Ride an Elephant in Phuket
Written by Viator, August 2011
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For travellers with a bit of extra time (and curiosity), notable half-day safari tours provide a very thorough and thoroughly enjoyable short course on island culture, geography and cuisine.
The journey begins with a four-wheeler excursion from your Phuket hotel into the Chalong Highlands where the Siam Safari Elephant Camp is located. Once there, you’ll meet your massive mammalian transports and learn a great deal about them and the state of modern elephant conservation efforts.
Next you’ll take a ride on an elephant's back into the surrounding highlands, and take in the sweeping vistas of Chalong Bay and Phi Phi Island beyond.
Along with your adventures aboard an elephant, this award-winning camp offers the opportunity to learn about the preparation of Thai jungle curry, the tapping of rubber trees, and the training of monkeys used for the picking of coconuts. You’ll have up-close and personal exposure to water buffaloes, and learn how coconuts are processed to make coconut milk and oil.
The tour concludes with a buffet lunch prepared with fresh ingredients and with a selection of Thai dishes that are designed to go easy on sensitive western pallets (meaning they’re relatively mild). An additional feature is an optional tour of the bay in a traditional wooden junk before returning to your hotel.
Shorter elephant tours (approximately an hour) depart into the Phuket jungle from major hotels daily from 9 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Latest Replies
Reply by Viator, May 2013
Doing what: Phuket Half-Day Safari Tour
even though it was torrential rain we still thoroughly enjoyed this tour.it was a nice touch that the elephant mahout gave us an umbrella so it was quite unique riding an elephant with an umbrella.the rest of the tour was very informative and not at all boring which i thought it might be. the food on the boat trip was very good too.
Reply by Viator, February 2013
Doing what: Phuket Half-Day Safari Tour
Great family experience. The elephant ride was certainly the highlight.
Reply by Viator, January 2013
Doing what: One-Hour Elephant Jungle Trek from Phuket
Crazy experience but a must do, ther are many opportunities to do this, photoessays are great but guides at mid point pull a tray of cheap plastic jewelry and give a sales pitch....... Not good
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