Elephant Day Care

● Its going to be an early start, so we recommend you be well rested! You will be picked up from your hotels in the morning at 8:00 a.m., and will head to Baan Meung Kud i.e. a village. This village Is in Chiang Mai and is very famous for its local culture.

● As soon as you reach the park, you will be given the gear of the locals, to help you to feel a part of the whole process which is to follow. Once you’re all set in local gear, the elephant care process will start!

● You will begin by harvesting their food! Groups will harvest different elephant foods depending upon the season such as grass, banana, sugarcane and more! There are a lot of elephants to feed, and there will be a lot of food to harvest!

● The next step is feeding the elephants all this food you harvested! However, in order to feed them you will have to learn about their daily routines, food timings, behavior, likes and dislikes! Elephants are one of the most intelligent and intuitive animals. The Mahouts, i.e. the local elephant trainers will help you understand the elephant’s behavioral patterns. You will also be given demonstrations as to how you must communicate with these elephants.

● It shall be an extremely informative session. You will see different elephant moods, from happy, to grumpy and in some cases also disinterested and bored! It will be fun interacting with these HUGE yet gentle animals.

● Once you have learnt all about these creatures, you shall need some food to carry out the rest of the activities! A local Thai lunch, with the locals in the traditional way shall welcome you! Have fun trying out some new recipes which we are quite sure you wouldn’t have heard of before.

● Once you are full, it will now be time to get cooking for the elephants! You will use all the foods you harvested, and more! For added nutrition, the elephants require certain herbs. The Mahout shall explain to you more about the different herbs and their nutritional components. You will use these to cook the food, and make it tasty for the elephants! Now comes the time to put your hard work to test! Feed the elephants and see them enjoy their meal.

● Post their meal, you will walk the elephants into the jungle! You shall walk them with the Mahouts, amidst the jungles on the trails. Now comes the most fun part! You get a chance to bathe the elephants and brush them! Have fun playing with them! Once they’re clean, you will walk them back to their hub.

● You will have spent a great day with these lovable creatures, and it will now be time to bid adieu.