点评:What an experience, only 90 mins from Chiang Mai Airport but you feel like you’re in the middle of nowhere. We only stayed for 2 nights, but had the private full day tour which highly recommend. Our tour guide Napakun was incredible. We started with breakfast in our river view lodge, during which elephants are being led around for you to feed from your lodge balcony (I’d recommend buying extra food from reception as this allows you more time feeding. 2/3 extra baskets, they cost 100THB each). Once we were ready we set off on the long walk which took about 2.5 hours through the jungle and included a stop off to swim in the river. At the end of the walk, Napakun cooked us a bbq over an open fire, it was delicious!
After this it was time to visit the elephants and feed them some more, learning about them and what the sanctuary does. Making and feeding them their vitamin balls was amazing, and then seeing a 1 year old baby elephant was lovely.
After going for a short walk with them, we then went to bath and swim with an elephant too. Each elephant has its own trainer/carer, and watching them walk around is like seeing someone out walking their dog, friendly, relaxed and a lot of care.
Overall a truly unforgettable experience and very grateful to our wonderful tour guide, Napakun, who really made it for us. Will be raving about this place for years to come and endeavour to return when we can!
翻译:真是一次难忘的体验,距离清迈机场仅90分钟,却感觉身处茫茫荒野。我们只住了两晚,但参加了强烈推荐的私人全日游。我们的导游Napakun非常棒。我们在河景小屋享用早餐,期间大象会被牵着四处走走,供您在小屋阳台上喂食(我建议在前台额外购买食物,这样可以有更多时间喂食。额外购买2/3个篮子,每个100泰铢)。准备就绪后,我们开始了漫长的丛林徒步之旅,大约耗时2.5小时,中途还去了河里游泳。徒步结束时,Napakun在明火上为我们烤了一顿烧烤,味道好极了!
之后,我们去拜访大象,给它们喂食,了解它们以及保护区的工作。制作和喂养它们的维生素球真是太棒了,然后看到一头一岁的小象也非常可爱。
和大象们短暂散步后,我们又去给大象洗澡游泳。每头大象都有专门的训练员/看护员,看着它们四处走动就像看到有人在遛狗一样,友好、放松,而且非常细心。
总而言之,这是一次真正难忘的经历,非常感谢我们出色的导游Napakun,他为我们安排了如此完美的体验。未来几年,我都会对这里赞不绝口,有机会一定再来!