Elephant Crossing

... flight to Bangkok. Hopefully we will have a local guide there who will show us the sights including the tiger temple & the elephant river crossing. And finally, to recover from the ordeal, we move onto our beach villa with golf course & spa in Phuket to ...

... that were very friendly, we met them on the tour boat at Geikie Gorge.We also met Mark, Mickey,Emma and Charlie in Fitzroy Crossing,in the camp kitchen watching 'Man vs Wild'.They were very friendly too.We hoe to see them soon down south on our ...

... too bad, even though they are fairly bumpy.  As soon as we drove in the park we encountered a roadblock – a big bull elephant blocking the road that is.  We waited patiently as he took his sweet time going across, but it allowed us to get ...

... up to 60 days.We went to a cafe with free wi-fi to update the old blog and as we ate Nic jumped up shouting "Elephant!", I looked up and sure enough on one of the main streets of the capital city an elephant was plodding along and had stopped at this ...

... the elephant Lauren & Sally were on kept picking up presents to give to me – rocks, grass, sticks, dried poop etc. Their elephant at one stage decided that it wanted to eat part of one particular tree and while it was trying to reach it at the ...

... it but it is also in the brochure: CAUTION: DUNG BEETLES HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY. You are further advised not to run over elephant, rhino or buffalo dung, which is used by the scarce Flightless Dung Beetle to lay their eggs in.   After breakfast, we ...

... they mostly ignore us other than looking mildly irritated that we have woken them up, but we’ve found huge elephant seals, aggressive leopard seals which eat penguins, magnificent-looking fur seals, and very cute and appealing Weddell and ...

... one more time. Than we rode bareback behind their gigantic heads to the river, where they strolled into the middle, and the Mahout's (elephant handlers) and all of us got to scrub them down. It was honestly one of the best expiriences of our lives. After ...

... and opted for a 2 day and one night safari for $280 each, this included 2 river safaris, and a 4X4 land safari. After crossing the border into Botswana we were picked up by our host Elephant Valley Lodge and taken to a boat for the river safari. ...

... the falls which was pretty freaky! After the falls, we had another long wait at the border back into Botswana over that stupid ferry crossing - why they can't build a bridge I don't know! We were then able to relax at the camp back at Chobe before an ...

... amazing experience and one of my highlights for Thailand definitely, if you do visit Northern Thailand i would recommend skipping the elephant riding and visiting the sanctuary, to stop the cruelty of these beautiful animals!  If you have more time ...

... communities feel they have no option but shoot offending elephants. Utilized by humans for over 4000 years, the domesticated Asian elephant constitutes an important source of income for many Laotian families. More than 10,000 people live off the income ...

... from their official website.   The website is www.myelephants.org Please find the reading as follows: Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre, or popularly referred to as the Elephant Orphanage Centre, is located within the bio diversified rich ...

... with Nosey Parker started at 14:00, we were picked up along with 5 other people and transported to the Elephant place. The trek was good with the obligatory water crossing along the way and a time spent in the bushes while the elephant had a snack on the ...

... stop to drink water, grab and eat branches from high trees (what a strong trunk!) and with a trumpet announcement from our elephant not the guide, although that would have been hysterically funny, let loose the largest pee and poop that I’ve ever ...

... Matt counted!). Surprisingly we woke up this morning feeling great (no pain from the stairs!) so we decided to take a little elephant / bamboo raft excursion organized by the resort. We were picked up by a songthau (a truck with benches in the back ...

... to have a tight grip on their ears. But often, you would only see the rider and the mahout above water. Sometimes the elephant would get a trunkfull of water and spray the rider--so funny! Obviously, the elephants enjoyed their bath time. The observers on ...

... logging in, he led us over to a raised wooden platform and I realized how we got onto the elephants. Pretty simple, the elephant walks under the platform a bit and we just climb into the cushioned wooden frame on top. The drivers sit straddling their ...

... this existed, elephants at the pool???  You must watch the videos below. Click for video of Vivian & myself feeding the elephant: Click for video of the elephant doing tricks and stuff: Needless to say the day ended on high note, more beautiful ...