Tour Packages and Prices
Half Day Elephant Experience (HDE)
$59 USD / person: Short but not short on fun! Enjoy the essentials on this, exciting tour. The experience of being a mahout learning how to communicate with the elephant (be a mahout), Lao long boat rides, the Tad Sae Waterfall and a delicious lunch buffet. We’ll have you back to your hotel with plenty of time to enjoy your afternoon plans in Luang Prabang.
- 8:00 am – 8:30 am: Pick up by our English speaking guide from your hotel lobby within Luang Prabang, Laos
- Arrival at the Elephant Village Camp: Welcome greeting by your guide and participate in a short briefing about elephants
- Elephant Feeding: Get up close and personal with elephants
- Explore Elephant Village: Visit our elephant hospital, museum, gallery and dung paper making facility!
- Learn to communicate: Enjoy the impressive experience of being a Mahout and how they communicate.
- Boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall: Ride in a traditional Lao long boat to the Tad Sae Waterfall and relax or swim in the clear water. Swimsuit recommended! (note: water levels will vary with seasonal conditions)
- Lunch: Dine at our Elephant Camp restaurant. Your buffet lunch is served with coffee / tea and drinking water (vegetarian options are available)
- 1:00pm: Depart the camp. Transfer back to your Hotel in Luang Prabang
Your Tour Includes: All of the above activities PLUS hotel pickup and drop off in our air conditioned van, English speaking guide, waterfall entrance fee, drinking water
Don’t forget to add Elephant Bathing to your tour! – add $29 USD / person: Add another level of excitement to your tour and get ready to get wet!
notes: schedules and itineraries are approximate and subject to change due to seasonal conditions in the jungle and at the camp. Elephant Village reserves the right to break larger groups into smaller groups and/or operate tour activities in a different order than published above.
Full Day Elephant Experience with Trekking & Bathing (FDE)
$109 USD / person: The true nature lovers tour! Get it all with this diverse and action packed tour which provides the opportunity to be a mahout, jungle trekking on foot to local villages and a traditional Lao long boat ride. Even your lunch will be an adventure as you picnic in the forrest surroundings. You are sure to be delighted (and exhausted) after this adventure!
- 8:00 am – 8:30 am: Pick up by our English speaking guide from your hotel lobby within Luang Prabang, Laos
- Arrive at the Elephant Village Camp: Welcome greeting by your guide and participate in a short briefing about Lao elephants and our special herd
- Elephant Feeding: Get up close and personal with elephants
- Explore Elephant Village: Visit our elephant hospital, museum, gallery and dung paper making facility!
- Learn to communicate: Enjoy the impressive experience of being a Mahout and how they communicate.
- Bathe Your Elephant: Bathe the elephants in the Nam Khan river for an exhilarating bathing experience!
- Trail of Falls Trek: Enjoy a 2 km trek on foot through the diverse jungle landscape of our exclusive Trail of Falls
- Lunch: Dine in the forest surroundings with our freshly prepared picnic box lunch from our camp restaurant (vegetarian options available)
- Continue the Trail of Falls: Enjoy another 1 km trek on foot along our exclusive Trail of Falls leading up to Tad Sae Waterfall where you can relax or swim in its cool natural pools (water levels vary with seasonal conditions)
- Boat trip back to camp: Traverse the Nam Khan River in a traditional Lao long boat from the waterfall back to our Elephant Camp. You just might see traditional fishing methods and other various ways with which the local villagers make use of and enjoy the river.
- 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Depart: Transfer back to your Hotel in Luang Prabang between 3 and 4:00 pm
Your Tour Includes: All of the above activities PLUS hotel pickup and drop off in our air conditioned van, English speaking guide, waterfall entrance fee, drinking water
notes: schedules and itineraries are approximate and subject to change due to seasonal conditions in the jungle and at the camp. Elephant Village reserves the right to break larger groups into smaller groups and/or operate tour activities in a different order than published above.
2 Day Mahout Exp with 1 Overnight (M2D)
$184USD / person: Want to REALLY spend the most time with our elephants? Join this 2 day, 1 night adventure of a lifetime. Lots of action and adventure coupled with relaxing down time in our Elephant Camp and cozy Tents!
- 8:00 am – 8:30 am: Pick up by our English speaking guide from your hotel lobby within Luang Prabang,Laos
- Arrive at the Elephant Village Camp: Welcome greeting by your guide and participate in a short briefing about elephants
- Explore Elephant Village: Visit elephant hospital, museum, photo gallery and dung paper making area
- Learn to communicate with elephant: Enjoy the impressive experience of being a mahout and how they communicate with the elephants.
- Trek along the Trail of Falls: Enjoy a 2 km trek along our exclusive Trail of Falls through
- Lunch: Dine in the forest surroundings with a picnic box lunch prepared just for you at our camp restaurant (vegetarian options available).
- Continue of the Trail of Falls: Enjoy another 1 km trek on foot along the Trail of Falls, which follows a beautiful stream leading up to Tad Sae Waterfall.
- Tad Sae Waterfall: Arrive at Tad Sae Waterfall and relax, dip your feet or take a swim in the clear, cool water. A traditional long tail boat will be waiting for you. Enjoy the beautiful ride back.
- Bathe & Bring the Elephant to the Jungle: Enjoy the unique experience bathing the elephants in the evening and send her to her jungle hideaway where she gets to retire for the evening
- Dinner: Enjoy dinner at the Shangri Lao restaurant (set menu served)
- Overnight: Enjoy a relaxing night at our luxury Shangri Lao Tents/A-frame with stunning views of the Nam Khan River
- Awake from your Slumber: You won’t believe how tranquil and beautiful the Lao jungle mornings are!
- Pick Up the Elephant: In the morning, retrieve the elephant from her jungle hide away
- Bathe Your Elephant: Take the elephant down to the Nam Khan River for an exhilarating bathing experience!
- Elephant Feeding: Get up close and personal with elephants
- Breakfast: Enjoy breakfast at our Shangri Lao restaurant (set menu with coffee / tea and drinking water)
- Depart: Transfer back to your Hotel in Luang Prabang between 10:00 am and 11:00 am
Your Tour Includes: All of the above activities PLUS hotel pickup and drop off in our air conditioned van, English speaking guide, waterfall entrance fee, drinking water, lunch, dinner, 1 night accommodation in our Elephant Lodge, breakfast
important notes: schedules and itineraries are approximate and subject to change due to seasonal conditions in the jungle and at the camp. The Elephant Lodge is a short 6 minute walk along the river from our Elephant Camp. Elephant Village reserves the right to break larger groups into smaller groups and/or operate tour activities in a different order than published above.
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By booking our tours you are supporting
- Our Elephants
So that they can earn their own living in close harmony with nature & humans, cared for by professionals and away from abusive work logging work.
- Our Community – especially in the rural areas
We create jobs in many different sectors spread throughout 9 local villages. We employ elephant care takers, food suppliers, restaurant staff and management, house keepers, maintenance staff, boat drivers, chauffeurs, tour guides, gardeners, farmers and more. This ensures a varied local economy that includes many different skill sets.
- Our Tourism Industry in Laos
Because we offer unique and attractive activities as well as a very high level of customer satisfaction, especially outside the busy tourism areas; we help to create extended visits to Laos. This benefits many individual service providers throughout Laos and creates a more sustainable tourism industry.
- Our Natural Habitat
By trekking down our “Trail of Falls” trail, you contribute to our nature conservation project (wildlife habitat), which sets an example for the local community. They see that money can be earned and jobs can be created in a sustainable way, without destroying precious natural habitats. This also means that they can keep alive the skills they already have.