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Never Forget Elephant Foundation | 7 Days | from CHIANG MAI, THAILAND
$875.00
- Spend an incredible week immersed into the life of a Karen Hill Tribe Village in the mountains of Northern Thailand where elephants are part of the family!
- Trek with elephants in their natural habitat in the jungle and learn about their habits.
- Have a life-changing experience whilst helping support a local community.
- No riding. No bathing. No tricks. This is a 100% ethical elephant experience run by a non-profit organisation.
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Never Forget Elephant Foundation – Bringing Elephants Home
Join the team at Never Forget and spend a week immersed into the life of a Karen Hill Tribe Village in the mountains where elephants are part of the family! Take an active role in supporting that community, whilst enjoying the proximity to their herd of elephants.
This is an experience like no other. During your stay in the village, you will enjoy traditional bamboo accommodation in the heart of nature. All huts are equipped with a mattress and mosquito net. Lounge in a hammock whilst watching the sunset across the valley after a day’s work providing for the elephants!
There is a glorious yoga/meditation shala where you can work on either one of these rewarding practices.
Never Forget provide three plant-based meals every day, many of the ingredients of which are grown on-site!
In the evenings, sit around the fire, swapping stories, music and getting to know each other.
What will you do during your stay?
- Daily time with the elephants, trekking along side them through the jungle and learning about them and their habitat as you go.
- Work on garden and building projects to help build the Visitor Village.
- Aid the local Karen community through projects of various types.
- Connect with local people in their home and learn about their ways, their culture and their community.
- Visit local temples in the area.
- Receive lessons on rice farming from local farmers.
Download a sample schedule here. (Schedule may be subject to change.)
- Transport to/from your hotel in Chiang Mai to our village (approximately 400km away)
- Pickup from Chiang Mai on Monday 9am and return to Chiang Mai on Sunday afternoon
- Three delicious plant based meals per day, plus snacks.
- Coffee/tea
- Comfortable accommodation – sustainable, traditional-style bamboo hut with mattresses and clean, warm bedding.
- Shared western toilets and showers
- Unlimited use of private and serene yoga platform
- On-site speaker that connects via bluetooth
Please note – We have the ability to put together a custom week with you and your traveling companions if necessary, otherwise we will follow our standard program schedule. Minimum of 5 bookings are needed for custom week.
- In order to book this experience, you will need to pay a deposit online.
- This deposit is fully refundable if you wish to cancel.
- You can also change the date later on if your plans change.
- The deposit remains in a ‘pending state’ until you hear from the operator, have confirmed availability and agreed that they can meet all of your requirements.
- If you are unable to finalise a date or the organiser cannot meet your requirements, your deposit is automatically returned to you in full.
- Once you have agreed on a date and are happy to go ahead with the activity as planned, your deposit will be accepted.
- At this point, your deposit is still refundable. However, if you wish to cancel, there will be a small cancellation fee applied to cover payment gateway fees (this is approx. 5% of the total deposit amount that you paid to us).
- The rest of the payment for the experience is payable to the organiser, either upon arrival at the destination or before, if the organiser requires it. The organiser will arrange this with you directly.
- The refund of the second payment, which goes directly to the trip organiser, is based on their own Terms and Conditions, and we have no control over this.
- Please read our customer Terms and Conditions for more information.
Never Forget Elephant Foundation
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Why we chose Never Forget?
Never Forget Elephant Foundation is a non-profit organisation and registered charity in the United States of America. The project was founded by Ava Lalancette in 2019 in an attempt to improve the lives of the Asian elephant and their owners (mahouts), who are often forgotten when it comes to demands for more ethical elephant tourism. She sees Never Forget as a way to improve on the existing model of elephant tourism in Thailand.
Ava works closely with Kittisak “Yo” Pornpipatkun, who is the Project Director at Never Forget. Yo grew up in the local community and has been around elephants since he was a child. Yo has worked at elephant sanctuaries across Thailand and believes Never Forget is a step in the right direction for elephant tourism in Thailand. There is nothing about elephants Yo doesn’t know – just test him!
The 3 simple goals of Never Forget Elephant Foundation
- Bring endangered captive elephants back to their natural environment in the jungle.
- Connect with the local Karen people in a way that inspires sustainable approaches to the health and wellbeing of both the elephants and the environment.
- Contribute to the growth of a global movement that pushes for positive changes in the lives of elephants in Thailand.
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