Elephant's World is an elephant conservation camp established by Dr. vet. Samart Prasitpon in...

Elephant's World is an elephant conservation camp established by Dr. vet. Samart Prasitpon in 2008. Elephant's World take care aged elephants which are to old to work for the tourism industry. He also took over and takes care now the elephants from the nearby former Elephants & Friends conservation centre. Dr. Prasitpon's aim is to give the elephants a place where they can enjoy their last days without having to work.

Not for tourists and not for the economy - or at least as worse as that - to end up on the street and beg for money to buy their daily food. The conservation camp is located on a beautiful place next to the river nearby Nichigo Golf in Ladya subdistrict. It is about 30 km away from Kanchanaburi town. town.

Dr. Prasitpon works with elephants since many years and he is still working full-time with them and take care them in national parks around Kanchanaburi. He also teaches student groups from Bangkok how to treat wounded elephants and shows them how to examine the animals. Also tourists are welcome to volunteer at Elephant's World.

Volunteers wash the elephants and stay with the mahouts to collect food for the pachyderms. Tourists can even stay there overnight in a basic hut. 2 and 3 days programs are offered through their website. Dr. Prasitpon or his wife can even arrange a pick up from Kanchanaburi town.