Elephant Hills

Phuket, Thailand

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The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Lake Camp
The Lake Camp
Cooking class
Nature Safari Tour
Jungle Trekking
The Lake Camp
The Lake Camp
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The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Elephant Camp
The Lake Camp
The Lake Camp
Cooking class
Nature Safari Tour
Jungle Trekking
The Lake Camp
The Lake Camp

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    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).

    Jungle Safari

    Elephant Experience • Canoe Safari • Jungle Trekking

    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.

    Jungle Lake Safari

    Elephant Experience • Overnight at floating Rainforest Camp • Market visit

    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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    Image of the Tripadvisor rating Amazing experience.

    May 3, 2025 liz P

    A big thank you to all the team, especially ING, with her attentiveness and superb knowledge of the area. Definitely do the two centres with the treck with free paddle boarding and kayaking: The views were exceptional and was wonderfully relaxing . Oh, and the food is absolutely AMAZING!:
    Image of the Tripadvisor rating Full on with activites. They had some Girls from a local school showed us some of their tradicional dances.

    May 3, 2025 698tinaj

    The accomodation and setting was beautiful. Food was good. Staff were pleasent, so were the guides. I struggled keeping up with out guide. I was disappointed in the length of time we spent with the elephants. But the other activities were good as well.
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    May 3, 2025 richardllewellyn97 Preston, United Kingdom

    What a wonderful few days. The jungle camp was great. Excellent food . Lode was large with comfy bed, good shower. Lovely to relax without technology. Gives a real sense of jungle sights and sounds. Elephant afternoon was really enjoyable seeing them up close and feeding them was a real highlight. You can really see how well looked after they are.… Read more
    What a wonderful few days. The jungle camp was great. Excellent food . Lode was large with comfy bed, good shower. Lovely to relax without technology. Gives a real sense of jungle sights and sounds. Elephant afternoon was really enjoyable seeing them up close and feeding them was a real highlight. You can really see how well looked after they are. Our guide was Pond her knowledge was immense of all of the individual elephants. Throughout the whole time spent at Elephant Hills Pond was a delight. She was funny friendly and knowledgeable about everything in the environment. The day following the jungle camp was at the lake camp. This was fantastic I absolutely loved the tent which appears to be floating. Loads of room very comfy beds. Swimming in the lake was wonderful.,...so warm and the only noise is of the local wildlife. Thank you Pond for your enthusiasm and friendly service. Thank you Elephant Hills for your work. Just do it. Read less
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    May 3, 2025 Jennyann58

    Amazing stay. Tents were immaculate. We had an issue with the shower not being attached to wall but we got over that quickly. Activities were so enjoyable and created a lot of very good memories I would say that the hike on final day sounded very overwhelming and most of our group did not go on it. The camp activities could have been organised to… Read more
    Amazing stay. Tents were immaculate. We had an issue with the shower not being attached to wall but we got over that quickly. Activities were so enjoyable and created a lot of very good memories I would say that the hike on final day sounded very overwhelming and most of our group did not go on it. The camp activities could have been organised to accommodate those that could not make the trek, e.g cooking classes or a trip around the surrounding area looking at the plants and birds, kids would have loved this. Overall this was an amazing trip never to be forgotten. Read less
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    Apr 30, 2025 Catherine M Wellington, New Zealand

    We loved this experience from start to finish. The elephant experience is great - it is a pity that you only see them once, but the other activities are great too. The trip to the lake is awesome, with great scenery, a delicious lunch, swimming and kayaking. Day 3 is the jungle trek which I encourage everyone to do - our family plus one other were… Read more
    We loved this experience from start to finish. The elephant experience is great - it is a pity that you only see them once, but the other activities are great too. The trip to the lake is awesome, with great scenery, a delicious lunch, swimming and kayaking. Day 3 is the jungle trek which I encourage everyone to do - our family plus one other were the only ones to do it from our group and I feel the people who didn't do it really missed out! It is slightly challenging if you are not super fit but still manageable, and very fun. The guides are super knowledgeable and helpful and the place is so well organized it runs like clockwork. Don't expect to see any monkeys or gibbons is they are aware of the humans now and go into hiding a bit, but you will hear them! Highly recommended! Would also like to note that they were incredibly accommodating with my son's gluten-free needs and provided a delicious range of gluten-free food for him at every meal. Read less