Half Day Elephant Care at Samui Elephant Sanctuary
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Highlights
- Prepare fresh elephant food
- Feed elephants on a guided walk
- Watch elephants swim and use the mud pool
- Sit down for a vegetarian lunch or dinner
What happens on this visit
Come spend three hours with the elephants at Samui Elephant Sanctuary in Bophut. Your English-speaking guide introduces the sanctuary and explains the safety rules before you help prepare fresh elephant food.
Prices and what's included
Adult
Age 12+
THB 2,895per person
Child
Age 5-11
THB 1,695per person
Infant
Age 0-4
Free
per person
- Step 1
Pickup from your hotel or villa
Meet your driver at your accommodation. For hilltop or remote properties, use the nearby pickup point arranged for you. We'll email your pickup details by the evening before your visit.
Get to know your guide and the sanctuary, then go through the safety rules together.
Prepare fruit and other elephant food ready for feeding.
Explore the grounds with your guide and stop along the way to feed the elephants.
Enjoy the view over the grounds with a vegetarian lunch after the morning session or dinner after the afternoon session.
- Drop-off times12:0017:00
After eating, head back to your accommodation on the included transfer.
Included
- Pickup from your hotel and return transfer
- English-speaking guide
- Vegetarian lunch or dinner
- Drinking water and soft drinks
- Elephant food
- Accident insurance
Not included
- Your personal expenses
- Alcoholic drinks
- Passport or ID for insurance
- Clothes you don't mind getting dirty in
- Comfortable closed shoes
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen
- Insect repellent
- Towel
- Reusable water bottle for the dispensers
- Camera
A driver collects you where you're staying. Your area sets the collection time.
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Your exact pickup time depends on your area and departure time. Published times appear at checkout. If no time is listed, we confirm your pickup time after booking.
Prefer to make your own way there? You can skip the pickup and meet us directly at the start point.
Samui Elephant Sanctuary Bophut
Please self-arrive by 08:45 (morning) or 13:45 (afternoon), depending on your start time.
Your visit starts with hotel pickup, followed by a guide's safety briefing and elephant food preparation. Feed and watch the elephants on a walk through the sanctuary, then sit down for a vegetarian meal before the trip back.
