Elephant Sanctuary: Hidden Forest Reserve in Phuket

Experience the Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve in Phuket. Meet and feed rescued elephants, take a scenic walk through the forest, and enjoy a vegetarian meal by the pond.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve - On arrival enjoy complimentary refreshments before we watch an informative introduction video. We then meet and feed our elephants before going on a scenic walk through the forest observing and learning about their history, their stories, and their unique personalities. We don’t follow a set route, our elephants…
What's Included
  • Educational introduction video
  • Hotel Pick up & Drop Off
  • Vegetarian Meal
  • Transportation by air-conditioned van
  • Entrance Ticket
  • Refill Water
  • English Speaking Tour Guide
What's Not Included
  • Tipping
  • Bathing with elephants
  • Refill Bottle water
Additional Information

Welcome to Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve. Our breathtaking elephant sanctuary is nestled in the hills of southern Phuket and is home to four beautiful elephants who are all rescued from the tourism riding industry. They are now able to roam freely, socialise with each other, and play naturally in the ponds, streams and muddy wallows throughout our…

Location
Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Colin_dougan
Dec 18, 2024
Excellent, ethical and educational elephant experience - Exceptional experience at the most ethical elephant reserve/sanctuary in Phuket. The reserve rescues former working and show elephants to give them a much better life than they’d had in their former years. It’s a heartwarming and educational trip very much worth the effort.
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Mckenziel124
Dec 15, 2024
Life changing experience - This place is phenomenal. The staff are so attentive to the animals as well as to the visitors, and you can tell how much they value their own work. The commitment to a sustainable, ethical sanctuary is admirable and what we need for the future of animal wellbeing. No elephant should be chained up, giving humans a ride on their backs, forced to bathe, or used in zoo shows. At the sanctuary, we fed them, but did not touch them and got to watch from a near, but not too close distance - as it should be. Let us all support this place (you can donate on their website!) and others like it in the world to give back to these beautiful, intelligent, loving creatures. Remember to say no to unethical elephant tourism. Thank you Hidden Forest for the incredible and important work you do 🐘💚
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Marta_j
Dec 14, 2024
Amazing experience while respecting the elephants - Great experience! If you want to see the elephants in an ethical way, this is the place to go. We had amazing time without touching or bathing the elephants which is unnatural for them. You can chose this tour and be at ease that they are very well taken care for and not used for tourism.
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314brookee
Dec 13, 2024
Amazing actual ethical sanctuary - I was recommended to go here through the group tour I did (shout out to intro travel) and was not disappointed!! You can tell they care for the elephants with the no riding, touching to bathing. You do get to feed them and they get incredibly close. An amazing and actual ethical sanctuary!
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Twinsgivereviews
Dec 6, 2024
Elephant experience - This is such a beautiful sanctuary, run by people with big hearts 🥰 the elephants are well looked after and its completely ethical, which is unfortunately not true of many other places. If you want to see elephants in Phuket, this is the way to do it! Best of both worlds 😊
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Global65171602683
Dec 3, 2024
Great experience and very ethically focused. - Cannot recommend enough, it was a pleasure to see the elephants enjoy themselves and live peacefully. The sanctuary is clearly very ethical and prioritized the elephants well being and comfort.
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Lindsey_c
Nov 29, 2024
a TRUE elephant sanctuary - Hidden Forest is a wonderful elephant sanctuary. No riding, no touching, and no bathing. This is an incredible experience to see rescued elephants living in peace. The staff is very informative and they do a great job with the tour. Going through viator was seamless from communication to being picked up and dropped off at our hotel.
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Louisa_g
Nov 27, 2024
Take in and appreciate these wondrous creatures! - Really seeing these beautiful creatures in their own space, eating when they want to, walking, bathing, living freely and happily with their family, and learning about their journey - there are no words to describe how amazing and enlightening this experience was.
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444oscarv
Nov 20, 2024
A must to do in Pukhet - One of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had. The way how the reserve have this elephants, you feel like you are really helping them and learning about them, without any animal abuse or cruelty. The elephants comes to you on their own terms as longer you respect their quiet and peaceful environment, you follow them on their path starting at the feeding station where you can feed them bananas and sugar cane. Then you follow the path until they reach their pond where they will enjoy a mud bath. The people that work in this magnificent reserve are all very attentive and knowledgeable they are ready to answer any questions also they help getting the perfect photo of you close to the elephants.
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Kellischneider16
Nov 19, 2024
Ethical Elephant Sanctuary - Such an amazing experience! No touching, riding or bathing — this place is very ethical and the elephants are free to roam around. We were able to feed them but not touch them. Wish I could go again soon!
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