The 6 Best Wildlife Day Trips in Thailand

1.Living Green Elephant Sanctuary Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,541 reviews · 3 hours - 450 minutes · from $57Our pick

Spend a full day at Living Green Elephant Sanctuary in Chonburi, about 1.5 to 2 hours from Bangkok. Guides such as Lulu, Mod, and Jamboi explain each elephant’s story before you feed them, walk through the forest, and join them at the bathing pond. Traditional clothing, lunch, photos, and optional transport are included.

“One of the best things I’ve ever done. Loved crazy man and sexy man. Elephants were treated so well.”

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2.Lily Elephant Half day Trip on the Beach with lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,420 reviews · 150 minutes - 3 hours · from $83

Spend 150 minutes to 3 hours with elephants at Lily Elephant Camp, preparing food, feeding them, walking to a private beach, and helping bathe them in the sea. Guides such as Sara, Tony, Kim, and One explain elephant care in English. A Thai lunch, drinks, hotel pickup from many Phuket areas, and accident insurance are included.

“What a great day out with the elephants. Staff are very attentive to the elephants. We prepared food, walked with the elephants and bathed them. Lots of great photo opportunities. Lunch included which was very nice”

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3.Pattaya Ethical Elephant Sanctuary Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 881 reviews · from $142

Travel from Bangkok to Pattaya Elephant Sanctuary for a half-day with rescued elephants. Feed them bananas and sugar cane, prepare rice balls, walk through the grounds, join a mud spa and bathe them in water. Guides such as Tak explain each elephant’s past. Lunch, fruit, transfers, and water are included.

“Absolutely amazing! We got so close to the elephants and were able to interact with all of them safely and respectfully. I would definitely recommend again. An experience of a lifetime.”

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4.From Pattaya: Living Green Elephant Sanctuary Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 441 reviews · 3 hours - 450 minutes · from $57Top rated

Travel 45 minutes from Pattaya to Living Green Elephant Sanctuary with an English-speaking guide such as Lulu, Mod, or Tuck. Change into Mo Hom clothing, feed rescued elephants, walk through the forest, and join them in the water only if they choose to bathe. Pad Thai, watermelon, water, transport, and equipment are included.

“A very good and educative tour, an ethical sanctuary, we can see that the elephants are treated with respect. I just can recommand.”

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5.Koh Samui: Pink Dolphin, Pig Island, and Snorkeling Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 249 reviews · 7 hours · from $83

From Koh Samui, you’ll cruise to Khanom to look for wild pink dolphins, enjoy Thai lunch by the beach, snorkel at Koh Tan, and spend an hour at Koh Madsum, better known as Pig Island. Guides speak English or Thai, and hotel pickup, equipment, water, and insurance are included.

“The dolphin spotting was disappointing and the snorkelling wasn’t very well organised”

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6.Day Trip to Khao Sok with Elephant Camp Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 91 reviews · 8 hours · from $99

Leave Khao Lak for an eight-hour Khao Sok adventure with hotel transfers, a guide, river canoeing, Thai lunch at a treehouse resort, and time at an elephant camp. You may spot monkeys, frogs, lizards, birds, and tree snakes. Guides such as Daniel and Gift have helped make this outing especially personal and informative.

“This trip was truly excellent and we made memories that will stay with us forever. “Gift”, our guide, was exceptional. We particularly enjoyed the food market and canoeing on the river (our local guides were excellent, and pointed out monkeys, jungle frogs and tree snakes). We then had lunch at a stunning tree top resort and got to see two lively monkey groups at a temple. But the highlight of course was the visit to the elephant sanctuary. We got to feed and bathe the gentle giants - it was excellent and a really moving experience. The trip was faultless - thank you Gift!”

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