KANTA ELEPHANT SANCTUARY in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was founded in 2015 and it is an ethical and sustainable eco-tourism project for Elephants. KANTA ELEPHANT SANCTUARY offers visitors an enjoyable opportunity to spend quality time with elephants in their natural home, as well as gain an insight into their history and behaviour, and create cherished lifelong memories of their time spent with these amazing animals with friendly, happy elephants in a safe and sustainable environment. They have a No Hook, No Ankle Chain and No Riding policy! KANTA ELEPHANT SANCTUARY offer a retirement home for all elephants who have previously worked hard for tourism entertainment or in the logging industry. Feed, walk with, and observe our beautiful rescued elephants as they roam throughout the sanctuary, socialise and bathe naturally in our huge fresh water lagoons, and cover themselves in lovely thick mud, as they would in the wild.  Their mission is to provide as many elephants as possible with the good health, freedom and happiness they truly deserve. They use their progressive and ethically responsible approach to elephant eco-tourism as a platform to raise awareness and educate people from Thailand and around the world about elephant care and the plight of the Asian elephant. KANTA ELEPHANT SANCTUARY hope is to lead by example, and contribute to a positive change in the perception of elephants; to witness a future where elephants are not ridden, poached, overworked, or abused, and are instead treated with care, love, and respect.  Step into the tranquility of sanctuary life amidst the beautiful place in KANTA ELEPHANT SANCTUARY. THE PACKAGES HALF DAY MORNING VISIT A half-day package to KANTA ELEPHANT SANCTUARY offers visitors an enjoyable opportunity to spend quality time with elephants in their natural home, as well as gain an insight into their history and behaviour, and create cherished lifelong memories of their time spent with these amazing animals with friendly, happy elephants in a safe and sustainable environment. HALF DAY AFTERNOON VISIT A half-day package to KANTA ELEPHANT SANCTUARY offers visitors an enjoyable opportunity to spend quality time with elephants in their natural home, as well as gain an insight into their history and behaviour, and create cherished lifelong memories of their time spent with these amazing animals with friendly, happy elephants in a safe and sustainable environment. FULL DAY VISIT A full-day package to KANTA ELEPHANT SANCTUARY package offers visitors the opportunity to get to know each of the remarkable elephants and gain a special understanding of their daily lives and behaviours. Experience life with the elephants in their natural home as well as gain an insight into their history. Spent a time with these amazing animals with friendly and happy elephants in a safe area. Feed, Cook Herbal, Roaming and Bathing elephant in the River. For more information and booking, check KANTA ELEPHANT SANCTUARY website: http://kantaelephantsanctuary.com/ or contact then at kantaelephantsanctuary@gmail.com  LOCATION: Located approximately 45km from Chiang Mai.  ADDRESS: 74/1 Moo 9 Tambon Khilek, Mae Tang, Chiang Mai, Thailand 50150  GOOGLE MAP: https://g.page/kantaelephant?share CHIANG MAI OFFICE: https://goo.gl/maps/Z64cfUomcPj2ew4q9  TELEPHONE: +66931329288  FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/kantaelephant/ 

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A visit to Following Giants is something that will stay with you forever, it’s a must-see experience you will never forget. Once you step into the lush green jungle home of the residents of Following Giants in Koh Lanta you will immediately see why these beautiful creatures deserve to lead a peaceful life.  World Animal Protection partnered with Following Giants to create an environment where elephants can go about their day to day lives doing what they should be doing, just being elephants. But at the same time allowing visitors to walk in the footsteps of the elephants without disturbing them, hence creating a better understanding and connection. It truly is the best of both worlds.  Following Giants offers visitors a variety of activities that not only allows them to watch the elephants but also assist in replenishing their jungle food source, learn more about their habits and lives, and even get a bird’s eye view from the tree-house viewing platform.  One of the fun and fulfilling activities is taking part in the making and distribution of ‘seed bombs’. Our elephants have big appetites, so they need a constant supply of food, that’s where our ‘seed bombing’ activity comes in. You not only get to help make these seed-bombs you also get to distribute them throughout the jungle. There are three resident elephants at Following Giants – Sow, Jahn and Chok –  and they all love living their new lives in peace and harmony. All of them previously lived harsh lives in either logging camps or providing endless rides for tourists. But now they are free to simply live the idyllic lives they were born to live.  World Animal Protection’s mission is not only to provide a happier and more beneficial life for animals, but it also helps show local communities how they can change their business practices and still proved a profitable service to tourists and visitors. Following Giants is a key example of this mission.  When you visit Following Giants you are not only showing your support for the wonderful elephants who call this place home, but you are also encouraging the local community to embrace a more eco-friendly approach to tourism activities. To arrange site visits, please contact the owner, Charae Sangkaow, directly at followinggiants.lanta@gmail.com  – m: +66 (0)84 744 7060 https://www.followinggiants.net/  For more information please contact Vivaldi Integrated Public Relations, Sansiri Sirichotinun (Noke) T: + 669 9426 6547 E:  sansiri.s@vivaldipr.com About World Animal Protection From our offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, India, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Thailand, UK and USA, we move the world to protect animals. During 2018 we gave more than 3 billion animals better lives through our campaigns that focus on animals in the wild; animals in disasters, animals in communities and animals in farming. Since the launch of our Wildlife not Entertainers campaign in 2015, more than 1.6 million people have joined our campaign to protect wild animals from abuse and cruelty in the name of ‘entertainment’.

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