Elephant Sanctuary Tour with Transfers in Phuket

Choose one of three Phuket elephant sanctuaries for a guided visit that combines elephant care activities with time in a beachfront, jungle, or lakeside setting.

Getting started

Your experience begins with round-trip hotel transfers and entry to the sanctuary selected when booking. An English-speaking guide accompanies your visit and helps you understand the activities available at your chosen location. Tours last 2.5 or 3 hours, depending on the option you select. Each sanctuary follows a different itinerary, so check your chosen option for the activities and meal inclusions.

What to expect

Lily Elephant Sanctuary: Beachfront elephant activities

At Lily Elephant Sanctuary, your visit combines elephant feeding with time near the coast. You can prepare elephant supplements and learn about their care with guidance from the mahouts. Both available options include a walk to a private beach and a sea-bathing activity.

• Feed elephants and prepare their supplements

• Join guided activities with mahouts

• Walk through the jungle with elephants

• Take part in sea bathing followed by a rain shower

• Enjoy coffee, tea, water and snacks

The 2.5-hour option with lunch also includes a meal. Check the selected variant for the exact inclusions.

Elephant Jungle Sanctuary: Mud spa and cooking

The 3-hour Elephant Jungle Sanctuary option focuses on feeding, bathing, and food preparation. You can prepare herbal balls for the elephants, take part in a mud spa session, and join the listed cooking activity.

• Prepare herbal balls for elephants

• Feed and bathe elephants

• Join a Pad Thai cooking class

• Enjoy a Thai lunch with seasonal fruits

• Have drinking water, soft drinks, coffee and tea

This option combines elephant-related activities with a cooking session and lunch.

Phuket Elephant Care: Food preparation and pond swimming

At Phuket Elephant Care, you can prepare fruits, vegetables, and herbal balls for the elephants before feeding them seasonal fruit. The 3-hour program also includes a mud spa and swimming with elephants in a pond, followed by an outdoor rain shower.

• Prepare fruits, vegetables and herbal balls

• Feed elephants seasonal fruits

• Join a mud spa and swim in the pond with elephants

• Rinse off with an outdoor rain shower

• Enjoy a Thai-style buffet lunch, refreshments and seasonal fruits

A towel and accident insurance are also included in this option.

Wrapping up

Your visit ends after the activities listed for your selected sanctuary. The Lily tours last 2.5 hours, while the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary and Phuket Elephant Care tours last 3 hours. Round-trip hotel transfers are included with all four options. Check your chosen variant before booking to confirm its meal, refreshments, and activity inclusions.