Elephant Nature Park

... Bhavans College campus at Andheri has a small but rich botanical garden and nursery with several rare species of flora. Maharashtra Nature Park - Mahim [with medicinal plant nursery], the Aarey Nursery at Goregaon East and last but by no means least, ...

The Elephant Nature Park was something that I had been looking forward to for ages. Since the first time I was in Thailand (ten years ago!-Kevin added that he thinks it's funny because it makes me old) I have had a thing about elephants and I was really ...

Saturday 13th - Sunday 28th: Elephant Nature Park.   Well up bright and early it turned out a little too early as we end up at the Elephant Nature Park office far before everyone else. The elephant nature park will eventually become the Ele Park ...

... Thailand (or any other asian country), instead of going for the elephant ride or elephant show, go to a place like the elephant nature park instead, where elephants live as natural as possible for now. And if you see a street begging elephant i Bangkok, ...

... from the Elephant Nature Park that were free to roam around all night eating the natural vegetation. The Elephant Nature Park Mahouts have trained their Elephants with positive reinforcement, love, understanding and kindness rather than beating them ...

... sharp objects. Many elephants die as a result of this "training" ritual. The majority of the elephants at the Elephant Nature Park were rescued after sustaining life threatening injuries from Phajaan. While the elephants are now in a much better ...

Wow so volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park for a week...where to begin. This was an awesome experience from start to finish. Each day we had morning work, which consisted of elephant poo scooping, cleaning the buffalo shed, or house cleaning. ...

... some time posting photos and commentary from one site to another. Oh well. Dave and I spent one week volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park outside of Chiang Mai. This is a project founded by a Thai woman from a neighboring Hill Tribe.  Elephants ...

... fund raising ideas and about a new project he is heading up in Surin. The government has donated 3000 acres to create a park like the Elephant Nature Park and has asked Lek to consult on it. It is an amazing step in the right direction showing how the ...

The Elephant Nature Park was as amazing as I expected.  There are volunteers who stay for a week or more, day visitors and those staying overnight which is what I did. We arrived about 11am and got to start feeding the elephants straight away.  ...

... Whilst we were looking for somewhere with a bit more substance we came across this web site. This couple had visited the Elephant Nature Park and reading their entries made us realise that this is exactly what we wanted to do.  The main purpose ...

... abused and mistreated.  She decided to do what she could to try and protect elephants in Thailand. The Elephant Nature Park acts as a sanctuary to care for sick, injured and abandoned elephants.  Providing proper medical care and nutrition ...

... . We had thought a lot about which of the various elephant experiences based out of Chaing Mai we should choose, and the Elephant Nature Park is not cheap compared to other elephant treks offered. On the way back to Chiang Mai we saw about 50 elephants ...

We went to the elephant nature park yesterday, it was absolutely amazing!  It took about and hour on a van to get to the park.  On the way we watched a video on Lek, the woman who started it.  This video explained a little about what the ...