Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve
Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve
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Niall D
London, UK52 inlägg
feb. 2025 • Familj
We had a great time at Hidden Forest this morning and so did our 2 year old.
We started by making friends with Grace the Goose, then we fed the elephants and then followed them for the morning before eating a generous lunch. There's shade provided at all the rest stops so while suncream is needed, you won't get scorched.
The video shown at the start was really eye opening.
Would recommend for all ages.
We started by making friends with Grace the Goose, then we fed the elephants and then followed them for the morning before eating a generous lunch. There's shade provided at all the rest stops so while suncream is needed, you won't get scorched.
The video shown at the start was really eye opening.
Would recommend for all ages.
Skriftlig 12 februari 2025
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Thank you so much for visiting us and taking the time to write a wonderful review sharing your experience. We’re so happy to hear your 2 year old had a great time too and that you recommend our tour for all ages. Grace is such a sweetie and it’s lovely that you made friends with her!
Thank you again,
Warm wishes
Louise and all of us at Hidden Forest x
Skriftlig 14 februari 2025
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jakkinthegroove
Kilmarnock, UK432 inlägg
jan. 2025 • Vänner
Louise and her team made us feel very welcome at the reserve. The passion and commitment the whole team has for rescuing and caring for the elephants is fantastic. The half day tour explains the history of elephants in Thailand, the cruel treatments they have been subjected to, how the reserve has developed and elephants rescued.
The elephants here are well cared for and not treated as tourist attractions. You get to stand close for photos and hold food out to them to take willingly. They explain how the decided touching and bathing with the elephants are not natural behaviour for them and often causes them stress.
An amazing and educational experience of seeing these amazing animals up close. In fact it is great to see them being treated with such thoughtfulness and respect.
The reserve is completely funded from visitors' donations and sales from the shop. No grants, etc. So please consider this reserve if you want to see elephants whilst in Thailand as very ethical.
Lunch is included in the cost of the visit and was vegan and to a high standard - 8 of us in our group and we all enjoyed it, even the none vegans.
Thanks for an amazing experience.
The elephants here are well cared for and not treated as tourist attractions. You get to stand close for photos and hold food out to them to take willingly. They explain how the decided touching and bathing with the elephants are not natural behaviour for them and often causes them stress.
An amazing and educational experience of seeing these amazing animals up close. In fact it is great to see them being treated with such thoughtfulness and respect.
The reserve is completely funded from visitors' donations and sales from the shop. No grants, etc. So please consider this reserve if you want to see elephants whilst in Thailand as very ethical.
Lunch is included in the cost of the visit and was vegan and to a high standard - 8 of us in our group and we all enjoyed it, even the none vegans.
Thanks for an amazing experience.
Skriftlig 7 februari 2025
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Thank you so much for this wonderful review. It's Louise here! It was so great to meet you all. We're so happy that you could see our team's passion and commitment to our beautiful elephants and that you found your experience amazing and educational.
It's always great to hear that even non-vegans love our food too! :)
Thank you again and it would be fantastic to see you again if you visit Phuket in the future.
Warm wishes
Louise and all of us at Hidden Forest x
Skriftlig 14 februari 2025
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Ella
Sydney, Australien1 inlägg
feb. 2025 • Par
This elephant sanctuary was the most ethical and well run sanctuary there is to see in Thailand. The life of the elephants was put before anything else with education before seeing the elephants followed by the best time feeding them. The small groups made the experience more peaceful as we watched the elephants go about their daily routine with the such a delicious buffet lunch.
Skriftlig 6 februari 2025
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Thank you so much for visiting us and for taking the time to write a fabulous review. It's great to hear that the small groups made your experience more peaceful and you can see our sanctuary is well run and ethical.
Thank you again and we hope to see you if you return to Phuket,
Warm wishes
Louise and all of us at Hidden Forest x
Skriftlig 14 februari 2025
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callum_mccrimmon
London, UK17 inlägg
feb. 2025 • Par
Absolutely phenomenal experience and an incredibly ethical activity!
The staff did an amazing job talking us through the process of rescuing the elephants.
Explaining the former harrowing captivity and the ongoing issues surrounding ethical tourism in SE Asia.
The local guides, mahouts & Louise all do a fantastic job, ensuring the elephants are safe and stimulated.
The lunch buffet had lots of options and was very well prepared.
I would 100% recommend this activity to anyone in Thailand.
Some constructive criticism:
Maybe a little more sign posting in the surrounding area would be helpful.
The abandoned firing range entrance is a touch unnerving, (if arriving early and by personal transport). As the elephant statues are hidden by foliage and we didn’t see any signposting through this site into the Elephant Sanctuary car park.
Other than that, everything was exceptionally well established and one of the best activities we’ve done in SE Asia.
The staff did an amazing job talking us through the process of rescuing the elephants.
Explaining the former harrowing captivity and the ongoing issues surrounding ethical tourism in SE Asia.
The local guides, mahouts & Louise all do a fantastic job, ensuring the elephants are safe and stimulated.
The lunch buffet had lots of options and was very well prepared.
I would 100% recommend this activity to anyone in Thailand.
Some constructive criticism:
Maybe a little more sign posting in the surrounding area would be helpful.
The abandoned firing range entrance is a touch unnerving, (if arriving early and by personal transport). As the elephant statues are hidden by foliage and we didn’t see any signposting through this site into the Elephant Sanctuary car park.
Other than that, everything was exceptionally well established and one of the best activities we’ve done in SE Asia.
Skriftlig 4 februari 2025
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Hi Callum,
It's Louise here. Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to write this amazing review and saying we are one of the best activities you have done in SE Asia. That's a huge compliment to all our hard work.
It's wonderful to hear our local guides and mahouts are doing a fantastic job - I will definitely show them this!
Thank you also for the constructive criticism, you've made a very good point about the abandoned firing range but unfortunately that land is private and we're unable to put any signage there! We will certainly have a think about how we can improve this though.
Warm wishes
Louise and all of us at Hidden Forest x
Skriftlig 14 februari 2025
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Georgina W
1 inlägg
jan. 2025 • Par
An absolutely incredible experience. I would recommend this to anyone looking to visit a truly ethical elephant sanctuary. We got to observe them bathing and eating, we even got to feed them some bananas at snack time. The guides are so knowledgeable and lovely. The food is good too and you get the most incredible view of watching the elephants bathe whilst eating.
An overall great place, with fantastic people!
An overall great place, with fantastic people!
Skriftlig 27 januari 2025
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Hi Georgina
So happy to hear you had an incredible experience with us and you found our guides so knowledgeable and lovely.
Thank you so much for visiting us and for taking the time to write a wonderful review.
We hope to see you again if you visit Phuket,
Warm wishes
Louise and all of us at Hidden Forest x
Skriftlig 14 februari 2025
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nikkinooDoncaster
Doncaster, UK701 inlägg
jan. 2025 • Par
We booked this in advance of our trip based upon the ethical principles of the sanctuary and the pick up / drop off from the hotel facility. We were From the intial talk before you set off to see the elephants you can see how much "the girls" are loved by their handlers known as mahouts and the lovely guides who talk you through their daily routines. The park is literally in a forest / jungle, so wear your bug spray. We didn't realise a Thai buffet was provided, so that was a lovely surprise. To be able to be so close to the amazing elephants was absolutely amazing, however at the same time, respecting their space. It is literally their park, and we were just following them. Fabulous experience. The only thing that spoiled our day was 2 guys that had taken a taxi from Patong to the sanctuary decided to negotiate a cheaper way to return to Patong, paying the shuttle driver for a return to their hotel. So instead of a 1 hour trip to our hotel it took over 2 hours because he dropped them off before us. The guides from the Hidden Forest organised this with the driver and the 2 guys, so that's why I've not given 5 stars.
Skriftlig 25 januari 2025
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Hi Nikki
Thank you so much for visiting us and for taking the time to write a lovely review. We’re so happy to hear you had a fabulous time with us.
We would like to sincerely apologise for the transport situation you encountered. After discussing with our guides, we understand that they were simply trying to assist two guests in getting back to Patong. The return trip was coordinated with the transport company, who had approved the arrangement and advised that the payment be made directly to the driver. Please be assured that the driver was fully trustworthy as we work with them on a daily basis. We realise that the delay in getting you to your hotel occurred due to the two guests being dropped off first, and we are deeply sorry for the inconvenience this caused. In order to prevent this from happening again, guests who arrive in separate transport cannot return in one of our transport buses.
Once again, we apologise for any disruption this caused and appreciate your understanding.
We hope to see you again when you visit Phuket,
Warm wishes
Louise x
Co-founder
Hidden Forest
Skriftlig 14 februari 2025
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Ryan S
9 inlägg
jan. 2025 • Par
Absolutely unbelievable experience here. Owned by an English couple whose passion and unconditional love for the elephants is so clear to see. They are just doing everything right and putting elephant welfare at the forefront of everything they do. No riding, no bathing, no touching. And it totally still felt intimate and beautiful to spend time with the elephants. We fed them bananas, watched them from several observation areas (some closer than others and none felt intrusive for the elephants), were shown a video about why elephant tourism needs to be ethical, learned about each elephants past and observed them around their amazing grounds.
They have around 30 acres of land to roam around between 8 elephants and it just felt like they could do whatever they wanted and weren’t forced to do anything (even their mahouts didn’t seem to touch them once). AThere were several water stations throughout which was great (plastic free so bring a bottle). Lunch was absolutely insane, watching them play in the water and mud and seeing their characters come out was amazing (2 of them didn’t seem to want to get in the water and were just left to wander off up the hill and around the surrounding areas, which was amazing - just felt natural and left feeling so happy and like we’d made the right choice).
The group was intimate and it was amazing to have little side conversations with the owners Russel and Louise, hearing their background and why they’re so passionate about what they do - amazing people and an amazing place to spend some time.
YOU HAVE TO GO HERE!! 🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘
They have around 30 acres of land to roam around between 8 elephants and it just felt like they could do whatever they wanted and weren’t forced to do anything (even their mahouts didn’t seem to touch them once). AThere were several water stations throughout which was great (plastic free so bring a bottle). Lunch was absolutely insane, watching them play in the water and mud and seeing their characters come out was amazing (2 of them didn’t seem to want to get in the water and were just left to wander off up the hill and around the surrounding areas, which was amazing - just felt natural and left feeling so happy and like we’d made the right choice).
The group was intimate and it was amazing to have little side conversations with the owners Russel and Louise, hearing their background and why they’re so passionate about what they do - amazing people and an amazing place to spend some time.
YOU HAVE TO GO HERE!! 🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘
Skriftlig 25 januari 2025
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amberwarren118
Worthing, UK7 inlägg
jan. 2025 • Par
So impressed with this sanctuary. No riding, bathing, touching yet you still feel like you’ve had an intimate experience walking close to the elephants. The owners get a 10/10 for their passion and love for these gentle giants. They were informative and told us stories of all their 8 elephants (7 were on site as 1 of them is getting treatment in Krabi for its legs as she was so weak). It’s so sad to hear the what the elephants had to endure before being rescued and you can see their scars (logging, riding, being stripped from their babies, getting stabbed to make them perform tricks) so places like this make the world of difference. They also play a brilliant video at the start of the tour. I really enjoyed feeding them lots of banana and watching them bathe in the mud while eating lunch (it’s important to note that they weren’t touched by a human once - if they didn’t want to go in the mud then they didn’t and on our visit 2 didn’t and the rest did but we’re not forced). They also had no signs of rope/ chains etc and paid close attention to the needs of each individual elephant. Just blow alway with the work they do here. Perfect experience. Don’t even consider a tour on get your guide. Go here and book via their website. 👏🏼🐘
Skriftlig 25 januari 2025
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lyds
Maidstone, UK6 inlägg
jan. 2025 • Par
This place is amazing in what they do for these poor elephants. A genuine and compassionate place. A must if visiting Phuket. Good to see the elephants being able to live the life they should and not be used for entertainment.
Skriftlig 22 januari 2025
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Chan D
7 inlägg
dec. 2024 • Familj
Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve provided a nice environment for the elephants they rescued to spend the rest of their lives. During the tour, we’ve got to understand how most elephants were treated badly in the logging and tourism industry, and the importance of Hidden Forest’s contribution to save the elephants. The tour is very educational and ethical. We were glad to have chosen Hidden Forest because they really care about the elephants. We were happy to know how the situation of the elephants have improved after being rescued by the team.
Hidden Forest provided delicious, vegetarian Thai buffet lunch, where we saw the elephants taking bath in a big pool. This is such a life time experience.
We highly recommend Hidden Forest and will definitely re-visit in the future!
Hidden Forest provided delicious, vegetarian Thai buffet lunch, where we saw the elephants taking bath in a big pool. This is such a life time experience.
We highly recommend Hidden Forest and will definitely re-visit in the future!
Skriftlig 19 januari 2025
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