City: Kanchanaburi Province
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The 10 Best Nature & Wildlife Areas in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Kanchanaburi (Thai: กาญจนบุรี, pronounced [kāːn.t͡ɕā.ná(ʔ).bū.rīː]) is the largest of the western provinces (changwat) of Thailand. The neighboring provinces are (clockwise, from the north) Tak, Uthai Thani, Suphan Buri, Nakhon Pathom, and Ratchaburi. In the west it borders Kayin State, Mon State, and the Tanintharyi Region of Myanmar.
Restaurants in Kanchanaburi Province
1. ElephantsWorld
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2,122 reviews
ElephantsWorld was founded in 2008 and is a sanctuary for sick, old, disabled, abused and rescued elephants, who will receive the rest and joy that they deserve. They can enjoy themselves in their own natural environment here until their last breath. At ElephantsWorld we work for the elephants, instead of them for us! As a visitor you get to enjoy very memorable experience with these beautiful animals. You can help us with taking care of them by feeding them, gathering food and bathing them.
Reviewed By Liatcohenraviv
We have two girls who wanted to come to Thailand for a while. They wanted to work with Elephants, so we spent a full day at Elephants World; an amazing place that was founded by a veterinarian who dedicated the last 10 years helping elderly and injured elephants who were mistreated by humans. We joined the daily routine of over 40 elephants, helped with preparing food, fed the older ones and the adorable babies... and enjoyed joining them during their daily swim at the river. Meeting these giant creatures from up close helped us understand how beautiful and gentle smart and sensitive animal they are! 2500bht per person. They provide lockers and there is a shower you can use at the end of the day and a great lunch. But most importantly- staff here is just FANTASTIC!
2. Elephant Nature Park
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 33 reviews
Reviewed By Gaiawanderer
We booked to go on the Elephant Heaven project tour organised through the Elephant Nature Park, and we are so glad that we did! The tour was extremely well run - the operators were friendly, knowledgeable, on-time, courteous and fun-loving. My family and I (me, my husband and two sons 9 and 7 yrs old) were picked up by minibus from our hotel in Chiang Mai. There was only one other family on our tour. We travelled for about 50 mins north of Chiang Mai. Once at our destination we were greeted by the people living on the property. We were instructed on how to prepare the sugarcane, pumpkin and bananas for the elephants. Once prepared we took this food around the back of the hut and were met by three beautiful ( and hungry) elephants- a 60 yr old, 25 yr old and a 4 year old baby-all female. We then walked with the elephants through the small area of jungle on the property and watched as the elephants knocked down small trees, drank water from the stream, and picked fruit with their trunks. Lunch was delicious and over lunch our guide was forthcoming in answering any questions that we had regarding the elephants. We then walked back down to the enclosure. The handlers sprayed water on the animals and encouraged us to come into the enclosure to rub mud on the elephants' hides. Then it was time for a swim and splash in the water. Then the handler got the elephant to suck some water up in it's trunk which (on his command) she then sprayed at our sons, much to their delight.
3. Somboon Legacy Foundation
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5.0 based on 52 reviews
Somboon Legacy Foundation is a non-profit organization taking care of old, ill, handicapped and rescued elephants. We want to be an example of the ethical change in the animal tourism industry, and offer a completely hands-off experience for our visitors, having a limited group of maximum 12 adults per day.
Reviewed By euvouepronto - Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
Somboon Legacy Foundation is a best reference for a Hands-off Santuary in Thailand. If you visit them you can learn a lot about elephants and live together the feed and bath routines. It is really amesing. And they have a very nice elephant interactive museum.
4. Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary
5. Elephant Haven
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 265 reviews
Reviewed By LinaThailand - Phuket, Thailand
We enjoyed a fabulous afternoon seeing this beautiful herd of elephants and the new and gorgeous baby elephant . This is a fabulous project where you can learn about elephants , enjoy and support them . The elephants have been rescued from horrific lives of slavery and here at the haven are now happy , peaceful and taken care of .Well worth the money knowing that you are supporting a great cause.Book a visit . ????????????
6. Safari Park Open Zoo
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 420 reviews
Reviewed By 638stephanf - Perwez, Belgium
I visited the park as part of a "VIP Tour" package offered by "Tours with Tong" (not allowed to put URLs in reviews...) . We spent around 3 hours there. We had 3 main activities: -Visiting the adult tigers/lions/leopards which you get close to through a fence. You can give them some meat through the fence -Walking around with a 'teenage' leopard/tiger on a leash for they daily promenade -Feeding the cubs (the highlight) My cub-feeding experience resulted in several light bites all over my body (I could get back to the office boasting that I had bean "bitten by a lion!") and incredible memories. Imagine untamed kittens but the size of a rather large dog and matching teeth. Watch your fingers. :D They all seem in very good shape and not at all frightened by their caretakers or any other human (or walking chewing toy as they seem to perceive us).They are handled by local caretakers plus several international volunteers and all were very friendly both with us and the animals. I even gave a rather large cub his daily bath. We walked around with larger leopards and tigers, occasionally stopping to give them food. A good occasion to see them walk around outside of their cage. Their (friendly and very passionate) Australian caretaker holds them with you (we each had a leach on one side) and gives you plenty of explanations. Everybody took their time with us and we were never rushed. VIP tour means we went around in a private tuk-tuk and we alone whenever we were close to the animas. No bus. The animals seem all in good shape and well treated (and not afraid at all of humans).
7. Saiyok Elephant Park
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 106 reviews
Reviewed By 447zuli - Singapore, Singapore
As we live in the city and there is not much interactions with the animals that my children had, I decided to book for this tour to get the children up close and personal with the elephants, that are getting endangered every year. Boy were we delighted and I truly enjoyed our day there. Not only the kids! For a start, we were required to prepare the elephants' breakfast of rice with bananas and watermelons. We then walked the elephants into the jungle before we dug into our vegetarian lunch. Following that, we watched how the elephants sprayed mud onto their own bodies in the mud pool and we get to bathe them in the river. Great experience!
8. Taweechai Elephant Camp
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4.0 based on 201 reviews
Reviewed By Roving577797
By far, ther best experience of our trip. There are no words to describe this experience. First we rode the elephants for quiet some time,(it was not just a lap around the pen kind of a ride). After, we played in the river with the elephant and I swear (and everyone that has looked at our pictures agreed) that the elephant was actually smiling when he would throw water at us....just unforgetable...
9. Thong Pha Phum National Park
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4.0 based on 37 reviews
10. Mahawangchang Elephant Camp
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3.5 based on 104 reviews
Reviewed By Alby666 - Terrigal, Australia
Did the elephant swimming today and was so much fun. The elephants we had were super playful and seemed to have a good bond with their trainers. They take you right down to the river to swim with your elephants and the elephants go right under the water with you on their backs. They really loved it and seemed very playful. I would highly recommend doing the elephant bath as it’s a lot of fun. Book from your hotel and they will give you Thai price of 500b so you don’t pay the tourist price when you get there. Also don’t forget to give your elephant trainer a tip as they said the elephants eat 20 kg each of food per day.
