Khao Sok Elephant Sanctuary

15/12/2024

At our sanctuary, we don’t have many elephants because we only buy elephants instead of renting them for show tourism. Our elephants live a happy life here, free to do what they want without being forced to perform for visitors.

We welcome guests who truly love and care about animals to meet our happy elephants, Wassana and Marruay. They are looking forward to meeting you all!








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28/10/2024

Welcome to Khaosok Elephants Sanctuary.
Maruay & Wassana waiting to meet you guys.








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26/10/2024

26/10/2024

“Our activities focus on the needs of the elephants and are beneficial for them, rather than aiming to entertain in a way that causes them stress or forces them to do things they don’t want to do. Our elephants have the freedom to live their lives as they wish.”








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02/09/2024

How to Know if an Elephant Sanctuary is Truly Ethical:

1. Elephants should not be forced to participate in any activities, such as bathing or riding. Activities should only be designed to foster a positive relationship between the elephants and humans.
2. The elephants should not just be rented for display; they should be genuinely rescued, purchased legally, and always available for inspection, even outside tourist seasons, to ensure they reside there permanently.
3. The area should be spacious enough to comfortably accommodate large animals.
4. Elephants should have freedom and should not be chained or confined.
5. Elephants should be provided with sufficient natural food similar to what they would find in the wild. Special foods prepared for tourist activities are not beneficial for elephants, as their digestive system differs from other animals, making them prone to bloating (such foods should only be given when elephants are unwell, malnourished, or under veterinary instruction).
6. The sanctuary should prioritize the needs of the elephants over the enjoyment of tourists.








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19/08/2024

19/08/2024

“Maruay & Wassana are waiting to meet you guys.”








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07/08/2024

1.5 Hour tour

🐘 Meet elephants and feed them bananas
🐘 Listen history from our guide of elephant tourism and how cruel it can be, this is why we opened sanctuary.
🐘Preparing food for elephants in the wild requires us to provide them with nutrients appropriate for their age to ensure they receive adequate nutrition.
🐘 Walk with the elephants and take photos and learn about each elephant and how they got here, their diet etc
🐘 Return to visitor center and feed the elephants the food that you made at the beginning of the tour.
ROUND 1. ⏰ START 8.30 AM
ROUND 2. ⏰ START 10.30 AM
ROUND 3. ⏰ START 01.00 PM
ROUND 4. ⏰ START 03.00 PM







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31/07/2024

Half day

🐘 Meet our elephants and feed them some bananas
🐘 Listen from our guide on history of elephant tourism and how cruel it can be, this is why we opened sanctuary.
🐘Preparing food for elephants in the wild requires us to provide them with nutrients appropriate for their age to ensure they receive adequate nutrition.
🐘 Walk with elephants and take photos and learn about each elephant and how they got here, their diet etc.
🐘 Return to visitor center and feed the elephants the food that you made at the beginning of the tour (the rice balls or chopped fruit).
🐘 Vegetarian lunch served for all guests at the end with beverages.
ROUND 1. ⏰ START 8.30 AM
ROUND 2. ⏰ START 01.00 PM







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11/07/2024

Many people have questions about why we don't let elephants go back to the forest. These elephants have spent more than half their lives with humans. Wild elephants don’t accept them into their families because they protect their areas and food for their families. As social animals, they can’t stay alone.

Elephants know where the best food is, such as on farms growing bananas, pineapples, and sugarcane. When elephants enter these farms, farmers get angry because they have spent a long time growing their crops, and the elephants can destroy them in just one day. In the past, many wild animals were killed by farmers. We don’t want to see that happen again.






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06/07/2024

If you want to visit an ethical elephant sanctuary, welcome to Khaosok Elephant Sanctuary. Our elephants have freedom within an area of more than 10 hectares, where they can walk, play, and eat natural food. We also make protein balls for them when they are not very healthy, but now they don’t need that food anymore. Our sanctuary does not allow riding or bathing with the elephants.







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19/05/2024

The happy season for elephants has finally come (Rainy season). Wassana and Maruay were missing all the fresh grass. Now they are so delighted to have rain after many dry months. This rain cools down the temperature which has been so very hot, and it means lots of more fresh food and lush growth at the sanctuary.

It’s a perfect time to visit, and observe the elephants savouring the rain and what it brings.

To book your tour just drop us a message.

☎️ +66 99-491-5463 🐘







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