The Phuket Elephant Sanctuary is a joint partnership between Mr. Montri Todtane, a Phuket elephant camp owner and world-renowned elephant rescuer and conservationist Lek Chailert, founder of Save Elephant Foundation.
Following the success of Lek Chailert's highly acclaimed Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary is the first of its kind in Phuket and seeks to meet the highest standard in animal welfare: rescuing, retiring and rehabilitating elephants that have suffered from working in the trekking and logging industries.
Over the past 10 years, Lek has been a driving force of change in the industry by inviting elephant riding camp owners to embrace change through the Save Elephant Foundation's ‘Saddle Off' program. Although there is still work to be done, her continuous and tireless efforts have resulted in many camp owners approaching the Elephant Nature Park to learn more about elephant welfare and ethical tourism.
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Elephants are so magnificent. I love them! I have never been to Chiang Mai before. It is important to stop riding elephants.
These elephants are absolutely beautiful. It looks like such a great place to visit. Thailand is such a beautiful country and i hope to visit some day. Thanks for all this information!
My wife has a slight obsession with elephants. She would flip out if she got to visit and see one of these beauties in real life! Thanks for sharing your experience!
I love elephants. They are such beautiful creatures. I would love to visit this scantuary in Thailand. And thanks for the funfacts.
Elephants have always fascinated me. Thanks for sharing this.
I have seen so many elephants and entertaining acts in and around Thailand but I have missed out this good motive sanctuary. I will make it up in my next visit.
This is nice to know that the elephants are being cared for in this sanctuary. They are such beautiful creatures and we must help prevent their extinction!
Animals A true Friends !! and Whenever I will visit (may be in next month) Phuket I will definitely visit this sanctuary for sure !!
Animals A true Friends !! and Whenever I will visit (may be in next month) Phuket I will definitely visit this sanctuary for sure !!
THANK YOU FOR SHARING DEAR !!
Sanctuaries are so important. These beautiful creatures can be subjected to so much harm. Glad to see they are getting the treatment they deserve.
So many fun facts about these adorable animals I did not know ! Beautiful pictures and such an amazing place this sanctuary , would really love to visit !
I adore elephants. They are magnificent creatures. How amazing to visit them up close in a sanctuary.
It is good to see that retired elephants have a home now. I hope they are treated well. Kannika sounds like an Indian name.
It really is an amazing place for these wonderful animals. I think it is an Indian name.
What a wonderful experience for you. I am thankful that there are so many elephant sanctuaries honoring and saving such magnificent creatures. Hooray!
Thank you. We need to take care of the world’s animals!
Wow, elephants must really smell a lot with such a good sense of smell. I love that there’s a sanctuary for them to go to. It’s awful that animals are abused. And stories like this about people who care for animals are so uplifting.
I absolutely adore animals!
This is so cool! And an awesome reminder that there is still good in the world. I’m glad places like this still exist. Elephants are amazing and I hope we can save even more. What a neat experience!
It was amazing and I hope to return again soon.
That must have been amazing to see them up close! I absolutely love elephants!
It really was!
I have had several US friends who have lived in Thailand for a period of time and had nothing but amazing things to say about the country and the culture. They all had the opportunity to visit elephant sanctuaries while they were there! And to share about how not all of the sanctuaries treat the animals well, so how it’s important for visitors to do a little research on the sanctuary they visit in advance. I’d love to go one day!
I hope you get to go one day! I love Thailand and would move there in a heartbeat if I could.
I hope you get to go. I would live there if I could.
Oh this is so neat! If I ever get the chance to visit the country I will definitely put this on my list!
Seems like a great sanctuary for elephants! I love your motto, “Choose love,” and that is what I am to do everyday. I’m glad that they are helping to restore these elephants. I feel bad for what these elephants have had to go through before they arrived at Phuket though.
Thank you! Yes, but they have a lovely home now.
Oh, this is so cool. I love elephants.
Wow! I think elephants are so beautiful. They must have been really amazing in person!
I would love to go back and volunteer at the sanctuary I loved it so much.
I just love hearing about this Autumn – I love animals and am in full support of protecting, rehabilitating, and especially loving every animal on the planet. If I ever travel to Phuket I would love to visit a wonderfully supportive place such as this. Thank you so much for spreading the word and sharing!
You are welcome! Thank you for reading.
WOW…this is so informational. Thank you for raising awareness about this and for caring so much about these beautiful animals. xo
You are welcome!
I will definitely keep this in mind when I visit! Seeing an elephant in person is such a dream of mine! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much to write about this. I was in Chiang Mai and I know how important is to stop riding elephants and support Sanctuaries! ??
That is awesome! I want to go to Chiang Mai on my next visit.