点评:We booked Thai Elephant Home - Bareback Elephant Riding and Bathing- Full Day which included lunch. There were a lot of different reviews about the ethical treatment of elephants. The 10 elephants this company owns were very well treated and cared for very well. They limited writing to one person bareback preventing the elephants from being over taxed. All of their elephants are domesticated and very well behaved and they used positive reinforcement to solicit the response that they wanted. We were picked up at our hotel taken into the camp and given elf and trainer clothes and a brief introduction to Thai Elephants before meeting and feeding sugar came to our elephants. After that each individual elephant had its own trainer that work with the elephant for 12 to 14 hours a day and had a very strong relationship with them. Each participant was given an elephant to ride and taught how to give simple commands. We rode the elephants approximately an hour up into the jungle across the river where the elephants played in the mud and ate while we ate lunch and relaxed. After lunch, we rode the dolphins back down to the river, where we had a chance to bathe the elephants and play in the water with them, which was very refreshing for them and us. I felt safe and well cared for the entire time with a elephant trainer, walking either behind or alongside every elephant. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience. And I would highly recommend this company for their ethical treatment of their elephants, their professionalism and genuine care for the elephants and the tourist.
翻译:我们预订了泰国大象之家(Thai Elephant Home)的“无鞍骑象和洗澡——全天”行程,包含午餐。网上有很多关于这家公司对待大象方式的评价,褒贬不一。这家公司拥有的10头大象都得到了很好的照顾。他们限制每次骑象只能一人,避免大象过度劳累。所有的大象都是家养的,行为举止非常温顺,他们使用正向强化的方式来引导大象做出他们想要的反应。我们被安排到酒店接走,带到营地,穿上大象和驯象师的服装,并接受了关于泰国大象的简短介绍。之后,我们开始与大象见面,并喂它们吃糖。每头大象都有自己的驯象师,每天与大象相处12到14个小时,彼此建立了非常亲密的关系。每位参与者都骑了一头大象,并学习如何发出简单的指令。我们骑着大象大约一个小时,穿过河流进入丛林,大象们在泥地里玩耍、吃东西,而我们则享用午餐,放松身心。午餐后,我们骑着海豚返回河边,有机会给大象洗澡,并和它们一起在水中嬉戏,这对大象和我们来说都非常清爽。全程都有驯象师陪同,我感到安全又安心,他时而跟在每头大象身后,时而与它们并肩而行。这真是一次毕生难忘的体验。我强烈推荐这家公司,他们善待大象,专业敬业,并且真心关爱大象和游客。