MAHOUT TRAINING COURSE (full day) with an overnight stay and breakfast.
8:30am Breakfast at the Roadside Cafe above the Welcome Center.
9:00 There will be an introduction course with some basic facts about
Elephant Lifestyle and care. You will learn some basic verbal commands
and body language to help communicate with the elephants, followed by
some hands-on practice of what you learned.
You will then feed the elephants and get to know each other a little before beginning the ALL DAY adventure with the elephants.
- 8:30am Breakfast at the Roadside Cafe above the Welcome Center.
- 9:00 Feed the Elephants at the Welcome area and get to know each other.
- 9-10:00 The Morning Trek with the elephants to the mountain. You’ll carry bananas to feed them as a reward for climbing the hill and then spend time with them as they roam around and eat and bond with each other. You’ll observe how they behave in their natural environment, up close and personal.
- 10-11:00 There is a trek to the river for bath time and more feeding
- 11:30 You can take a hot spring bath if desired
- 12:30 enjoy some lunch while resting before the afternoon trek.
- 3:30-5:30 After a rest, the tour will be reversed and you will go to the river again for their evening bath before heading back to the mountain to watch a beautiful Pat sunset over the valley, spending the last hour of the day with the elephants before they retire to bed for the evening and you walk back to the camp after saying your goodbyes.
NOTE: We can try to accommodate special times and changes to the programs based on availability and the safety and comfort of our elephants. We want you to get to know our elephants and learn about them and their lifestyle, so we will try to accommodate your schedule as much as possible, so long as it doesn’t interfere with the comfort and safety of our Elephants, which is absolutely paramount at Thom’s Pai Elephant Camp.