Elephant Nature Park

ปางช้าง Elephant Nature Park แม่แตง

No riding: rescued elephants you watch, feed and walk with

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Hours

Pickups 7:30am–12:30pm depending on programme; office open daily 7am–5pm

Tickets

Half-day morning or afternoon 2,500 baht; full-day programmes such as SkyWalk 3,500 baht, some up to 6,000 baht (children 3–11 half price; per the official site). Book online on the official site.

Address

Ban Mueang Kuet, Mae Taeng district; the city office is at 1 Ratmakka Rd in the Old City

Elephants rescued from logging camps and trekking outfits live here in herds on wide riverside grassland. There's no riding and no show. You watch from raised platforms as they roll in the mud and wade across the river, then meet them up close at set times to hand over watermelon and bananas. Guides tell you where each one came from and why one limps or another has a crooked spine, and plenty of visitors say it changes how they see elephant tourism in Thailand. Hundreds of rescued dogs and cats share the grounds too.