Got to be these days. Was horrified to find out this monk tiger sanctuary we visited many many years ago were actually turning the tigers into medicine 😢
Thanks for letting us know about the treatment of the elephants in Thailand. I hope more people will treat the elephants with the love and care of those people at that park. It was a beautiful place to be 🙂
Good day both, it is so good that you are always mindful of our actions, paying the NZD for the elephants experience of having a good habitat🙏🏻. It is so good to see the elephants with so much space to their own especially the shallow river for them to bath and play. A great breakfast vlog seeing big boys and girls eating 🍉🍌🥬and wagging their tails. Have a great week and thank you both😀
😁 so true! Even though we did this experience already I love rewatching this one because seeing the elephants just doing their thing fills me with so much calm and happiness 🐘❤️
I "adopted" "Faa Mai", one of the elephants, about 13 years ago for my niece. I pay a yearly sum to "sponsor" her and help with her expenses. It is something that can do to support.
That's wonderful you donate to ENP ❤️ the elephants are so precious and seem really happy and well looked after. Hope you get the chance to visit one day 🙂🐘
Elephant Nature Park is the beautiful manifestation of the extraordinary Lek Chailert. She inspired the other sanctuaries. To learn more see the documentary film Love and Bananas features Lek Chailert and Elephant Nature Park.
The waterfall is so beautiful, especially enjoying the unique Moroccan food by the beautiful waterfall. It is really a fun and unforgettable day. Another good video, and thanks for sharing. I'd love to watch it ❤❤👍🫶🥰😍
Very cool you guys got to visit the Elephant Nature Park... such amazing creatures... Sad how us humans can mistreat and abuse majestic animals... sometimes I wonder which species is more civilized... Looks like it was a very relaxing day appreciating nature, eating yummy food, and making amazing memories with each other. Thanks for sharing and putting out important info... by the way...Izzy😲😲 Wow wow wow... Safe travels guys!!
It was one of the best day outs for sure. Calm pace and wonderful elephants 🐘 ❤️ we both really enjoyed the experience. ...Izzy got it done in spectacular fashion 🫨💪
Looks like your visit to the elephant nature park was quite an emotional one . Now I realise how elephants are mistreated in other aspects of interaction with people, so thank you for supporting this nature park 😊
It's very sad in the past we've seen baby elephants outside restaurants to bring customers in. Hopefully as time goes by people become more aware we can all push all the business who have elephants to treat these beautiful animals with the proper care they deserve.
I so envy you this experience; I doubt I will ever be able to go to ENP, though it is one of my dreams to spend a week there helping as best as a senior lade can do, and perhaps even meeting Lek, Darrick, Kham Lah and Faa Mai (and maybe Pyi Mai and Chaba!) Thank you for supporting and broadcasting ENP and the wonderful work they do for our planet and all beings.
Great review of ENP. I found it very good. Not sure if your interested but Lek will be in Auckland and my city of Christchurch in September. Keep up the excellent work and enjoy your travels.❤ 🐘
I've seen several videos on the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, and yours by far, is the best. My husband and I will be travelling to Chiang Mai next year and plan to visit this incredible, ethical park. Keep up the great work and enjoy your travels!
It's an amazing place, felt so much peace and happiness when we were there. Especially knowing the elephants can live a happier life until their old age.
I was not expecting the kiwi accents when I opened this video. Just came across the elephant nature park and searched it and here I am. Hello from a fellow kiwi (from Auckland) 😀
Great video regarding Elephant visits. I have been living in Chiang Mai for 5 months now and I have added this to my list of “must do’s and places to visit”.
I love elephants and dogs so this place looks like heaven to me. God Bless all of the humans that are helping these precious souls. Thank you so much. B from Tennessee, USA
Hi, thanks for the video! The place we are staying at offers a trip to the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary. What so you think of this one? I have seen articles saying Save the Elephant Foundation is the best one - pls can you tell me what you think?
Hiya, Save the Elephant foundation is the non profit organisation that Lek the founder of Elephant Nature Park started 🙂🐘 If Elephant Jungle Sanctuary (or any elephant sanctuary that you're looking into) offers riding on the elephants, bathing with the elephants, or taking mud baths with them, they are not on the ethical side so just something to research and consider 🐘❤️
Hi. I checked out their website and it says the afternoon tour is when we can watch the elephants bathe. Is this true? So this doesn't happen in the morning tour? My mom and i are deciding which tour to get - morning or afternoon. Would you be able to suggest? When is it less crowded? Thanks!
Once again you draw us in with superb opening clips! Ah yes I am glad you mentioned the ethical part yes that is very important! The entry does seem pretty reasonable considering it includes your transport to the sanctuary and back to your accommodation! Oh my gosh what a sad story about those three elephants and yeah crazy sad! Yeah great great advice and bless you guys for choosing this location and teaching us about it! Are there any hygiene issues eating with the elephants close by? Heck 200 acres for this park is massive! Yeah that would have been an amazing experience and you definitely won't forget it there!
The prices for most Elephant experiences are similar. The main encampment where the food is served is fenced off from the elephants so they can't actually enter. But they can stick their trunks in to see what's going on hahaha
It is good to know that there are "ethical" elephant experiences to attend in SE Asia. Great vlog! One thing I noticed is that none of the elephants had tusks.... I need to Google to find out if the elephants in Asia do not have tusks. Thanks for sharing and have fun in Italy!
🐘😊 yes unfortunately there were some experiences in the past that we did in Thailand that turned out to be very unethical so we're much more careful about animal interaction activities now 😢
I'm sorry if you said it and i missed it, but which tour did you do? We are currently looking at the different tours offered by ENP, and I am not sure which one to pick. Yours looks ideal for a family with kids.
No feeding or touching the elephants at least in the tour we joined but photos were allowed with the elephants that the guides know are friendly and calm enough to take some next to with.
Thank you for showing us the nature park and the sad stories of the elephant. They're definitely in a better place and enjoying their natural habitat now. I hate animal cruelty, one of the reasons I don't go circus ever. The only animal I ever ride on is horse 🐎
I subscribe to ENP and watch their video daily. This is a different way to see the park. So many people but glad it supports the park. This is heaven on earth for these wonderful creatures. So lucky you got to see up close and personal. Your video was fantastic.
Thank you 💛 it's an amazing organisation with how they rescue and look after these beautiful creatures and give them a safe and happy environment to live. Have you visited ENP before? We hope you get the chance to if you haven't been before 🐘
Thank you for sharing your experience. I had seen a different video of the Nature Park where the visitors bathed the elephants. Perhaps they have changed their policy? Like the down to earth content of your videos and admire you for not having fallen into creating the American style vlogs all about the presenters and the use of useless discriptives of 'Super, cool, amazing' as though their experience no matter where they are, is the only one one to be had. They also generally do not provide information but regurgitate what is already on the internet. Well done.
Hello you get assigned a guide once you arrive who will explain things and take you to areas to explore. You have a lot of free time but can't wander too far from your main group.
I heard of this elephant sanctuary a few years ago and while my mother was there during the COVID pandemic visiting family, she was explicitly told by locals/taxi drivers to NOT visit this place because they are not ethical and steal the money of supporters. Based on your personal experience and observation, would you say that there is any truth to these statements? I have my suspicions as to why they may been told this, but I'd like to gather your thoughts first. Thanks!!
Seems pretty hard to believe such a claim 😅 The founder Lek has won a lot of awards for her conservation and activist work plus incredible dedication to ENP. They're really informative on their website and social media accounts too which you might want to take a look through plus they are extremely well known for being ethical (at least in terms of a proper sanctuary). Maybe it was a miscommunication/misunderstanding or a different place but the elephants definitely look well cared for and they also have before and after photos etc showing the improvements for so many of the elephants health and videos showing rescues made etc. Their media page on the website has a lot of articles you can check out too: www.elephantnaturepark.org/in-the-media/ It just seems like quite an accusation for them to make about stealing money but I guess you can never really really know unless you're personally involved.
