Best Elephant Ride in Chiangmai

Taxi Chiangmai: Patrick 081 617 2116 Oversea Call: +66 81 617 2116 E-mail: neomart@gmail.com

Recommend: Elephant show + elephant riding through jungle and stream to 7 hilltribe village (including Long neck karen) + monkey show + Orchid/butterfly farm and lunch buffet at Tiger Kingdom, a day program about 6-7 hours

Fees: 2,450 Baht per person for 2-3 person (if one person = 4,900 Baht) including air-con car/English speaking driver/gasoline/ticket for Elephant show/Elephant ride/hilltribe/monkey show/orchid n butterfly and Lunch buffet

MrCycling

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Thanks MrCycling on behalf of good Elephant Camp/Mahouts and Elephant as these days it's not a safe and sound for Wild Elephant espicially captivity ones.

4. Re: Best elephant ride??

Nov 14, 2011, 10:26 PM

Destination Expert   

for Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province, Outdoors / Adventure Travel

You can ride at most of the elephant camps without going to the show. Mae Sa and Chiang Dao Elephant camps both offer rides. Chiang Dao only has rides in the morning, while Mae Sa has both morning and afternoon options. Both camps work their elephants only a half day, but since Mae Sa employs some 70+ elephant/mahouts, they have enough for several "work" shifts each day.

Both camps treat their animals well, with in house food gathering crews and in house veterinarians. And contrary to the PETA propaganda, the elephants are not tortured, squeeze caged or abused.