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Nice place. Elephants with lots of space. Friendly staff. Great experience.

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The most amazing experience and I couldn’t recommend Hug Elephant Sanctuary anymore. Experience was organised so well, great people, especially our tour guide phone and the food at the end superb !!

很愉快的体验，下次再来。

Elephants are well looked after & are in great health. Highly recommend this sanctuary! Can even jump into a big water fall at the end 👍

This was an amazing experience! We had three people in our group and when the transportation came to pick us up there was one other person in the truck. While this was not a private tour, our group got the entire day ended up just being us 4. The ride up to the mountains was about 1hr 30 minutes total in the bed of a covered pickup truck. As we were arriving we could see elephants walking ( they belonged to different sanctuaries) with their mahouts( an elephants personal caretaker) once getting to the Hug sanctuary they very clearly gave us instructions and a layout of our day. We also had the opportunity to put our belongings in a locker and were provided with free water, and coke and Chang beer which was 30 baht. They also provide free sun hats and covers if wanted. There are 9 elephants in this sanctuary and our group had access to 4. First we got to feed the elephants, which was great to see how each elephant has their own personality. We then make the trek to the waterfall which take elephants joined us on. In addition to feeding them , this journey up to the waterfall is a perfect photo opportunity. On this tour you are completely on the elephants time. For example, our elephants chose that they were done eating and started the way up the mountain on their own and we followed. They also went off to eat some more halfway up the mountain and we continued to the waterfalls on our own. Their is a small cafe by the waterfall were they have bathrooms, but it is cash only. On the way back from the falls we got to see elephants in their natural states, far up in the mountains eating. We had phad tai (veggie/ with tofu) and fried chicken, it was great ! After lunch we made medical paste for them and then fed it to the elephants before the mud bath and washing , the mud bath can be a bit gross if you think about it but I personally didn’t and it was great. Now as we were booking this trip , i happened to mention that it was my birthday and apparently it was mentioned to our guide. She was super sweet and brought out a cake and made everyone sing happy birthday, she even gave me a gift! All in all our guide was amazing and knowledgeable the entire staff was friendly and the overall trip was such a positive experience. These photos and videos were all taken on my iPhone, though they do have a photographer that takes photos with his phone . BUT those photos are such good quality AND they don’t charge you extra for photos , they send them directly to your WhatsApp

Muy bien todo es la excursión de un día que no os podéis perder, dar de comer, paseo, un masaje con lodo a los elefantes y baño con ellos, comimos allí y también para finalizar un baño en una cascada, el paseo hasta la cascada no es grande y vas escuchando el sonido de la naturaleza, precioso. La persona que nos acompaño Limbo, tuvo paciencia y nos sacó muchas fotos. Una experiencia única.

It’s amazing playing with elephants, they’re so friendly and full of energy. The tutor is very nice as well, she’s always happy to answer all the strength questions from us haha. Great experience!

Wonderful experience. Staff were lovely, elephants were well looked after and interacting with them was magic, lunch was great.