2024 at Ethical Elephant Experience
from 252€
Jungle Adventure while helping Elephants
Highlights
- Ethical & sustainable
- The elephants are given autonomy and freedom of choice, spending their days foraging in their natural habitat, without having to please humans
- These elephants are not controlled with bull-hooks, and they do not drag heavy chains through the forest
- Experience the Karen hill tribe way of life
- Contribute to community development and forest health
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About the program
Improving welfare of captive elephants by allowing them to retire in the forest, creating alternative livelihoods, contributing to community development & forest health.
- Mae Tala Elephant Village -
These elephants have retired from harsh working environments. They are now free to forage and socialise how they wish, without force or fear.
Here at our project, the elephants' welfare is the priority, so we do not allow large noisy groups of people, we allow the ...
Typical day
3 day/2 nights
Minimum 2 people required, we can match individual travellers
You will travel 2.5 hours out to the village, meet your friendly host family & fellow guests.
Visitors hike out into the stunning forest each morning to see the elephants in their natural habitat. For those interested, you can ...
Free-time activities
You can relax every afternoon and evening at the volunteer house, with fellow visitors and staff, read a book or watch the sunset.
There are a couple of little shops in the village that sell drinks, snacks, and beer for purchase.
Requirements
What's Included
What's NOT included?
Details on arrival
Program fees
Meet your organization
Isara Elephant Foundation
Non-profit - founded in 2015
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Lo
About the project
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Location
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