Save Elephants of Thailand — Attraction in Rawai

From the name you would expect to see the elephants they are trying to save but upon arrival I am not sure if that is the case. The first thing you see is a tied elephant at the entrance, just for show, there are only three of them, two are also tied under the roof, you can see three up close, then you choose an offer and go with the elephant to the chosen offer. To my question, do they stand like that all day, the girl answered - yes, if there are no guests, then they stand tied like that, I hope they are watered, as they said, they are released only in the evening , but I don't know how much it's true. When the elephant was shuffling its feet, the girl who was offering the suggestions said the elephant was dancing and smiling, it's not funny! I tried to ask where these elephants came from, I asked if you just took them from the wild or rescued them from somewhere, but the answer was - yes, what - yes, not clear... I say that these elephants don't look like free and rescued, whole day tied, the answer again - yes, and smiled. There is a nice area in the back where they can roam freely if you make that space. It clearly doesn't live up to the name of the place, more like exploitation to me. When you arrive, you have the choice to let the elephants walk or leave. And to the side, a few meters away, there was a shooting range, when we were there, people were shooting, the sound was quite loud, I don't think it's good for the animals.Maybe I'm wrong, but that's exactly what I thought...

It was a good experience but I wish the elephants were able to walk around more and not chained up. They have these things on their back for people to ride them and they leave them on their back all day while the elephants are chained to a 1 foot chain at the feet. I just fed them with my wife and it was a good experience. Hopefully in the future the elephants won't have to be...

Противоречивые ощущения. Когда я увидела слона на входе привязанным, то расстроилась. Слон дергал ногой и хотел сдвинуться с места, но у него не получалось. Мне стало жалко слона, но мы пришли на следующий день. Оплатили поездку на слоне. Нас катали на слонихе, которой 40 лет. Мы ходили по территории парка 30 минут. В процессе катания мужчина, который управлял слоном, предложил сделать пожертвование для слонов в виде покупки у него браслета или слона из дерева. Пожертвование на их лечение, на обслуживание. Не знаю правда ли он потратит эти деньги на слонов, но мне хочется так думать. Мы купили браслет и деревянного слона. После катания мы сделали фото со слонихой, гладили её и кормили. Работник парка сделал нам фото. В целом я довольна. Мы так же купили...