2024 at Ethical Elephant Experience
from 323€
Ethical Elephant Experience - Short Stay
Highlights
- Ethical & sustainable
- The elephants are given autonomy and freedom of choice, spending their days foraging in their natural habitat, without having to please humans
- These elephants are not controlled with bull-hooks, and they do not drag heavy chains through the forest
- Experience the Karen hill tribe way of life
- The elephants welfare is prioritised over guests desires.
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About the program
Improving welfare of captive elephants by allowing them to retire in the forest, creating alternative livelihoods, contributing to community development & forest health.
- Isara Elephant Village -
These elephants have retired from harsh working environments. They now forage and socialise how they wish, without force or fear. This journey is exclusively for guests seeking an ethical experience with elephants. You understand that the elephants' needs come first and ...
Typical day
3 day/2 nights
Minimum 2 people is required, we can match individual travellers
You will travel 2.5 hours out to the village, and meet your friendly host family & fellow guests.
Visitors hike out into the stunning forest each morning to see the elephants in their natural habitat. For those interested, ...
Free-time activities
You can relax every afternoon and evening at the volunteer house, with fellow visitors and staff, read a book or watch the sunset.
The hikes can be tough and strenuous, and really tire people out, but this is not a very busy back to back activitiy filled volunteer program, it is more of an ...
Requirements
What's Included
What's NOT included?
Details on arrival
Start on Sundays only.
Please make sure you read ALL of the information provided, if there is something you don't understand we are more than happy to answer all questions.
All fees are non-refundable, but we know the world is unpredictable so dates can be changed until 2 weeks prior to your arrival.
Program fees
Meet your organization
Isara Elephant Foundation
Non-profit - founded in 2015
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Lo
About the project
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