DAY 4 - MAETAMAN ELEPHANT CAMP, TIGER KINGDOM, THE RIVERSIDE BAR & RESTAURANT, CHIANG MAI - THAILAND

Maetaman Elephant Camp is a privately owned camp about one hour from downtown Chiang Mai. The camp is located on a river in a beautiful forested environment. The camp maintains about 60 elephants. It is well kept and clean as well. The difference with the Maesa Elephant Camp is that the majority of the elephants are owned by their mahouts and the pair is hired to work for the camp each week. The only unfortunate drawback from this arrangement is that it is more difficult for the camp owners to implement standardized levels of care for the elephants. I did not see any abuse occurring during my visit or signs thereof but was simply made aware of the uphill battle that the owners are facing when dealing with individual mahouts.


The "kingdom" is located on the Maesa road just outside Mae Rim approximately 18kms (11miles) from Chiang Mai and takes around 20-30 minutes by Taxi to get there.

The Tiger Kingdom is one of only two such ventures in the whole of Thailand that allows the visitor an "up close & personal" experience with the tigers, allowing them to play, stroke & take photos in the tigers ACTUAL ENCLOSURE !!.


No visit to Northern Thailand is complete without experiencing the Riverside. Chiang Mai's legendary pub and restaurant. Subtle combinations of candle light, excellent cuisine, both Thai and western, exotic cooktails and a wide variety of draft beers make this a unique place to spend your evenings.
The Riverside sits on a quiet pretty stretch of the Ping River providing a courteous and first class service since 1984. This extraordinary dreamy setting for a romantic dinner ca also transform into a great party venue with live music from the areas hottest bands to dance to until the early hours.

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• MAETAMAN ELEPHANT CAMP
• TIGER KINGDOM
• THE RIVERSIDE BAR & RESTAURANT

[brunooq7]

Gracias compañero, saludos

[jmzitro]

Maravilloso, el 2:48 pintando es algo increible...y el paisaje, la bajada del rio impresionante.......te felicito. Abrazos.

[satanick69]

Que pasada,,, su ya parece complicado subirse arriba de los paquidermos, mucho más parece imaginar se tiene el control sobre el animal, a mi me daría mucho respeto, pero si pudiera, tampoco dejaría pasar la oportunidad.

Abrazos.