There are few introduction words taken from their website Baanchang Elephant Park :
'We are AGAINST the practice of separating baby elephants from their mother. However, it is our policy to accept and provide care for orphaned baby elephants. Sadly, babies are often orphaned as the cruel result of commercial exploitation (such as a practice known as "elephant begging") and mistreatment. Fortunately, at present, all of the babies in our park have NOT been separated from their mother.
The location of our park was chosen to provide a natural habitat. We are also AGAINST the practice of elephant painting and the training of elephants to dance and to sit or stand on two legs. We consider these practices unnatural and abusive. Our goal is to teach visitors about the importance elephant preservation and proper eating, sleeping, bathing, and exercising methods. One method of providing exercise for our elephants and a learning experience for our visitors is to allow visitors, to a limited extent, to ride elephants "bareback." '
Before meeting the elephants (still clean)
Stage 1: Feeding
Stage 2: Riding
If anyone has doubts what it is, it's a HEAD of an elephant (not a hairy bottom), and a view from being on top
Our elephant didn't really care she carries extra luggage on top and freely enjoyed a mud bath and mud spraying all over us
Stage 3: Bathing
I highly recommend to visit this place if it happens that you are in Chiang Mai. It was a pure pleasure to put money for this park and these lovely people who are working and caring for elephants there.
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