Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comElephant Sanctuary Private Tour
based on 24 reviews
Duration: 8 hours (approx.)
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Product code: 3705KUL25
24 reviews of Elephant Sanctuary Private Tour
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Awesome experience. I would have liked to ride the elephant for a longer time plus walk the elephant into the water. Still great and highly recommended. On the way, we stopped off and fed deer, fed a sunny bear by mouth, held a snake plus more, 5 STARS. Our tour guide was awesome, full of information, and he queued up for us at the elephant sanctuary so we didn't have to wait long.
Reviewed by: Leeanne M, Australia, September 2008
Had a fantastic day. Our guide was full of knowledge on Kuala Lumpur as well as the rest of Malaysia. He took us to a deer park to hug sun bears, which was a great experience. At the Elephant Sanctuary, our guide requested that we have the last elephant ride, which meant we had a longer ride as we went down to the water on them. Overall a great experience.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, New Zealand, September 2008
Of all the tours we did this was the best. We had a great time, the elephants were brilliant and the deer park was great. We got to hold all the animals and feed the bears. Our tour guide made the day exceptional for us he went out of his way to look after our belongings and take photos for us and he was very informative.
Reviewed by: Mark H, Australia, September 2008
Great fun!
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, August 2008
An awesome experience. Doesn't take a whole day though. Tour guide sounded more like Malaysian propaganda from the government than a person with interesting facts about the area. Tour guide deleted all photos from my camera.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Australia, July 2008
It's a long drive to get to the elephant sanctuary. The bonus is that it gives you the opportunity to see a small part of Malaysia outside the hustle & bustle of KL. Our knowledgeable although quite fussy guide ordered an enjoyable & tasty lunch, provided a lot of interesting information, & organised some extras at the sanctuary: We were allowed to ride the elephant out of the river. The only lowlight is definitely the Aboriginal village. What is the point? This is a slum. The locals don't interact; they are lying around doing nothing. The children only come out for bribe lollies, & the guide seems to revel in showing the filth by expecting us to take photos of the the litter everywhere, & the squalor within the homes. This is not an opportunity to see people lifting themselves above their circumstances or trying to help; it is simply poverty. Enjoy the countryside, the cowboy town, the fruit & especially the elephants, but give the village a miss.
Reviewed by: Gavin C, Australia, July 2008
Very knowledgeable driver picked us up from our hotel on time and gave us loads of info and stats about KL along the route to Gandah, which took about 1hr 30 from central KL. He also took us to Deerland beforehand to see the deer and various other animals including a sunny bear. Then it was onto the elephant sanctuary itself which was very well organised and time spent with the elephants was a couple of hours. There were over 50 people at the sanctuary on the day we visited which was quite crowded but we still managed to ride on an elephant, bathed with them and fed them. Overall a very worthwhile day out and highly recommended.
Reviewed by: Michael P, United Kingdom, June 2008
This must be number one must do whilst in kl. Fantastic tour guide from the minute he picked us up in the Mercedes. Fantastic to have your own guide, he fixed it for us to ride elephants in and out of the water, made us feel very very special, fantastic, absolutely brilliant.
Reviewed by: Keith H, United Kingdom, April 2008
Our tour was amazing! Our guide gave us some special treatment by asking one of the trainers to let us swim with the elephants last - that way we got to have an extra long ride on them! He filmed our day with our camera for us too! We couldn't be more happy!!
Reviewed by: Nicole E, Australia, April 2008
The best tour ever. Would highly recommend. Tour driver most helpful and personally took interest in us.
Reviewed by: Suzanne W, Australia, January 2008
One of the best experiences on the trip. The elephants are fantastic, lunch would of preferred just a sandwich. My husband and son ate it but I gave it a miss. The guide also took us to the Deerpark on the way and we got to feed and cuddle a sun bear, fantastic. Only problem is that they did not have our booking. I had to fax the confirmation to them on arrival in Kuala Lumpur.
Reviewed by: Julie W, Australia, January 2008
I loved the whole experience. Our guide was the tops.
Reviewed by: Marie Joy B, Australia, October 2007
This was a wonderfully fun tour. Everyone involved did a great job. The tour guide was great.
Reviewed by: Dan N, United States, September 2007
What a wonderful experience! We had a very informative guide. What a great day!
Reviewed by: Linda H, Australia, September 2007
You would have to pay tons to have half of the experience you can have here, compared to doing something like this in the states. We loved it. It was the highlight of our KL visit.
Reviewed by: Lara W, United States, September 2007
