Why visit us

Why spend your day with us

One of the first

One of the first elephant sanctuaries on Lanta Island, caring for elephants and the mahouts who were left behind.

A family of 3

Dookdik, Pensuk and Sao live here with their mahouts as one small family, so you meet each one up close.

Feed · Walk · Bathe

Hands-on time with the elephants: feed them fruit, walk beside them, enjoy a mud spa and bathe together.

Everything included

Included in every tour:

  • Hotel transfer
  • Fruit
  • Water
  • Insurance

Our elephants

Meet our family of 3

Dookdik, Pensuk and Sao live here with their mahouts, as one small family.

Dookdik

Dookdik

Female · Age 53

Polite, gentle and fond of children. Cataracts in both eyes mean she cannot see, but she is a much-loved member of the family.

Pensuk

Pensuk

Female · Age 42

Kind and affectionate, and a big eater. She has a cataract in her right eye, so her vision on that side is unclear.

Sao

Sao

Female · Age 43

Kind and quiet, she values her privacy and likes to spend time on her own. She is blind in her right eye.

Meet them all

Choose your day

Every program includes hotel transfer, fruit, water and insurance.

Relaxing with Elephant→
Program A · 2 hours

Relaxing with Elephant

Walk and feed the elephants, enjoy a mud spa and bathe with them.

Adult ฿1,800 · Child ฿1,400 · Infant free

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Elephant Paper + Herbal Medicine→
Program B · 3–4 hours

Elephant Paper + Herbal Medicine

Everything in Program A, plus preparing food and herbal medicine for the elephants and making paper from elephant poo to take home.

Adult ฿2,600 · Child ฿2,200 · Infant free

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Emerald Pool + Hot Spring Waterfall→
Program C · Full day

Emerald Pool + Hot Spring Waterfall

Everything in Program B, plus a Thai set lunch, a swim at Emerald Pool and a relaxing stop at the Hot Spring Waterfall.

Adult ฿4,000 · Child ฿3,000 · Infant free

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How to book a program

Five easy steps, all online.

  1. 1
    Choose our programs and booking
  2. 2
    Select some product options in your cart
  3. 3
    Process to checkout
  4. 4
    Make payment
  5. 5
    You will receive the confirmation email

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Feeding an elephant by hand at Lanta Elephant Sanctuary

Our guests’ favourite

Feed the elephants by hand

Feeding time is the moment most visitors remember. Offer fruit, watch them reach out with their trunks, and meet each elephant up close with their mahouts beside you.

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What our guests say

Reviews from TripAdvisor

“This is an amazing experience, a wonderful day out. The whole thing is magical, it’s ethical and sensitive to the animals...”
carleen81 / TripAdvisor · January 2026
“This is an incredibly happy and friendly place. The keepers are exceptionally good with elephants...”
CarolAVFC / TripAdvisor · February 2026
“It was really nice. The elephants all come from poor posture and are partly sick/blind...”
Melissa Anna / TripAdvisor · November 2025

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