Chiangmai Elephant Safari tours at Mae tang Elephant Park. It really good for kids. The elephant show is almost similar for each camp but they are distinctive.
The Mae tang Elephant Camp is 45 mins. out of Chiangmai in the direction of Chiang Dao and the proprietors are in the process of setting up an elephant clinic to provide veterinary care for the elephants. At Maetaeng they take a “soft” tactic to elephant training and the mahouts who are sent to nearby Lampang to be trained to raise the elephants, some of which are fourth generation born in captivity. There are different views as to whether it is the right way to take care of the elephants to keep them in captivity and perform for tourists, but elephants have always worked in this area and by foundation the elephant clinic at Mae Taeng, they will enrich the veterinary treat of the elephants. Elephants can have health problems, like constipation, caused by eating too many banana branches and insect infestation in their skin which has to be check for every day.
At 8.00 a.m. start to pick up from hotel run up north almost an hour to Mae taeng Elephant Camp which is stationed in the mount with Mae Tang River flowing through. enjoy seeing the elephants dip in the river and trained to work in logging task with their talented skill, even trained to draw the wonderful pictures. Have almost an hour elephant riding into the woods and heading to Lisu tribal village, get off the elephant and continue trip with the oxcart riding back to the park. Lunch is served at the camp by the riverside. After lunch - be pleased with the stillness on a bamboo rafting. Driver & guide will wait at the dock to pick you up and whereupon drive to the orchid & butterfly grange to enjoyed the colourful blooms orchids. And then drop you at hotel / guesthouse.
Itinerary :- 8.30 Depart from your guesthouse
- 9.45 Elephant Dip and Elephant demonstrations Delight in them spraying water with their trunks and submerging themselves in the stream and starting with watching elephants show their special skills in different ways and how they are trained to help working in the jungles. Elephant shows take approx 50 mins..
- 10.30 Take an Elephant-Ride into the forests,trekking approximately one hour we will reach a Lisu-Hill tribe Village.
- 11.30 Get some amusing with Ox-Cart Riding through the village to have lunch.
- 12.00 Buffet lunch
- 13.00 Bamboo rafting Delight in one hour bamboo rafting journey along the peaceful of Mae Taeng waterway.
- 14.30 Orchid & Butterfly Farm Drive back to Chiangmai, stopping at the “Orchid Farm and Butterfly farm
- 15.30 Optional tour on the way backas if you want to visit tiger kingdom , monkey show, snake show, please tell your tour guide.
Less than two hours drive out of Chiang Mai is the valley of the Mae Taeng waterway. It is a convenient and best location for various obligation including sports activities and sightseeing.
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Holiday at Chiang Mai - do not forget a visit to at the least one of the Elephant camps, this is a must go tour in Chiang Mai because it’s a really cool experience to ride elephants in the Rain forest area, where you will be able to meet and act together with them. You will experience the extraordinary association between the elephant handlers and their elephants.