There has been much discussion recently about wild animals and the damage humans are doing to their environment and even the creatures themselves. So here is a 'good news' story to share with your friends and circulate on social media to show there are still places that value these wonderful fellow-inhabitants of our planet. 

Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort is renowned for its highly acclaimed onsite Elephant Camp, which offers guests an inspirational range of fun, interactive and educational experiences with its friendly herd of rescued gentle giants.

In a natural extension of these ethical elephant activities, a new two-hour Walking with Giants experience has been introduced offering a more personal and enriching encounter. Devised as an optimum way of getting to know the elephants better and develop a deeper emotional connection, and much more than simply a walk, it enables guests to experience the natural joy of the elephants’ daily free roaming time, and also to gain enlightening insights from scientifically qualified experts about how these intelligent creatures think and behave.

After walking from the Elephant Camp out to the grasslands or forest, depending on the season, the antics of either river bath time or playtime in the mud illustrates just how cheeky these graceful animals can be. Guests can help to prepare snacks for the elephants, as well as activities for their behavioural enrichment.

There is even more from the award winning Elephant Camp of Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort, which at first sight might simply appears to be yet another high-end resort. But there is more....

Set up in 2003 as a traditional mahout village, the Elephant Camp works alongside Anantara’s Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation. To date over 40 elephants have been rescued from Thailand’s city streets, of which 20 now live in the jungle environment of Anantara’s Elephant Camp, along with their entire mahout family, who receive English lessons, education for their children, and 100 percent of the profits from the sale of garments from a traditional silk worm business.

The Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation also cooperates with the Thai government and other organisations in bigger picture projects. It has helped to fund research and clinics using elephants in therapy sessions for children living with autism. It equipped the first elephant hospital in Krabi, southern Thailand, with an ATV, and has also donated to the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang, among other things, a purpose-built elephant ambulance and a gantry to help lame elephants stand. The foundation also built the world’s only facility to scientifically research elephant intelligence and behaviour and runs the world’s only programme to teach scientific Positive Reinforcement training methods to traditional mahouts. 

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