan to visit the elephant treatment facility in Phuket in the near future We, the Thai people, as the host would have a warm welcome. Which is currently open for service, We and these elephants are always waiting for you. Whether tourists Will visit any elephant therapy facility in Thailand Is considered to help raise elephants that have been selected from hard work To relax in their last moments Under the embrace of our love Apologize for not being fluent in English (translation is done through Google's program).

B W your English is good. Thank you. We are considering doing the VIP Experience, but are not sure how much they charge.

@Cowboy Jojo’s Adventures : You can receive information or contact from the organization's website directly according to the link. www.phuketlandtour.com/en/tour-view.php?tour_id=39 www.phuketelephantsanctuary.org/en/ Your welcome always.

Lek @ Elephant News on KZfaq is buying many from mahouts. Thank God!

I think it was around $150 usd per person, well worth it. Check out our website for the link to the park website and even more info. Many parks have similar names.

FashioNica they’re so much fun!

They are such wonderful animals!

I know they are lovely 🤩 we’ve had a feeling like inside their is human - it was such a magical experience🇹🇭🙏

Tu I Tam we totally agree!

Arishi Rizvi check out the elephant retirement park website in Phuket, Thailand. This is the VIP experience version of the tour which is offered a few times a week.

www.elephantretirementpark.com/ is their site

Jess Mags it’s around $200 a person for the VIP experience and it’s super worth it!

Aimee here. I spent probably 3-4 hours researching ethical elephant parks before we went to Thailand to ensure we were not supporting animal abuse. The ropes are to help their handlers guide them, since they are still giant animals they have to have something to lead them around the park. Also let’s be real - if the elephant wants to run away a thin rope is not going to stop them. It’s mostly to guide them, like a bridle on a horse. Some of them do roam freely but most of them are in pens for their own protection. As we drove around Thailand we saw elephants literally chained up in what looks like a jail cell on the side of the road. Those places are the ones to avoid. You can Google to see the differences but be ready for the graphic images. Just a tip - anywhere that offers an elephant “safari” or “trekking” is generally elephant riding which is extremely harmful to the elephants but still very common. I hope this helps. Many of these elephants were rescued from trekking places and are living the rest of their lives at the sanctuary. If you go to one of these, please do your research on TripAdvisor to read real people’s reviews first.

You can see in the photos these animals are also in enclosures at the park you mentioned, so it seems very similar. They do that to ensure they eat (since they eat a lot) and get medicine.