Samui Elephant Sanctuary, Surat Thani Province, Thailand

5.0 (1.112 reviews) Spent More than 3 hours Ranking #1 in Surat Thani Province Nature & Wildlife Areas

A wonderful experience with these majestic elephants.

**Winners of Best Animal Welfare from the Tourism Authority of Thailand!** **Recognized by leading animal welfare charity World Animal Protection as a Best Practice Elephant Venue** We are very proud to bring the first elephant sanctuary to Koh Samui in Southern Thailand. Set on forest land, we offer a retirement home for elephants who have worked exhausting hours in the logging and tourism industries. Feed, walk with, and observe our gentle giants as they roam, socialise, bathe and enjoy a peaceful life that they so deserve. Join our morning or afternoon program knowing you are supporting ethical elephant tourism and helping to make a difference.
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Address

43/2 Taweerat Pakdee Rd, Bophut 84320 Thailand

Mobile

+66 95 269 8343

Website

http://www.samuielephantsanctuary.org

Email

[email protected]

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5joeHeo2 5:00 PM Jan 21, 2023
Beautiful
We visited yesterday and all four of us agreed that this was a beautiful experience, learning about the terrible plight of Elephants in Thailand and the way they are mistreated was heartbreaking. Making up the food and then meeting and feeding these beautiful majestic creatures up close was delightful and I highly recommend this trip to all visitors to Samui. Lunch was delicious as well Thank you
5J2Lem 5:00 PM Aug 23, 2022
What majestic, noble and beautiful elephants
Spent an afternoon here. Like others we researched carefully before going and found that it was affiliated to the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai that we had been to before. It is also one of the few recommended by Responsible Travel. They have two places, we visited their original in Bophut. They had 7 female elephants all between 50 and 64. They seemed very well looked after, no chains and not doing anything just for tourists. Effectively you make food for them, then take bags of bananas around the area meeting the elephants along the way. You get a chance to feed them gently and take photos, it is all done very well and you can see the elephants come first. Guides are good and knowledgeable. They pick you up and drop you off at your hotel and you have a lovely couple of hours in the presence of these majestic animals. It is sad that these sanctuaries have to exist, however, this one looked and felt good and we were happy to support it.