1 Day Deluxe Mahout Elephant Experience

Living Like a Mahout:  Elephant experience and bathing full-day experience and waterfall

We’ll pick you up between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. at your hotel and drive you to the Elephant Village Camp, where the camp manager will provide a short briefing about elephants. Spend some intimate one-on-one time with an elephant. During this time, a guest can simply observe the elephant, feed it and learn to communicate with it for the most intimate elephant experience in Laos. Afterward, you’ll start your basic mahout training on how to control an elephant by yourself. For lunch, you’ll dine at our Elephant Camp restaurant; it’s a buffet lunch served with coffee / tea and drinking water (vegetarian options available).

After lunch, we take a boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall (seasonal)* , where you can relax with a swim in the cool water. Then we’ll give you a ride back to your Hotel or Guest House in Luang Prabang. You’ll arrive between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m.

* Tad Sae Waterfall can be low or dry from February to August.  The tour is still great and offered year-round.

Note:

• For our join-in tour, the minimum booking requirement is 2 people. Our team will notify you if additional participants join the group

Here’s a chance to learn the traditions and practices of Lao mahout culture, as you meet, interact with your own Asian elephant in a jungle landscape just outside Luang Prabang. This is a non-riding sanctuary. This is a deluxe full-day elephant experience set in the beautiful landscape of the Nam Khan River valley surrounding with stunning mountains, jungle, and the Nam Khan River.

• Round trip transfer
• English speaking guide
• Elephant experience
• Boat transfer to the Tad Sae waterfall
• Waterfall entrance fee
• Basic mahout training
• Buffet lunch

Not Included Travel Services

• Specialty Drinks
• Tips for your guide

• Comfortable clothes and shoes that can get wet

• Hat & Sunglasses

• Sun block & mosquito repellent

• Flip-flops or extra shoes that can get wet

• Swimwear & Towel (for swimming and showers)

• Small backpack to carry water and other belongings.

• For the private tour, hotel pickup and drop-off service are included. Please be in the hotel lobby at least 10 minutes before your scheduled pickup time. In case of any unforeseen delays along the pickup route, we appreciate your patience and understanding.

• Accessibility: Our trips are generally unsuitable for people with reduced mobility and other disabilities. Please contact us to discuss if this trip is suitable for your specific requirements.

• If your group has more than 15 people, please send us an inquiry through this WhatsApp number>> +856 20 59 533 720

• French-speaking tour guide, Spanish-speaking tour guide, German-speaking tour guide, and Italian-speaking tour guide are available upon request with additional costs.

Child Policy

• Children below 5 years old: Free of charge
• Children between 5 - 10 years old: 50% charge from adult price
• Children's rates are available upon request, as it depends on the number of adults.

Cancellation Policy

• 7 - 30 days prior to the arrival date: 50% Charge
• 1 - 6 days prior to the arrival date: 100% Charge
• No show, and cancellations on the arrival date: 100% Charge

Refund Policy

• Kindly be advised that only tour/activity fees are refundable; Bank fees cannot be refunded under any circumstances.

• If you have questions or encounter problems with the tour, please contact WhatsApp/Tel: +856 20 59 533 720