Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comPrivate Tour: Elephant Orphanage Sanctuary Day Tour from Kuala Lumpur
based on 35 reviews
Duration: 8 hours (approx.)
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Product code: 3705KUL25
35 reviews of Private Tour: Elephant Orphanage Sanctuary Day Tour from Kuala Lumpur
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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 of America, 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 of America, September 2007
If you have one day in Kuala Lumpur this is the tour to do! We whizzed off through the countryside in a Mercedes with our friendly, informed guide who showed us various points of interest along the way, some on the itinerary, some not. One highlight not on the official tour was Deerland. Here we got to feed deer as well as ostriches and sun bears. It was a definite unexpected highlight to our holiday. At the elephant sanctuary, our guide ensured everything was looked after and arranged for me to be the first to ride the elephant into the water. What a treat! To top this off he, then arranged for me to ride the elephant out of the water back to the dismounting area all by myself. What a thrill! We can't thank our guide enough for making this day so special!
Reviewed by: Karl H, Australia, June 2007
This was a great experience, especially for my son. We loved feeding the elephants and having a ride. The guide was excellent and very informative, and lunch was excellent. This was well worth the trip.
Reviewed by: David H, Australia, June 2007
It was just great. Special thanks to our guide. He was really kind and also knew all the people at the sanctuary and its surrounding area.
Reviewed by: Astrid Helena I, Colombia, May 2007
Really enjoyed the day. The feeding of the elephant and riding it into the river for the bath was wonderful. The guide went out of his way to assist - caring for our belongings while we enjoyed the elephants, taking photos for us. He was extremely knowledgeable - so the trip to the sanctuary was very interesting. The deer park and feeding the bears was good too, but the village wasn't really worth going to.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, March 2009
Great day out, seeing the elephants being looked after was really great. Deerland also very good. Only downside was we thought it was very expensive. Our guide was good but did talk a great deal. Definitely knew his job.
Reviewed by: Fae M, Australia, March 2009
We enjoyed our day tour. Stopped along they way to see how rubber is made and also went to the deer park, which was well worth it. When you see the wonderful work they are doing with the elephants, it makes the trip even more worthwhile. Tour guide was excellent.
Reviewed by: Ronald M, Australia, September 2008
