Elephant Trekking in KrabiElephant trekking is the first segment of our day excursion tour. We arrived in the elephant camp after a thirty minutes drive from Ao Nang beach. Where is it located?The elephant trekking camp is located in the forest of Tumbon Khao Thong, Krabi. The elephant ride will take you through rubber plantations and the journey last for one hour.
We had to access the top of the elephant through a boarding tower. There is a specially made sedan secured on top of every elephant.
The sedan seat is wide enough to seat two person. An elephant guide was seating on top of its head, leading the elephant. 
Shortly we were high up above the ground and heading into the rubber plantation with the swaying rhythm of the elephant's foot steps. Our elephant was gentle and its mood was laid back. It was pretty intimidating to be able to ride so high up. An average adult elephant grows to about four meters tall. As the journey progressed, the seat was rocking to and fro with every step of our elephant. However our fear slowly subsided as we noticed that our elephant guide was in full control. But our hands remained tightly gripped on the sedan armrest, too afraid of falling off.
In fact elephants are gentle in nature and we could even sense that our elephant was enjoying the jungle trekking too. Throughout the journey, our elephant was distracted and busy exploring with its inquisitive nose, sniffing out flowers at the side. Our elephant guide was exasperated as he kept coaxing it to follow the elephant in front. We were laughing away at our elephant's cute behavior.
While our elephant trekked into a small muddy stream, our elephant was also mischievous and kept playing with the water.
Then we came to a very steep slope. We thought to ourselves that the elephant being so heavy, it would not be able to climb up the steep slope. We were anxious, our hearts skipped a beat when our elephant guide prodded it to move. We held our breath and gripped the armrest even tighter than before. Soon we were facing the sky at near angle of 45 degrees. It was heart stopping for a few minutes while we waited for our elephant to haul itself up the slope.
After the exhilarating elephant adventure, we can choose to feed bananas for the elephants at 20 Baht. The elephants simply love those bananas!
Where to book?We book our day trip with Unseen Excursion Package C Jungle Tour + Elephant Trekking Duration of the trip 8.30 am. – 5.00 pm.
Our next stop- Tiger cave templeThe next part of our day package brings us to Tiger cave temple where we can see panoramic views of Krabi and explore ancient caves. click here to see commanding views of Krabi from the tiger cave view point
Our Krabi adventuresKrabi Hot SpringKrabi hot spring where we get to dipped ourselves in warm spring water. Krabi Emerald pool Krabi Sea kayaking Krabi Crystal stream Krabi Hong Island Tour
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