chipmaster Posted July 4, 2009 #1 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Anyone have comments/recommendations good/bad for Elephant ride tours/parks in / near Bangkok. I've started some research and suprising there is only one park. Somehow I would have thought there would have been more:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klongmaster Posted July 4, 2009 #2 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Your original thought is correct..there are many but it depends where you are docking and how long you are in port for. The elephant camps in Kanchanaburi offer the most authentic elephant experience from riding through the jungle to bathing the elephants in the river... there's a great vid clip on Facebook that shows what you can do... http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113188056704&ref=mf#/video/video.php?v=1192569255138&oid=113188056704 oh...that's a long url...alternatively you could check http://bangkokdaytours.com/Kanchanaburi/ElephantExperience.html but no vid clips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatam Posted July 4, 2009 #3 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I agree. IF you have the time get into Kanchanaburi Province. Saiyok Elephant Park has a true ride through the jungle and a true wash the elephant experience. Along with lots of other highly interesting stuff. I had been to Tiger Temple three times before this last March. DH had never been. So we took 3 days in Kanchanaburi Province on our way to our business interests in Vietnam/Cambodia. It was a lot different than the quickie one day trips I had done before. See the other thread about Thailand tours. I posted 5 pictures, with one showing DH trying to be a mahout. If you want to see some more from the elephant farm, please ask. Enjoy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipmaster Posted July 4, 2009 Author #4 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Klongmaster, thanks for the links, the video and info got me jazzed. We are doing a land tour that is fully guided with a couple night in Bangkok and another couple in Pattaya. Is this place a couple hour ride from Bangkok or further? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klongmaster Posted July 5, 2009 #5 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yes Kanchanaburi Province is two hours drive west of Bangkok so in the opposite direction from pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipmaster Posted July 5, 2009 Author #6 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yes Kanchanaburi Province is two hours drive west of Bangkok so in the opposite direction from pattaya. Thanks, looks like if we do it we'll do it from Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing husky Posted July 10, 2009 #7 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Klongmaster...Why the big descrepancy in price on the 3 day tours to the tiger Temple? The tours seem almost exactly the same...put out by different tour agencies....so what is the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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