Experiência no Santuário da Reserva de Elefantes da Floresta Escondida de Phuket

one of the few places you should go if you want to see elephants and actually care about them ! the whole experience is so cute and worth every penny. they truly care about giving these rescued elephants a good retirement and don't force them to do anything! never partake in bathing as it is abusive to the elephants. at the end they feed you a really delicious meal buffet and you get to sit in this cute area and watch the elephants swim on their own if they want to and it's not forced. it's a beautiful space and they teach you the background of each elephant. the pickup was easy and nice and air-conditioned and they were easy to talk to on what's app.

The only truly ethical elephant experience. This should be the only way to interact with elephants. It's a magical and peaceful experience where you can learn a lot. The buffet meal provided was also delicious and vegetarian.

Really lovely experience, very knowledgeable and friendly guides, a leisurely and informative morning strolling, watching, and feeding the elephants! Certainly no bathing or touching the elephants. It's more like a retirement home for their 6 aging/rescued females. It's great to know there are increasingly more people aware of the harm and stress done to elephants in the tourism industry, and are opting for relatively non-intrusive ways to see them up close. These elephants are very used to humans because of their earlier experience, so you can still get close to them, which is nice. The harm caused to elephants by the tourism industry is very serious, and I hope more people will choose this way to get close to elephants, without bathing them or riding them. You can search online to see how elephants are tamed. Bathing with elephants is actually very unhygienic, especially don't bring children. The 6 elderly female elephants at this place were bought from the tourism/logging industry, essentially an elephant retirement home! You can see them moving and interacting in a near-natural habitat. You can feed them, but touching the elephants is not encouraged. The commentary is in English (and Finnish, haha). If your language skills aren't good, it's not highly recommended to come, as there don't seem to be any Chinese-speaking staff. Not understanding and being unable to communicate will reduce a lot of the fun. You need to bring your own water bottle to refuse single-use plastic bottles. Lunch is simple and delicious.

I made sure to do extra research in order to find a place that was truly ethical in Phuket and came across Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve, who only offer feeding and observation activities. Elephants here are extremely well looked after by the staff & mahouts 24/7 and the tour focused on observing these elephant’s behaviour with little to no interference from visitors! Elephants were never forced to do anything they didnt want to do and the lunch provided was delicious also! Highly recommend for people wanting to see Elephants in Phuket in an ethical way

wonderful educational experience for both adults and kids and an opportunity to contribute to an important cause.

Nice people, great cause and Carine for the animals !