Seaview Elephant Camp (solo trip)

They have elephants here but it looks like a sad place, the elephants don't look like living their best days. They have chains on their legs

Animal cruelty- if you love these sentient beings then please don’t do it. I saw the majestic creatures as I drove by and I was shocked that this treatment of them is still tolerated. Don’t ever ride elephants and don’t go anywhere where they train the elephants for your entertainment, for example, bathing, doing photo shoots. You can observe them and learn about their bonds, emotions and empathy.

I understand that people are making a living and that's not easy. The conditions that these Elephants endure made me cry. The one one the gate who's job it is to pose for photos. Was, chained up and rocking from side to side. You could see it was troubled. For photo shoots it dutifully opens its mouth and lifts its trunk before wrapping its trunk around the human. There were several others with ri...

We just fed one of the elephants here, but it's really an elephant ride camp that has been at the top of Kata hill for many years. For just 100 Baht for bunch of bananas this is a must do attraction.

We visited an elephant farm. As a tourist experience, it might be worth seeing once. It was exciting to finally see elephants up close — it has always been a dream of mine. However, the joy quickly turned into sadness. The elephants were chained to the ground, barely able to move, and it seemed like they were kept in poor and unethical conditions. It left me feeling quite uncomfortable. You can bu...