Elephant Nature Park
For over 20 years, Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand has been a model for ethical elephant treatment, now caring for 84 rescued elephants; visitors can spend a few hours, a day, or a week volunteering
Karen Elephant Experience
For over 20 years, Karen tribes have rented their elephants to camps, but now a group is creating a new tradition by removing trekking chairs and caring for them at home in Chiang Mai; during a day-long experience
Phuket Elephant Sanctuary
The first ethical elephant sanctuary in Paklok, Phuket, set on 30 acres of jungle bordering Khao Phra National Park, offers interactive programs like 'In the Footsteps of Giants: One Day in the Life of an Asian Elephant
Phuket Elephant Park
A small sanctuary against a national park backdrop, home to three rescued elephants; visitors can take a morning eco-tour to feed, walk with, and observe the elephants as they roam, forage, and bathe, in a half-day experience.
Samui Elephant Sanctuary
The first elephant sanctuary in Koh Samui, Thailand, with six rescued elephants living on 10 acres of forest; visitors can spend a morning or afternoon feeding, walking with, and enjoying the elephants' natural behavior
Elephant Sanctuary Cambodia
Located in a vast Indochinese dry forest biome, this one-million-acre project focuses on protecting and rehabilitating jungle habitat and wildlife while empowering the local community; volunteers work with elephants rescued from logging
Elephant Haven Thailand
Located in Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi in southwest Thailand and featured in Love and Bananas, this sanctuary embodies a "No riding. No shows. JUST LOVE!" philosophy; visitors can spend a day or stay overnight with seven rescued elephants who have retired here.
Barumun Nagari Wildlife Sanctuary
Established in 2015 in northern Sumatra to provide a haven for rescued elephants from Indonesia, currently home to six elephants; visitors can visit for a day, stay overnight, or volunteer for a week, experiencing the elephants' lives firsthand
Save Thai Elephant Park
Near Elephant Nature Park, this project involves three females rescued from elephant riding in Kanchanaburi; visitors spend the day preparing and feeding them, walking with them, and watching them play and bathe