This Was INCREDIBLE! Thailand's BEST Elephant Sanctuary Experience 🐘

ELEPHANT SANCTUARY, CHIANG MAI | We're at Elephant Nature Park in Northern Chiang Mai, Thailand, for a full day 'hands-off' tour. Widely considered one of the best ethical sanctuaries in Thailand, Elephant Nature Park has been running for nearly 2 decades and adopts a 'hands-off' policy to its tours. That includes no riding, touching, bathing or feeding the elephants. This tour starts with a morning tour of the grounds before breaking for a delicious vegan lunch, continued with a visit to the Skywalk and the Cat Kingdom 😻
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Charlotte & Cory
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0:00 Intro
0:55 Food Prep/ Volunteer
1:58 Meeting the Elephants
5:16 Elephants Swimming!
6:53 Baby Elephant
7:43 Vegan Lunch
8:23 Skywalk Experience
10:44 Cat Kingdom
13:24 Review of Tour
#thailand #elephantnaturepark #elephantsantuary #chiangmai

[@Jefchang1]

GOD BLESS LEK CHAILERT AND DARRICK AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL ELEPHANTS AT ENP. MAY THEY ACQUIRE MORE LAND AS A SAFE HOME FOR MANY MORE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL SENTIENT FRIENDS WE CALL ELEPHANTS WHO CAN TEACH US SO MUCH ON HOW TO BEHAVE SOCIALLY. THEY ARE SO VERY SENTIENT AND HIGHLY CIVILIZED IN A WAY WE BARELY UNDERSTAND.

[@cjexplores]

❤️🙏🏼❤️🥰🌟😁 god bless!! Thank you for your lovely comments xx

[@annsmarpat9500]

Nice video. I was at ENP in April , volunteered. Long time supporter. It looks like you guys did a day trip. It is paradise for sure. Pyi Mai and Chaba we call "Double Trouble", they were playing with the ball until I think Bunma stole it lol. And everyone loves Medo and Kabu❤... I would reiterate that most of these elephants and animals had to be rescued from their horrific situations. They are trauma survivors. Before ENP their lives were a living hell. Basically slaves. We have to raise money to save them, they're not just surrendered. I wish it was that easy. Thanks for highlighting ENP💚

[@cjexplores]

Sounds like you had a wonderful time there 😍 thanks for sharing, it is a true sanctuary! 🙌🏼

[@colette-tj2gk]

Very cool to see a hands off elephant santuary! I've been in two minds about whether I wanted to go to an elephant sanctuary in Thailand (would love to see them in the wild if I can 🤞) but watching this I would definitely like to support a project like this where the elephants are just able to do their own thing rather than catering to the desires of tourists. Great to see them having a happy retirement! Looks like the work the santuary is doing with cats and dogs is really good too, and I would definitely be very happy to get to cuddle lots of purring cats when I'm missing my own on my travels

[@cjexplores]

Hi Colette 👋🏼 yes we were totally in the same situation as you with regards to picking an ethical sanctuary! Glad you enjoyed our video 😊

[@jsullo22]

Great tour guys. what an amazing sanctuary

[@cjexplores]

Thanks Jess!! Are you choosing a place to visit, or just checking out things to do in Thailand??

[@ingridnh1]

A perfect place to spend a day with the animals! Elephants are such beautiful and majestic creatures! It’s always a concern to find a place that is truly an ethical sanctuary, but it looks like you guys found the best one. The cat’s area, boy would I be in heaven! ❤

[@cjexplores]

Hi Ingrid! Thanks for watching, yes the cat's area was just sooo silly but so lovely! 😻 glad you enjoyed our video ❤️

[@annsmarpat9500]

ENP is the "gold standard" of Thai elephant sanctuaries. It is paradise 💚

[@cjexplores]

@@annsmarpat9500 agreed!! 😍

[@thevigarfeeling]

Omg !!!! You guys this was so super cool. Very jealous 😊

[@cjexplores]

Thanks guys ❤️ it was memorable that's for sure!!

[@ClayBo21879]

Love this! Wish I could hit the like button multiple times. Did you arrange your own tour or go with a specific tour company?

[@cjexplores]

Thank you! We went directly with Elephant Nature Park. They have an office inside the old town of Chiang Mai.

[@_letsescapetogether_]

What an amazing experience and we love how ethical this is. Thanks for sharing this sanctuary, we would definitely love to visit and even volunteer. How cute are all the elephants and doggies 😍

[@cjexplores]

If you get the chance, I think it would be a wonderful experience to stay there for a week 😍 the location is stunning but getting to experience all the animals and their daily routines would be so heartwarming 🥰 thanks for watching guys 🙏🏼

[@tracygrant2923]

What an amazing experience that must have been. Glad to hear the elephants are now properly cared for and looked after. Elephants are one of my favourite animals, so family orientated. Charlotte, you definitely looked in your element in the cat kingdom! Thanks guys ❤

[@cjexplores]

Aww 🥰 thanks Tracy. Yes it was a gift being able to see this wonderful retirement for these beautiful animals. And YES Charlotte was absolutely loving the Cat Kingdom 🤣🐈

[@mohamedabdelkader8665]

Awesomeness and joyfulness to wtach this channel did you go to the Stunning Koh Tao and Ang Thong National Park - boat trip from Koh Samui.

[@Shaz-Daz]

That was a really nice video ♥️ Just wanted to know how much that all cost? My partner and I were thinking of checking it out in the next couple of days 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@cjexplores]

Thanks guys, the tour we took is this one here: www.elephantnaturepark.org/enp/visit-volunteer/projects/skywalk-102/view and it costs 3,500THB 😊

[@vkp8007]

Hi there! What tour package from their website did you choose?

[@cjexplores]

Hey! We booked the 'hands off' day tour with the skywalk 😀

[@2LoveIn]

🐘💖WE LOVE ELEPHANTS!💖🐘 🥰Thank you for sharing, keep up the fantastic work!!👍

[@Elisa.Cascajares]

I am coming to Chiang Mai next moth, and i am triying to find a ethical elephant santuary, please can you share the link of this santuary? so I can check the information, so I go to the same place and not get it wrong

[@cjexplores]

Of course! Here’s the link to their website www.elephantnaturepark.org/enp/ We hope you have a wonderful time there! Will you volunteer or just visit for the day?

[@Elisa.Cascajares]

Thank you very much! visit a day, i wish i could stay more than that @@cjexplores

[@cjexplores]

@@Elisa.Cascajares a day is plenty to help out with your contribution and see the incredible work they do here 🥰

[@elangnevilos]

Hello. Im currently planning a visit to the ENP with my 72 yo mom but i cant decide yet which one to get--this whole day tour with Skywalk or the half day tour. Hoping you could help. Minus the travel time from and to downtown Chiang Mai, how many hours do you have in the park? Didnt it get boring at one point? Or just enough time for the set activities? Did you ride or just walk going to the Skywalk? My mom uses a cane to help her for uphill areas and I wonder if the walk would be manageable. Did you have many free time on your own or you were with the guide and tour group the entire time? Sorry for the many questions and thanks in advance for any addtl info you can share.Will appreciate it. 🙂

[@cjexplores]

Thanks for the questions, not a problem at all! The drive from Chiang Mai is around 1 hour, a little more when you are picking up extra tourists. But minus that we spent over 5 and a half hours there. It didn’t get boring for us at all. We loved meeting all the different elephants. The first part of the tour is a big walk around the park, followed by a lovely lunch. You have a little bit of free time around lunch if you eat quickly. And then you go to the bus to get a lift up the road to the next part of the tour with the skywalk. The skywalk is a different experience all together as you are above the elephants rather than walking with them. But the entire time you are learning about the history of the individual elephants and the development of the park in general. After that you get to go to Cat Kingdom which was amazing and then you get some free time to browse around the m main buildings of the Elephant Nature Park where they have a gift shop and you can go to several viewing platforms to see the elephants before boarding the bus for the return journey. If your mum is fit and capable of walking for extended periods then I would recommend the long tour, otherwise I would email ENP and see if they have mobility assistance options 😊 I hope this info helps!

[@elangnevilos]

@@cjexplores Thank you so much! Very helpful. 😊

[@cjexplores]

@@elangnevilos enjoy your trip ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-ck2pm9pw2p]

😋happy in thailand

[@cjexplores]

❤️❤️❤️ we love Thailand

[@chaloemphonhuaihongthong3847]

ถึงมันจะน่ารักเเต่คุณก็ควรระวัง ประเทศไทยมีคนตายเพราะช้างทุกปี😁

[@cjexplores]

Thank you 🙏🏼 that’s very good advice!

[@user-ol1qm9ey7g]

มีผู้หญิงคนหนึ่งเขาประกาศขายสวนสัตว์ช้างตอนช่วงโควิด 19 ไม่มีคนมาซื้ออาหารเลี้ยงช้างเลยเขาดูแลไม่ไหว

[@cjexplores]

What happened to the animals??