Full-Day Glimpse Elephant Mahout Experience, Kayak to Tad Sae Waterfalls (F20)

• Under rich nature and certified elephant welfare standards, this program ensures a mutually beneficial experience for you and the elephant.
• Experience the collaborative life of Mahouts and elephants. You will make kin with elephants and help them exercise and enrichment through interaction and riding.
• A glimpse into Mahouts’ way of life, living in harmony with elephants will provide an opportunity to consider the possibility of mutually beneficial and still intimate relationships with animals that are not too human-centered.

Your experience begins with a transportation service pick up from your accommodation between 8:15 am – 9:00 am. You will visit the mahout (elephant handler) village in Manifa Elephant Camp and learn about their daily routine as you watch a demonstration of an elephant health check. Your guide will explain the elephants while you watch as they examine the elephant’s eyes, ears, mouth, and feet and measure the body.

You will learn how to introduce yourself to your elephant and how to mount your elephant to ride bareback. Then you will have an intimate interaction with one of our elephant families. (One elephant for one person) You will ride your elephant and explore the jungle. These interactions and riding provide elephants with opportunities for exercise and stress relief. Finally you feed and care for your elephant with organic vegetables and fruits.

You will be offered a delicious buffet lunch at the restaurant overlooking the Mekong river and elephants roaming free.

After lunch, we leave for Ban Mout village. From there, we start Kayak on the Nam Khan River. The Nam Khan river valley will provide us panoramic views of Luang Prabang countryside. We will enjoy challenging rapid currents for one hours until reaching Tad Sae Waterfall.

Each rainy season these falls erupt with life as the extra water from the mountains plunge over the flat rocks. The natural pools at the base of the waterfall are a must for a swim. We will have a break and swimming about one and half hour in Tad Sae.

We will try more challenging rapid currents 1 hour. Reaching Ban Had Hien village, then we go back to the city. (5:30-6:00 PM)

Please read the Elephant FAQ prepared by experts to ensure that this tour does support elephant welfare.