Phuket: Elephant Sanctuary Tour with Pickup & Optional Lunch
Discover the free-roaming elephants in a safe, sustainable, and ethical environment with this guided tour to the Lake Phuket Elephant Nursery. Travel from your hotel in Phuket in an airconditioned vehicle. Enjoy a delicious lunch and a cooking class during your tour. Start your day with a pickup from your accommodation in a spacious vehicle. From there, take a scenic drive through jungle to the sanctuary. Meet your guide and learn a little more about the elephants before gathering up some bananas and cane sugar. Follow your guide through the forest to where the elephants are resting up in the hills and watch as they happily eat the bananas and sugar cane. Walk with the elephants down from the hill. Touch, feed, photograph, and interact with these majestic creatures. Learn about their lifestyle and behaviors from your guide. Go with the elephants to a nearby lake and join them in the water for a refreshing bath. Take a swim and help bathe and brush the elephants while they wade through and play in the water. Once the elephants are clean, you take some final photos with them. Part ways with your new friend and change into some dry clothes. Sit down to a set menu lunch and a dish from a Thai Cooking Class. Eat seasonal fruits before heading back to your hotel. There are 3 tours option please read carefully for each option that you are looking for.