About This Activity

Elevate your ethical adventure with this full-day experience combining elephant care, culinary arts, and natural beauty. At Big Boy Elephant Sanctuary, participate in meaningful activities including preparing elephant food, creating vitamins, safe ethical feeding, and habitat care while respecting elephant autonomy. Learn to cook authentic Pad Thai in a traditional cooking workshop, then journey through the lush countryside to Sticky Waterfall, where unique limestone cascades and tropical forest create an unforgettable natural experience.

Highlights

Ethical Elephant Experience

Learn about elephant care and enjoy respectful interactions while observing elephants in a peaceful sanctuary environment

Elephant Vitamin Workshop

Prepare natural vitamin supplements and safely offer them to the elephants through designated feeding tables

Traditional Cooking Workshop

Learn to prepare authentic Pad Thai and enjoy the dish you created yourself along with other local Thai dishes

Sticky Waterfall Adventure

Explore Sticky Waterfall and discover its unique limestone formations surrounded by lush tropical forest

Full Description

Begin your day with pickup from your hotel in Chiang Mai and travel comfortably to Big Boy Elephant Sanctuary. Start with an elephant education briefing and learn about elephant behavior, nutrition, and responsible care.

Take part in preparing food for the elephants, enjoy a safe ethical feeding experience, create nutritious vitamin supplements, and participate in habitat care activities. The experience focuses on observing and caring for elephants while respecting their natural behavior and autonomy.

Continue with an authentic Pad Thai cooking workshop, where you will learn how to prepare this famous Thai dish using local ingredients. Enjoy the Pad Thai you prepared yourself together with other local Thai dishes before saying farewell to the elephants.

Next, journey to Sticky Waterfall, a unique natural attraction surrounded by lush forest. Spend approximately 1.5 hours exploring the waterfall, enjoying the refreshing surroundings, and experiencing its naturally textured limestone cascades before returning to Chiang Mai.

Activities

Elephant Education Briefing

Learn about elephant behavior, nutrition, daily care, and responsible interaction from the sanctuary team

Elephant Food Preparation

Prepare fresh fruits and natural foods while learning about the nutritional needs of elephants

Safe Ethical Feeding

Offer prepared food to the elephants through designated feeding tables while observing their natural behavior

Vitamin Workshop

Prepare natural vitamin supplements using selected ingredients as part of the elephants' daily care

Habitat Care Activities

Take part in simple habitat care activities that help support a healthy environment for the elephants

Pad Thai Cooking Workshop

Learn how to prepare authentic Pad Thai and enjoy your creation together with other local Thai dishes

Sticky Waterfall

Explore Sticky Waterfall, discover its unique limestone cascades, and enjoy the surrounding natural beauty

Full Day Itinerary

7:30 - 8:00 AM

Hotel pickup in Chiang Mai (air-conditioned transport)

Elephant Sanctuary Experience

Arrive at Big Boy Elephant Sanctuary and begin your ethical elephant experience.

Elephant Education Briefing
Elephant Food Preparation
Safe Ethical Feeding Experience
Elephant Vitamin Workshop
Habitat Care Activities
Safe Vitamin Feeding via Feeding Tables
Traditional Thai Cooking Experience

Join an authentic Pad Thai cooking workshop and learn how to prepare this classic Thai dish.

Thai Lunch

Enjoy the Pad Thai you prepared yourself along with other local Thai dishes.

Journey to Sticky Waterfall

Bid farewell to the elephants and journey through the scenic countryside to Sticky Waterfall.

Sticky Waterfall

Explore Sticky Waterfall for approximately 1.5 hours and enjoy its unique limestone cascades surrounded by lush forest.

3:30 PM

Return to Chiang Mai and arrive at your hotel.

Price

  • Adult: Price 1,800 THB
  • Child (4-8): Price 1,300 THB

Inclusions

  • Round-trip transfers (Chiang Mai hotels)
  • Cooking workshop materials and ingredients
  • Local lunch & drinking water
  • Accident insurance
  • All sanctuary activity materials

What to Bring?

  • Comfortable clothes and shoes
  • Swimwear and towel
  • Sunscreen and insect repellent
  • Camera for unforgettable moments

Note

Seasonal Flexibility: Depending on weather conditions or local circumstances, the order of activities may be adjusted. All included experiences remain part of the tour.

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