Elephant Freedom Project, Elephant Sanctuary Chiang Mai

We had been looking forward to our day with the elephants for a very long time, and our time at The Elephant Freedom Project elephant sanctuary far surpassed our expectations! The sanctuary is absolutely beautiful, and we loved seeing how the staff truly seemed to care about the elephants. It was clear that they are well cared for. Our tour guide, Boo, was very kind and informative. He drove us around, taught us how to prepare food and vitamins for the elephants, took amazing pictures of us with the elephants throughout the day, and gave us an incredible experience. We loved that while this gave us very close encounters with the elephants, it was done around letting the elephants do as they pleased and us watching and learning from them. We loved learning more about these gentle giants and love the mission of The Elephant Freedom Project. It was so amazing getting to spend the day with the elephants, feeding them, walking with them, and watching them bathe. The sanctuary also provided a wonderful Thai lunch, which we really enjoyed. We would highly recommend the full day tour, as it gave us a lot of interaction with the elephants! We also loved seeing the beautiful waterfall nearby off the sanctuary grounds. This really was a highlight of our trip to Thailand and was the experience of a lifetime! We are so thankful for all of the pictures Boo and staff took so we can always remember our special time with the elephants!

Pick this tour!! Absolutely the best elephant organization we could have chosen amongst the maybe hundreds available in Chiang Mai. The full day tour was so immersive! Everything from chopping up sugar cane ourselves which we fed to the gentle giants, to hiking with them as they fed in the jungle, traditional Thai lunch served, even making supplement balls which we fed to them as well. There was also an excursion to the Mae Yen waterfall where we got to get soaked by the surging waters! My biggest highlight was the hike along the river with the elephants after lunch where we got to watch them play and splash in the water. Would give this 6 out of 5 stars if possible! Plus our guide Pat was hilarious, fun, and enthusiastic, and spoke excellent English so he could answer all my questions. I would do this again and recommend to any traveling friends of mine 💖🙌🏻

It was an Amazing experience that we will never forget! The elephants were calm, gentle giants! It was so much fun feeding and walking with them through the forest, also, bathing them was a blast! Our guide named Pat was informative and hilarious! We totally recommend this tour. The full day tour included door to door shuttle service pick up drop off, includes a delicious hot lunch… the best part, it was reasonable priced! It is a tour of a lifetime! We researched other tours they didn’t really let you interact with the elephants. This is a must do tour!