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Today we're taking a fun little day trip outside of Chiang Mai. We are visiting the Elephant
Nature Park, which is about sixty kilometers outside of the city. This is an elephant rescue
and rehabilitation center, so we're going to be showing you around.
This center is also a refuge for a number of injured and abandoned animals such as dogs,
cats, water buffalo and others.
We have a bucket full of fresh fruit and on today's menu for the elephants are bananas
and watermelons.
Hi Baby! There you go.
No bananas. Nope!
That was my first time touching an elephant and there skin is surprisingly course and
hairy.
Right now the rescue center is home to thirty seven elephants. Thirty two of them are female
and five of them are male. These are Asian elephants, which vary from the African elephant.
The African elephant is actually a lot larger than the Asian elephant and they also have
much bigger ears.
Most of the elephants on the site have been rescued from logging, tourism and begging
This is the happiest time of day! The elephants are now being bathed.
Overall, the experience at the Elephant Nature Park has been phenomenal. We've really enjoyed
having an opportunity to feed, bathe and interact with all of the elephants. It is a great alternative
to doing the trekking where you are just sitting on top of the elephant and they are working.
This way you get to spend time with the elephant in its natural environment feeding it and
just having a great time.