Phuket Elephant Sanctuary: Ethical Wildlife Experience
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76 Ratings
Phuket Elephant Nature Reserve

Discover Phuket’s ethical elephant sanctuary. Experience a hands-off visit and Thai cooking demo. Perfect for animal lovers and foodies alike.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Phuket Elephant Nature Reserve - Cooking Class/Delicious Thai Lunch
    Introduction and briefing
    Preparing food for elephants
    Observing elephants in their natural jungle habitat
    Exploring natural water ponds and features
    Learning about elephants and observing them
    Visiting the Elephant Dung Recycling Center
    Creating vitamin balls
    Participating in a Thai cooking session
What's Included
  • Elephant jungle nature observation
  • Meet & feed elephants with a hands-off approach
  • Making vitamin balls (Half day program only)
  • Lunch
  • Water
  • Experience tour guide
  • Elephant dung recycling center (Half day program only)
  • Insurance
What's Not Included
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Hat & sunglasses
  • Your own water bottle for our water refill station
  • Transport
Additional Information

Phuket Elephant Nature Reserve is a recognized, sustainable, award-winning, and ethical elephant sanctuary in Phuket. We operate as a completely hands-off sanctuary, meaning visitors are not allowed to touch, feed, or bathe the elephants. Only the mahout (the elephant’s caretaker) and the veterinarian are permitted to handle, feed, wash, and provide…

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Location
Phuket Elephant Nature Reserve
100/12 Moo, 7 Srisoonthon Rd
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(76 Ratings)
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Martin_g
Feb 3, 2026
Great ethical elephant sanctuary. - Wonderful day at the elephant sanctuary today. Tom the guide was excellent, knew all there was to know about the elephants and their care. This is an ethical sanctuary so no bathing and forced interaction by the elephants. We did the half day tour which included La lovely Thai cooked lunch, can highly recommended this tour.
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Kenneth_n
Feb 1, 2026
Amazing experience! - Awesome guides, good experience and totally worth it! 90 min is perfect, it gets very hot and humid. The elephants are so beautiful and you can see that they have a good life here🙏🏻
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Navigate51240223052
Jan 27, 2026
Choose this elephant park! - If you as a tourist want to visit an elephant park in Thailand, it is definitely this one! Incredible experience in so many ways. The elephants are allowed to move freely and are not forced to do anything. As a tourist, you can be close to the elephant at different times (for example, you can meet an elephant on the path you walk in the forest. We got it and it was so powerful!) You chop fruit for the elephants and then give this to them in a tavern. You pour the fruit on a plate on a table and then back off to let the elephants come out and eat. I am so grateful and happy that there are organizations like this that save elephants from captivity. Very good guides, good setup and 90 minutes was just right.
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Simira_l
Jan 15, 2026
Book it! - This experience was unmatched. Truly an animal sanctuary. They really do take great care of the elephants. 10/10 recommend!
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Erica_s
Jan 10, 2026
The best way to see... - The best way to see elephants in Phuket. Based on ethical practices and educated about why bathing wiith and riding elephants is so cruel.
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Scott_h
Dec 27, 2025
Amazing informative day - We opted for the half day experience and it was definitely worth the extra money.Our tour started a 13-00 so the first hour was a thai cooking class followed by lunch which was what we had learned to cook.The meal was very nice and there was lots of it.Next we headed off the see the elephants (6 in total,all female). The reason we chose this trip was we knew it was hands off and you could see the elephants in their own environment.We made up some food baskets consisting of lots of fruit and veg then took them over for the elephants.The trip was very informative and amazing seeing these beautiful elephants in a happy environment considering they were all rescued from a previous bad life.I highly recommend this tour it was an amazing experience.
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Silvia_h
Dec 24, 2025
A work of love - You will see a limited number of elephants that had been rescued and are being loved at this place. The amount you paid is to help with all the expenses to take good care of the elephants
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Monika_b
Dec 18, 2025
True ethical sanctuary - The experience was amazing- the place very accommodating. I made a mistake with the booking and they changed it without any issues. When the place say they are ethical- they mean it. No touching or bathing the animals but were able to prepare fruit and veg and have photos up close. The guide was very informative and enthusiastic, animals well cared for.
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Muhammad_a
Dec 18, 2025
Amazing Experience and Welcoming Team - The whole experience was amazing. The team was very welcoming and accommodating, they even graciously accepted to delay our ticket to the next group when our driver suddenly canceled on us. Tom the tour guide is amazing and 90 minutes was the perfect tour.
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Danmk7396ck
Dec 3, 2025
Lovely short tour - treating elephants right !!! - I did the short hour and a half tour, was straight and to the point … we got to meet see and feed the elephants who are treated humanely and not commercially learned some interesting facts about them and the history and connection to Thai heritage, Was a PERFECT experience for the morning. What amazing creators Highly recommend
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