Every place on this page says on its own site that nobody rides the elephants and there are no shows. You make their food, feed them and walk with them, and at one you bathe them too. Most visits are 3 hours, mornings or afternoons, with hotel pickup, and there are shorter feeding visits. Book on each sanctuary's own site.
Hands-off: you feed them from a platform or a walkway, walk with them and watch them in the mud. Visitors stay out of the water.
Family ActivityAmple parkingNo riding, no bathing: feed and walk with rescued elephants in Bophut or Chaweng Noi. 3 hour tour or 1.5 hour encounter, hotel pickup included.
Family ActivityFeed rescued elephants from a 400 m skywalk, make their food and watch them in the mud. No riding, hands-off. A 3 hour visit with lunch, or a 1 hour skywalk feeding you drive to.
Family ActivityNo riding, no bathing: make rice balls and feed rescued elephants, then walk the hills to meet the herd. A 3 hour tour with hotel pickup, or a shorter feeding visit you drive to.
Family ActivityMake food for rescued elephants and feed them, walk the jungle, watch the mud bath and visit the elephant museum. No riding, no shows. A half day with hotel pickup, or a 1 hour nursery feeding.
You get into the mud with the elephants and wash them in a pool. Bring a swimsuit.
SamuiKids lists only places that say on their own site they offer no riding and no shows, and that we could check are open this year. A place that offers rides, or one we could not check, is not here.
Plan the rest of the day