Thailand’s first luxury tented jungle camp, Elephant Hills, combines the camp aspect of an East African safari with the Thai tropical rainforest. Located in Khao Sok National Park, Elephant Hills is just a couple of hours north of Phuket or Krabi and with complimentary transfers from most beach hotels in the region, it’s an easy combination and an unmissable experience. We are proud to support the unique elephant experience where you can feed and interact with these magnificent creatures, an award-winning programme that puts elephant welfare, education and conservation at the heart of what they do.
Amenities
Safari
Bar
Evening Entertainment
Internet Access
Restaurant
Swimming Pool
Near National Park
Where is it
Elephant Hills is located in Khao Sok National Park in Thailand's Phang Nga Province. The Tented Camp is set in Thailand's tropical jungle environment and The Rainforest Camp floats on Cheow Larn Lake. Transfers available from Phuket, Krabi and Khao Lak and even Koh Samui.
Hotel information
The Elephant Camp is the main camp with 66 spacious tents with 1 king-size or 2 double beds sleeping a family of 4 people, with 2 adults and 2 children. All tents are bugproof and have electricity, en-suite bathroom with toilet, shower and hot/cold water and a fan. Set amongst the rainforest, the camp has a swimming pool with superb view of the spectacular limestone cliffs, an open-air restaurant and bar with campfire creating a romantic and warm atmosphere to share your traveller’s tales. Dinners include movie presentations, dance and cooking demonstrations to keep you entertained and there is even WiFi to show all those at home what they’re missing.
The Lake Camp is the newest addition to Elephant Hills. There are 20 rainforest tents each with 1 queen-size bed, or twin beds, sleeping 2 adults and 1 child. They are located over the Cheow Larn Lake, making it one of the only floating tented camps in the world. The spectacular lakes are surrounded by rainforest and towering limestone cliffs. Designed to be at one with nature, the camp is powered by wind and solar energy and uses responsible waste management, so no WiFi here, just total peace and relaxation.
Full Board includes: breakfast, lunch and dinner. All the activities in the itinerary. Soft drinks and alcohol are available at extra charge.
Restaurant and bar. Swimming pool. Evening entertainment includes traditional Thai dances from local school children, film documentaries and Thai cooking demonstrations. Fantastic range of activities including elephant interaction, canoe trips on the Sok River and jungle treks. Complimentary WiFi at the Elephant Hills Camp (main camp).
See the highlights of Southern Thailand’s natural beauty with this short 2-night itinerary.
Day 1: Arrive in time for lunch, then depart on a jungle river canoe trip down the Sok River passing the Limestone Mountains and tropical vegetation to the elephant sanctuary. Here you can see, feed and learn about the elephants and the conservation project as well as meet and learn the secrets of the mahout. Overnight at The Elephant Camp.
Day 2: Leisurely breakfast before exploring the secluded Cheow Lan Lake by long-tail boat, the 60 km lake has more than 100 islands. Enjoy the spectacular scenery with time to dip into the lake’s emerald water and lunch at the local raft house. Overnight at The Elephant Camp.
Day 3: Guided walk to explore the ecology of one of the world’s oldest rainforests with lunch served in the rainforest, cooked in bamboo, an old tradition of jungle explorers. Afternoon transfer.
Rainforest Nature Safari
Elephant Experience • Traditional Junk trip
Day 1: As per Day 1 of the Jungle Safari itinerary.
Day 2: Enjoy the mangroves by speed boat looking out for local wildlife along the way. Board a traditional Burmese Junk for lunch and explore the mangroves by canoe. Overnight at The Elephant Camp.
Day 3: Leisurely breakfast before exploring the secluded Cheow Lan Lake by long-tail boat, the 60 km lake has more than 100 islands. Enjoy the spectacular scenery with time to dip into the lake’s emerald water and lunch at the local raft house. Overnight at The Elephant Camp.
Day 4: Guided walk to explore the ecology of one of the world’s oldest rainforests with lunch served in the rainforest, cooked in bamboo, an old tradition of jungle explorers. Afternoon transfer.
Day 1: As per Day 1 of the Jungle Safari itinerary. Overnight at The Elephant Camp.
Day 2: Leisurely breakfast before exploring the secluded Cheow Lan Lake by long-tail boat, the 60 km lake has more than 100 islands and is home to wild elephants, the rare Asian Ox, tropical birds, monkeys and amphibians and reptiles. Lunch at Lake Camp before a guided walk to explore the ecology of one of the world’s oldest rainforests. Overnight at The Lake Camp.
Day 3: Take a canoe safari around the small channels of the Cheow Lan Lake, a silent adventure in the heart of the rainforest. Lunch served at the Lake Camp and afternoon transfer to your onward destination.
Please note: child ages are 4 years and over for Elephant Camp and 7 years and over for Lake Camp.
Please note: due to the nature of the tours pregnant ladies are unable to participate.
Accessibility: due to the nature of the tours it is not suitable for wheelchair users or customers with mobility restrictions. Please also note, there are no on site refrigeration facilities to store medication.
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A trip of a lifetime! Such a special place that we will never forget!
Dec 17, 2024tarabO1640CN
Elephant hills was the best part of our trip to Thailand! I highly recommend to all traveler’s- friends, couples & families!
The staff were all so kind and very educated. They looked after us so well. Dean was our tour guide and he helped make our experience so special.
The elephant experience was phenomenal and reassuringly ethical.
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Elephant hills was the best part of our trip to Thailand! I highly recommend to all traveler’s- friends, couples & families!
The staff were all so kind and very educated. They looked after us so well. Dean was our tour guide and he helped make our experience so special.
The elephant experience was phenomenal and reassuringly ethical.
Our stay at the lake camp was incredible! So beautiful with lots of wildlife, we even saw a wild elephant while on the long tail boat, and monkeys on the kayaks.
It’s amazing how the team makes a tent so luxurious! All tents have a bathroom with a good toilet and shower.
Food was excellent and the team provided lots of vegetarian options for us
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Thank you Ing and the team for an amazing memorable stay
Dec 16, 2024tikig0d19Essex, United Kingdom
A real highlight of our holiday. So perfectly run with a packed itinerary. Food good. Staff great. Activities fantastic.
Ing was our guide and she absolutely made our stay. She was fantastic!
The variation in the different trips was brilliant and we had a great time.
Just an overall fabulous experience
Dec 16, 2024Catherine CEast Lansing, Michigan
Elephant Hills was our first glamping experience. We booked the 3-day Jungle & Lake Camp Safari; other tours are available. It’s not cheap but it is great quality. Our tent at the elephant camp was actually one of a few on the second floor. We had a deck out front, a spacious tent, and an ensuite bathroom nicer than many hotels. There’s…
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Elephant Hills was our first glamping experience. We booked the 3-day Jungle & Lake Camp Safari; other tours are available. It’s not cheap but it is great quality. Our tent at the elephant camp was actually one of a few on the second floor. We had a deck out front, a spacious tent, and an ensuite bathroom nicer than many hotels. There’s electricity and wi-fi.
Our tent at the lake camp was similar. The bathroom wasn’t quite as nice but still more than adequate. Being right on the water was more cool than words can express. It was so fun being able to swim right from your door. There’s electricity but no wi-fi. And no phone signal, at least that I could get.
It’s all-inclusive (except adult beverages and tips). All meals were buffet style in covered open-air structures. We liked all the food and there were several options. The bar at the elephant camp was more extensive; both had beer. Both locations are cash only and there’s no ATM, so come prepared. Drinks were more than we’d been paying, which we expected in such a remote location.
One of the big conveniences is that they pick you up and drop you off. In fact you can’t drive yourself there. We got picked up at our hotel on Koh Samui and dropped off at our hotel in Krabi Town, saving us trouble coordinating that.
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Stunning stay
Dec 15, 2024SimonandNikkiSheffield, United Kingdom
Incredibly enjoyable stay and had some wonderful experiences canoeing, swimming and feeding elephants with exceptional support from the in house team, de ent food and drinks although evening very low key and generally finishes early evening. Tents ate ample size with rear en suite facilities, makes you feel part of nature especially when raining.…
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Incredibly enjoyable stay and had some wonderful experiences canoeing, swimming and feeding elephants with exceptional support from the in house team, de ent food and drinks although evening very low key and generally finishes early evening. Tents ate ample size with rear en suite facilities, makes you feel part of nature especially when raining. The national park is stunning and although we didn't splash out the floating pods in the park looked amazing. Would highly recommend.
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Perhaps the wrong place to stay for young couples - but older couples and families may enjoy more
Dec 14, 2024MuffinMan5London, United Kingdom
We stayed here as a couple on our honeymoon. To give some perspective, we are in our early 30s and like to adventure a lot whilst on holiday (we usually walk around 15,000 - 20,000 steps a day on a holiday). We enjoy to walk in the evenings to a nice restaurant etc.
We did the 3 night, 4 day jungle package (you stay in the main elephant hills…
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We stayed here as a couple on our honeymoon. To give some perspective, we are in our early 30s and like to adventure a lot whilst on holiday (we usually walk around 15,000 - 20,000 steps a day on a holiday). We enjoy to walk in the evenings to a nice restaurant etc.
We did the 3 night, 4 day jungle package (you stay in the main elephant hills camp and only do a day trip to the lake) and we were a little bored.
The hotel transfers were very efficient and we arrived on day - at 11:00 however our excursion did the day didn’t stay until 14:00 so we had a 3 hour wait (with not much to do). On this day we then went on a kayaking tour down the river and then saw the elephants (for around 2 hours). We were also surprised to note that this is not a ‘sanctuary’ as we had been told the venue had won multiple ethical awards. The venues view is that as tourists come to see the elephants, they are used for tourism and therefore this is not a sanctuary but the elephants only ‘work’ is to be fed by the tourists.
The second day was our least favourite day and involved an hour car ride to some mangroves, following by more kayaking and lunch and then a stop to a local market on the way back. The market only really sold local produce (mainly fish) so there was nothing for us to buy. We also got back to camp very early.
The third day involved a day trip to the lake camp for more boat rides and kayaking.
The fourth day involved a short (but tricky) hike in the jungle and lunch cooked on a BBQ in a small wooden shelter (this was the best food we ate at elephant hills).
There is a LOT of down time as most days finish around 4pm or earlier and the next days excursion doesn’t start until 9am. This probably suits some people, but for us it was too much time with nothing to do. Once you are on the camp you cannot leave to go to a Restaurant etc.
Our guides Mona and Min were amazing and very very knowledgeable and were always happy to help with any questions. They bought a great vibe to the group and we couldn’t have asked for more from them.
The buffet lunch and dinners were nice and not too repetitive if you enjoy buffet food. The breakfast buffet didn’t have many options.
Evening entertainment was a 30 minute documentary followed by 15 minutes of traditional Thai dancing. It would have been nice if the entertainment went on for longer or was maybe more interactive.
Overall I would recommend this to people who like a slower pace and want to enjoy time reading or similar in the rainforest rather than going couples who wanted more of an adventure with jam packed days.
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A trip of a lifetime! Such a special place that we will never forget!
