Phang Nga Elephant Park

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Visit PhangNga Elephant Park for a life-enhancing experience with the magnificent elephants in the natural habitat.

In addition to the bottom and top eyelids, elephants have a 'third eyelid' which moves vertically across the eye. These eyelids serve as protection when feeding, bathing and dusting (cooling down with mud or dust). #thailand #phangngaelephantpark #elephant #eyes #facts #animals #nature #itsincredible #themoreyouknow #protect #eyesareimportant

World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. This World elephant day we are asking for your help to maintain welfare standard, ensuring elephants are happy and healthy during this difficult time. Here is how you can HELP: Click this link to donate to our Elephant Food Fundraiser on the platform JustGiving https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/jakrapob-pnep?utm_term=vnrKRwP2J Purchase a Lifetime Membership and visit PNEP as many times as you wish for life! https://www.facebook.com/724172467654278/posts/4656262077778611/?d=n Book your own tour Now at PNEP with no cancelation fees and you can reschedule anytime! https://phangngaelephantpark.com/ethical-elephant-programmes/ Donate to our Elephant Food Fundraiser through PayPal. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PNEP1 or through bank transfer (preferable). Kasikorn bank A/C No. 0368918407 A/C Name PhangNga Elephant Park Co.,Ltd. SWIFT Code: KASITHBK

The girls running to aid an "injured" Lek

Thank you for donating to our fundraiser for elephant food! Our Mahouts load up their carts for their elephants, but Ja Na is a little impatient. If you wish to support the fundraiser for our elephants daily care and appetite, you can do so through our PayPal link in our bio or here: http://www.paypal.me/PNEP1

SHEER BLISS IN THE FREE RANGE AREA

Watch our beautiful Bai-Ngern in our new Free Range Area at #phangngaelephantpark as she discovers environmental enrichment just placed there by Lek, our head kwan-chaang. It is complete joy and fun in front of our eyes and captured by our wonderful volunteer Finn.

TONG-SRI WELCOMES IN THE NEW YEAR

Tong-Sri‘s name means “Golden Lady.” She loves life at #phangngaelephantpark and simply adores bath-time. Tong-Sri is 37 years old, and a magnificent, very sure-footed and gentle lady of ’middle age‘. She wants to wish all our friends a Very Happy New Year. and so say all of us.

DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE Early in the morning the elephants have there first bathe of the day with their Mahouts. It is a very quiet and very special time. Wun, who cares so meticulously for Choosri, our gorgeous matriarch, likes to arrive a little before the others. He and Choosri enjoy the together time.

Preuksa loving her early morning bath in the river with Lek. She really is gorgeous!

Choosri makes for the river... Our wonderful and kind matriarch Choosri definitely enjoys her early morning strolls down by the river. Around 8 a.m. or a bit before, our elephants walk gently down to the river with their mahouts to have their first of several baths of the day. It is a quiet and special moment. The air at this time is cool, and you can just feel the rays of sunshine bursting through, ready to heat up the day. Just by watching these majestic creatures, you can understand why elephants capture the hearts of so many people. We certainly feel that here at Phang Nga Elephant Park, our visitors experience an unforgettable interaction with Thailand’s most respected animal, in beautifully idyllic surroundings of natural forest. Come and see for yourself why we’re so special, or check out our website at www.phangngaelephantpark.com The elephants are waiting for you…

Elephant music

WONDERFUL ELEPHANT SOUNDS - MAGICAL

Tonkao Bathing

UNBELIEVABLE FUN WITH MUM - TANGTHAI WITH HER GORGEOUS BABY GIRL TONKAO

Elephant Sounds

SAY WHAT?! Elephants are incredible communicators. Their vocalizations can range from a trumpet, chirp, roar, and rumble. Trumpets and roars can be in the context of aggression, disturbance, or play. Chirps can be interpreted as confusion or alarm, whereas rumbles communicate amongst the entire herd, near and far. Calves will even create a surprisingly loud grunt to cue the mother to let down milk. See how many sounds you can hear in this amazing short videoclip of Baramee having a bath with Tangthai.... Perhaps even more impressive are the sounds we cannot hear elephants make. Elephants are the only terrestrial mammals known to make infrasounds, below 20Hz. These are low frequency sounds that can travel farther distances than the ones within the human range of hearing. They can use this capability to communicate with fellow herd members or different herds to report dangers or abundance of food or water. When you visit Phang Nga Elephant Park, be sure to listen carefully to hear if your elephant is trying to say anything.... You can read more about elephant senses at our website: https://phangngaelephantpark.com/appearance-and-intelligence/

Tonkao at play

We promised to publish a clip of baby Tonkao at play at Phang Nga Elephant Park, with her mum, Tangthai looking on. Created by our Volunteer Sarah, you cannot fail to love this short video of joy and fun.

Check out this amazing video by @rafalcwiok from his recent visit to our park!

Tonkao meets her 'auntie'

Lots of you have asked for more news about Tangthai and her baby Tonkao, who is already six months old! It is important that calves have plenty of exercise and lots of play sessions - after all in the wild, calves would be walking miles every day! Equally it is important that calves mix with other elephants to ensure normal behaviours develop. We thought we would share with you this short clip of Tonkao being introduced to the adult female elephant Bai Ngern. Before Tonkao was born, Bai Ngern and Tangthai were inseparable - they are of similar age and loved having fun together. Since the birth, Tangthai has been protective of Tonkao, her first baby, and tended to shun Bai Ngern, who in turn was upset or puzzled (without wanting to sound too anthropomorphic) at being rejected by her friend. Now all is well, and as you can see in the clip Tangthai was pretty chilled about Bai Ngern's visit - Lek and the two mahouts were very close by just to make sure the girls all got along well. So, we are pleased to report that Tonkao now has a new 'auntie'.

Happy Songkran Wishes 2018

*HAPPY SONGKRAN* One of the many traditions of the Thai New Year is to pour water onto the elderly to show respect, gratefulness and to ask for their blessing. Our youngest family member Tonkao takes to the water today with mum Tangthai, to celebrate this spiritual holiday. Songkran is derived from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti which means transformation. As we transform at Phang Nga Elephant Park step-by-step, we invite you on this journey of love and care for our four-legged beauties. Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed Thai New Year.

Tanwaa gets that Friday feeling....

Whose got that Friday feeling? Our two-year old Tanwaa definitley does! Check him out as the evening approached today.