Experience was great and appreciate what they are doing for the elephants. Easy walk, but super hot in afternoon Meal was great!

The absolute best experience in Phuket! If you want to visit elephants and care about how they are treated, then this is the place to come. We were able to feed an elephant, and while they are free to roam, we were able to get close to several and learn about their histories. I highly recommend this elephant sanctuary over any others on Phuket!

This place stirs your heart and emotions. I learnt so much about elephants and the cruelty we as humans have forced them to endure. I cried my eyes out when I watched the introductory video before we walked around. DO NOT go and ride elephants when overseas, DO NOT pay for some painting that you think an elephant decided to paint, DO NOT bath the elephant - all this is abuse and stressful for the elephant. The handler puts a nail behind the elephants ear and forces them to paint, you just don't get to see it. The elephants rides are not fun for an elephant chained all day long. Bathing an elephant by a person that they don't know is stressful and can be dangerous. Simply just go to this sanctuary and watch them at peace, eating, bathing themselves, walking around without chains. The staff love the elephants and they are treated with care and given veterinary attention. These elephants have been rescued from abusive situations and now get some peace. But unfortunately they were abused for more than thirty years prior to coming to this place. So I just ask you to consider the above. When in Thailand this is the place to go and learn and love the elephants. They take donations and are in the process of building an elephant veterinary centre so they can continue to provide good care for the elephants. All of this takes money for feed, care and staff. People lets look after our wildlife and treat them with the respect and care that they deserve. Your world deserves it and so do they.

Our afternoon trip started with a taxi pickup from our hotel. Upon arrival, we were offered some wellies to walk in the sanctuary. Then an introductory video was shown that told the origin story of the sanctuary. At this point we were positive we made the right choice regarding which elephant park to visit. This is a truly ethical elephant park that is devoid of any animal abuse as any form of touching or bathing the elephants is forbidden. The tour itself started off in an ideal way. Our tour guide was quite a charismatic man and our group size was rather small (below 10). We learned that an elephant hospital was under construction and it would have opened just the day after our trip. Perhaps, you will get to see it in action. We walked around the sanctuary and were able to spot several elephants. Some were just minding their own business and others were eating at their designated feeding areas. They all looked happy with their tails wagging and ears flapping. The tour was cocluded with a feeding session, where everyone was given a basket of fruits to hand over to the elephants. Afterwards, we also enjoyed a delicious vegetarian buffet.

This was the most ethical, amazing and surreal experience! The elephants are so well taken care of and it’s clear their morals are in the right place. Worth every penny

Great trip to Phuket Elephant Sanctuary. Picked up from hotel and driven to Sanctuary. After check in, some refreshments and snacks before walking around sanctuary and seeing the Elephants. Very informative guide. Lunch afterwards and then driven back to hotel. Very enjoyable morning

Amazing experience, definitely recommend. Did not see any mistreatment of the elephants, they seemed very happy when we were washing them. The staff were very knowledgeable and honest. We went for a birthday and they gave her a free present, such a nice touch. The elephants were such gentle animals.

Lovely trip to see the elephants at the sanctuary in phucket. Lovely to see the elephants enjoying themselves. Well run trip and all the guides super helpful.

I highly recommend coming here if you’re wanting to see elephants! all elephants are well looked after here. This sanctuary rescues injured elephants from abusive tourist attractions and gives them a new life!

Such a beautiful and amazing place would recommend everyone to go here! What the team do to rescue the poor elephants and give them the best life. The elephants look so happy and free wandering around. A truly amazing place praying you are able to rescue more elephants in the future!

If your in Phuket you can't miss this. After arriving we were greeted by multiple elephants roaming around. We then proceeded to feed the elephants water melon plus special rice balls the elephants loved it. We then jumped into the mud and got extremely dirty with the elephants covering them in mud and getting to know them better. Shortly after we jumped into a big river with all the elephants and scrubbed them till they were nice and clean. The elephants layed down and would spray and chill while we cleaned them. We concluded the half day tour with a beautiful buffet lunch which was extremely tasty. Was an extremely nice half day tour and was really nice to see elephants being so well looked after. Highly recommend this tour for anyone that wants to get close and personal with the animals but also knowing they are being looked after and not neglected. Look no further 10/10 5 star activity

So sad to hear from our guild (Alex) how few elephants are left, how most of them are so cruelly treated and exploited as slave labour and tourist attractions, and that there are so few real ethical places like PES. To see these amazing animals close up and content in their surroundings with a strong bond to their mahout is well worth the cost of the tickets

What an amazing place and story. This is not a place where you are going to pet the elephants, but you will get to feed them and watch them enjoy their safe, retirement in this beautiful park.

Visited the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary with my fiancée, what an amazing experience!! We were blown away by the beauty of the animals, and the care the facility takes to provide a safe, dignified environment for aging and injured elephants to live out their days in peace. Highly recommended!!!

Very inspirational what has been achieved there, and a very enjoyable and informative experience. I will visit the place again next visit to Thailand. We also stayed at the sanctuary for a couple of nights which was a special experience.