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Maesa Elephant Camp
Detail	Maesa Elephant Camp flanks a rushing river in a beautiful lush tropical valley a mere twenty minutes scenic drive from downtown Chiang Mai. Having been open for nearly thirty years and currently home to seventy eight elephants, we have become leaders and experts in the field of elephant breeding, training, healthcare and sustainable tourism. Asian elephants have long been used as beasts of burden by man - transportation, timber logging or in war. In the early days of elephant camps these were the main abilities showcased, but it was the camp’s founder, Choochart Kalmapijit’s understanding of the deep intelligence of elephants that inspired him to establish Maesa Elephant Camp in 1976. Over the years Choochart purchased elephants from all over the country, and with their mahouts and other experts, worked and fell in love with the elephants, revealing one skill or fact after another about these pachyderms that have not only helped to develop Maesa’s reputations over the years, but help further the cause of the conservation and future of the Asian elephant. The wellbeing and nourishment of our elephants are of prime importance and the total of six tons of grass, bananas and sugarcane that go to feed our elephants daily are self grown. We also grow special grasses and herbs which all combine to assure the health and well being of all our elephants. Being the first elephant camp certified by ISO 9001 version 2000, we are determined to offer visitors a new-age elephant camp which gives our visitors a real glimpse into the lives and facts about elephants.  What they eat, how they live, their biology, their future or plight as well as the continued development and promotion of their skills, intelligence and abilities are of utmost importance to our long term goals. Of great significance is Choochart’s founding of the Association for the Thai Elephant Procreation to encourage the breeding so that the future of the Asian elephants is assured. At the turn of the twentieth century there were over one hundred thousand elephants in Thailand, today there are less than five. Through research, years of trial and error and a determination to succeed, Maesa now has a very successful breeding programme. Only the best bulls and cows are selected for the procreation programme which has lead to the birth of   many healthy baby elephants. One thing you can always be assured of is that elephants at Maesa Elephant Camp are, and always will be, mentally and physically healthy.
Contact	Telephone: +66 5320 6247 Fax: +66 5320 6247
Address	119/9 Tapae Rd., Muang District, Chiang Mai 50100 Thailand
Special	Elephants Show Show Times - 08:00 am. - 09:40 am. - 01:30 pm. Visit our showground to and enjoy a variety of fabulous shows of elephants who love to show off their skills and have a good time. Once you enter the show ground, 20 elephants will parade to welcome you to their show. Don't miss a chance to observe the elephants bathing at the two bathing areas on Maesa River before each elephant show. The shows are as following: • Demonstration of how to get on and off an elephant by experienced mahouts • Musical performance and dancing by the talented elephants • How the elephants sleep at night (lying on their side) • Football matches consisting of many talented elephant players like Play Lankam, Kongkam and Khamsan • Painting of many abstract and realistic pictures by the eight elephants - Kongkum, Wanpen, Kamsan, Lankam, Duanpen, Songpun, Punpetch and Pu Ood. Maesa Elephant Camp is the only place in the world showing the painting of realistic pictures by elephant artists. • Demonstration of how the elephants massage their mahouts by using their trunks • Elephant stick picking competition. • Dart Game show by little elephants. • Logging and lumber dragging show.

 

Flight of the Gibbon.Fly though the jungle.
Detail	Start your travel adventures in Northern Thailand off right! Come join Treetop Adventure Ecotours on an exhilarating ride through the rainforest canopy on zip lines and skybridges. From high above the forest floor you will view life from a perspective once reserved only for a select group of scientists... Price One day adventure: Flight of the Gibbon: The cost is normally 2200 baht per person but for a limited period we are offering a special internet booking discount of 1920 baht . Included is roundtrip aircon VIP transport to/from your hotel and 5 hours on Thailand's third highest peak. A day you'll never forget with 3 hours on ziplines and skybridges, a spectacular waterfall trek and a riverside Northern Thai set lunch. Overnight stay in the village where time has stood still, Mae Kompong: 980 baht p.p.including 3 full meals homestay style. Two day adventures: Rock the Gibbon: 5500 baht per person Mountain Bike and Gibbon: 5500 baht per person (minimum 2 people). Wet Gibbon 5500 baht per person Elephant trekking combo: TBA Bamboo rafting: TBA Hilltribe Experience: TBA
Contact	Telephone: 668 9970 5511
Address	404-20 Jira Road, T. Nimuang, A. Muang, Buriram 31150