LIFE Mountain Adventure - 4 Day Mountain Tour with Elephants
Be welcomed into a Karen community on this 4-day experience in the heart of the jungle near the Thailand-Myanmar border. Living as part of the community, you can see for yourself how your host families live and work, sharing stories and creating lifelong memories.
Karen people are proud of their culture and happily demonstrate their traditional skills such as weaving brightly coloured cloth and basket-making with you. Of course the highlight will be spending time with the elephants, many of which have been rescued from a life of work in trekking camps. Track them through the forest, and learn about their habits and activities from the expert mahouts who will guide you.
LIFE Volunteering with Elephants - 6 Day Experience
Help out a small community with a big heart to protect priceless elephant habitat. Make a difference on a 6-day volunteering trip at our LIFE project. A key focus of LIFE is the community and helping them to protect both their elephants and the elephant’s natural habitat – 90,000 acres of pristine cloud forest.
On this trip you will have the opportunity to hike into the forest to observe the elephants living and roaming freely, from a safe and respectful distance, all the while learning about them from the people that understand them best – the mahouts! You will also assist with much needed projects throughout the community.
Breathwork Retreat
Embark on an unforgettable retreat experience. In the enchanting forests of Northern Thailand ancient traditions, breath taking landscapes, and transformative experiences await. This unique journey combines the exploration of indigenous cultures, close encounters with majestic elephants in their natural habitat, and the practice of mindfulness and breathwork.
Field course: Asian Elephants in Context: Animal behaviour and conservation in Thailand
Course Information Asian Elephants in Context: Animal Behaviour and Conservation in Thailand is a 4 week field course that offers university students the opportunity to join an ongoing research project studying the behavior and ecology of re-wilded Asian elephants in their natural habitat. By promoting a multispecies approach to conservation, this course not only improves outcomes for animals and the environment, but also recognizes the interconnectedness of human health and well-being.
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