Volunteering at Elephant Nature Park and our other projects

Wed 09 Apr 14
Elephant Nature Park

Want a volunteer experience on your next holiday? While ENP is normally booked months in advance, Surin Project still needs volunteers.

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Fantastic 2 days and 1 night at Elephant Nature Park

Julie Lovegrove stayed overnight at Elephant Nature Park after she had been following ENP facebook many years. During her visit, she had a chance to meet the herd and learn more about our rescued elephants. Most of the elephants at the park are old and were previously in poor physical condition due to mistreatment before…

Wed 20 Apr 16

Thank you for all Volunteers and welcome the new group coming to ENP

We would like to express our warmest gratitude to the most kind volunteer. We truly appreciate your effort and kindness to help us through. Thank you for the time and work you helping us during the week. It has been a lot of work, but you’ve done a wonderful job for our animals. The volunteer…

Sat 09 Apr 16

Reasons why you should consider volunteering at Elephant Nature Park

Here is a fantastic blog from Clare Caddick, the volunteer at Elephant Nature Park on March 2016. “I recently finished volunteering at Elephant Nature Park in Northern Thailand. I thought it was well worth writing a piece dedicated to this week, and sharing my opinion of whether or not I think it’s worth anyone else…

Mon 04 Apr 16

Understanding Elephants by Ginny Greenwood

“I thought you might like to read my blog about my week volunteering at Journey to Freedom” Ginny Greenwood, the volunteer at Journey to Freedom by Elephant Nature Park spreads her words about this experience. “So each day we trekked to find the herd and spent time walking with them, then periods sitting in the…

Fri 25 Mar 16

The Loved and Lost

Many people believe they have witnessed elephants crying, whether they are in poor conditions in captivity or being rescued for a new life, we take their tears as a demonstration of their feelings. To date there is no evidence that the tears of an elephant are linked to their emotions. We do however know that…

Mon 29 Feb 16

You’re Never Too Old for an Amazing Experience

Last week Maggie Carroll and Julie Laurie from Australia joined the Journey to Freedom program where they travelled to the Mae Wang area to volunteer with elephants and the local community. With teaching experience and a lot of enthusiasm, these ladies took on the challenge with open minds and it sounds like they enjoyed every minute of it. “The inspiring…

Tue 23 Feb 16

You’ve Got a Friend in Me

When it comes to friendship, we can learn a lot from elephants, especially long term residents of Elephant Nature Park Jokia and Mae Perm. Approaching their 17th year of friendship, Mae Perm and Jokia have the longest running friendship at Elephant Nature Park and although friends have come and gone, they have always stayed together. Mae Perm arrived…

Fri 12 Feb 16

Finding Freedom Through Family

Elephant families form some of the strongest bonds in the animal kingdom, bonds which can last a lifetime. To elephants in captivity, family and friendship brings companionship and comfort. At Elephant Nature Park, small herds have formed who now see each other as family and friendships have blossomed which show an elephants capability of deep…

Sun 07 Feb 16

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