Jungle Safari at Elephant Hills
Bite-sized trip
Day 1 – Welcome to Elephant Hills Camp
Today you’ll be picked up and transferred to the Elephant Hills Camp. En-route, you’ll catch glimpses of rural life in southern Thailand. Upon arrival at the Elephant Hills Camp, you’ll be served a buffet lunch made up of a variety of delicious Thai dishes. After lunch, you can relax during a jungle river canoe trip down the Sok River. Drift along the jungle river passing limestone mountains and cliffs covered with tropical vegetation. From the canoe you can experience some of the last areas of primary rainforest, a world that has changed little in thousands of years.
Back on dry land, you’ll learn about the life of Asian elephants and about the Elephant Hills elephant conservation project. You will have the chance to interact with the elephants and learn the secrets of their mahouts. You’ll prepare and feed them one of their daily meals, including their dietary supplements that help with their digestion and their overall well-being.
After all this activity close to nature it’s time for a hot shower in the bathroom of your safari tent, which is perfect for families. Relax and enjoy the panoramic views of the surrounding jungle-covered mountains – this is 100% real nature! Optional evening entertainment includes a movie presentation, a traditional Thai dance performance from local school children and a cooking demonstration, where you learn how to properly prepare Thai specialties. In the evening, dinner is served in the restaurant, with the jungle sounds and atmosphere making it a memorable meal.
Day 2 – Spectacular Cheow Larn Lake
Wake up to the sounds of nature and birds calling. By the time the sun comes up and the mist over the rainforest-covered mountains to the south of Elephant Hills clears, gibbons’ territorial morning calls echo down the valley. Today you will explore Cheow Lan Lake by local long-tail boat. The area is a little-known wonder of southern Thailand and is home to wild elephants, the rare Asian ox, hornbills and hundreds of other tropical birds, various monkey species and reptiles. You can enjoy the spectacular scenery from the boat and will have time to dip into the lake’s emerald water.
In the afternoon, you’ll return to Elephant Hills for dinner and overnight in your safari tent. The jungle bar will be open for people wanting to exchange stories of their day’s experiences at the lake, and as extra entertainment you can watch a movie, a dance performance or a cooking demonstration. There is enough to keep the whole family busy until dinner, and enough action to ensure sweet dreams after you have been lulled to sleep by the background symphony of insects and frogs.
Day 3 – A little jungle adventure
After breakfast, it’s time to explore the jungle on foot. It’s not an army survival exercise, but simply an excellent opportunity to explore the ecology of one of the world’s oldest rainforests. You’ll see a great variety of exotic plants, tropical hardwood trees with huge roots, orchids, palms, ferns, bamboos, mosses… the variety is huge. Birds such as the hornbill live high up above, gibbons can often be heard calling to their mates, a macaque or a leaf monkey may be swinging through the branches, beautiful butterflies buzz around.
After your morning exploration, return to the Elephant Camp, where a delicious Thai buffet will be served, before you depart the camp.
Accommodation
