Bush Camp Elephant Experience
Daily from Chiang Mai.
SIDE TRIP tour
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner - all buffet style with both Thai and western cuisine. Specific dietary requirements can be catered for.
- In a luxury glamping tent with fan, shower, safe and deck. There is no air-conditioning, television or telephone in the tents.
- The prices shown for this wildlife experience is based on the best value travel dates in low season and includes return shared transfers from Chiang Mai hotel or airport (must be on flight arriving before 8.30am), accommodation and activities as outlined.
- Not recommended for the less mobile. The order of activities can change depending on the day, transfer times and the weather. Children from 4 years old are welcome at Bush Camp.
- This holiday is 100% financially protected. ATOL protected 2713
Our suggested itinerary is a starting point
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Day 1
Morning transfer from Chiang Mai airport or hotel to the Bush Camp (approx 2 hours drive). Arrive late morning and after settling in, tuck into a delicious lunch. This afternoon's activities are set around the Bush Camp's Elephant and Mahout Experience with a visit to the 'free-roaming chain-free' Elephant Park, to interact with Asia's largest land animal. There's also time to relax in the Elephant Cafe and observe the animals as they roam peacefully in front of you.
Later, learn all about the life of the mahouts, seeing how they live together with nature and their elephants. Experience traditions as their families pound rice and weave their own clothes before sampling some of their delicious cooking. Enjoy a sundowner on one of the many mountain-top viewpoints which overlook the majestic Ping River, before returning to the camp for dinner.
Day 2 Bush Camp
After breakfast, transfer to the 'free roaming forest' where you get to make paper from elephant dung, sample 'Kafee Boran" and 'kanom krok', a traditional coffee and breakfast snack. See how the elephants are cared for and watch them enjoy their morning wash. Understand more about the work with the elephants at the camp with an insight into good animal husbandry techniques and how veterinary care is administered. Return to Bush Camp for lunch and then transfer to a Chiang Mai hotel or airport.
Need to know
Departures
Daily from Chiang Mai.
Meals
Breakfast, lunch and dinner - all buffet style with both Thai and western cuisine. Specific dietary requirements can be catered for.
Accommodation
In a luxury glamping tent with fan, shower, safe and deck. There is no air-conditioning, television or telephone in the tents.
Tour price
The prices shown for this wildlife experience is based on the best value travel dates in low season and includes return shared transfers from Chiang Mai hotel or airport (must be on flight arriving before 8.30am), accommodation and activities as outlined.
Notes
Not recommended for the less mobile. The order of activities can change depending on the day, transfer times and the weather. Children from 4 years old are welcome at Bush Camp.
