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Ethical elephant sanctuary

Walk with the elephants, feed them, join them in the mud bath and the pool. Nobody rides. Three programmes, from an hour and a half to a full day.

Half day

An elephant at an ethical sanctuary
No riding

Lanta Elephant Sanctuary is on Koh Lanta. There is no riding and no show. You spend the time next to the animals, feeding them bananas, walking with them and washing them.

Sessions start at 7:30, 10:00 and 13:00. Come in clothes that can get dirty and wet, with a towel and flip-flops.

THE THREE PROGRAMMES

  1. AAbout 1h30 to 2 hours: walk with the elephants, feeding, mud bath, bathing together in the pool. Fresh fruit and water for you, bananas for them.
  2. BAbout 3 hours, at 7:30 or 13:00: everything in A, plus making traditional herbal remedies and paper from elephant dung, which you take home. Coffee and tea.
  3. CFull day from 7:30: everything in B, plus a Thai set lunch, a swim at the Emerald Pool and the hot spring waterfall. Two people per session at most, booked ahead.

IN THE PRICE

  • Hotel transfer both ways
  • Fruit and water
  • Bananas for the elephants
  • Insurance
  • Programme C: lunch and the entrance fees

Good to know

  • Children from 4 to 10 pay a child rate. Under 4 go free.
  • Programme C takes two people per session only. Book it early.
  • You will get muddy. Bring a change of clothes.
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Questions we get about this trip

Is there any riding?

No. You walk with the elephants, feed them and wash them. Nobody sits on them.

How long does it take?

From an hour and a half for Programme A to a full day for Programme C, plus the transfer from your hotel.

Is it suitable for small children?

Yes. Children from 4 pay a child rate and under 4 go free. They stay next to you the whole time.

ALSO ON THE ISLAND

ATV (quad bike)

Thirty minutes on a closed track, an hour on the forest trails up to a viewpoint over the sea, or an hour of ATV followed by an hour of kayak in the mangrove.

Thai cooking class

A morning at the market, then four dishes you cook yourself with a local cook: a starter, a soup and two mains with curry paste made from scratch. Then you eat it all.

Everything we organise on Koh Lanta

Find us

292, Moo 2, Sala Dan, Koh Lanta Yai, Krabi 81150

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