Elephant Trekking

Description

• AVAILABILITY: Daily, all year round, except 13 – 14 April, hourly from 11.00 – 17.00 (last trek)
• MODE OF TRANSPORT: Minivan
• APPROXIMATE TIMING: Approximately 2 hours round trip (depending on where you are staying).

ITINERARY: Perfect for a short morning or afternoon excursion, this has a round trip time of approximately 2 hours (may be slightly more or less depending on where you are staying).

The elephant camp is located around 7 minutes drive from Ao Nang Beach, in a shady palm oil plantation. The gentle trek will take you around this area at the elephant’s pace – they often stop to munch on leaves and fruit. It takes about 30 minutes to complete the circuit through the plantation and along the river. After the ride you can feed the elephants, including a baby. There are bananas for sale (currently 60 baht a basket) and they will happily take these – one of their favourite foods – from your hand.

Expected group size: 4 – 12 pax, depending on the day and time of year. Each elephant can sit up to 2 adults and 1 child or 2 infants.

FURTHER READING:
– More info on elephant trekking.
– Detailed trip report