Very nice place. Very good idea. When they started! But today - we got the feeling,that success made them greedy. All the statements and promises posted, sound fake. The mahuts don't love there elephants. We found two elephants bleeding from mahut treatment. Most of the time, we were sitting around waiting. Poor trip on elephant back - shorter than promised.... More

Went for the half day trip from L-P which was to include a full one hour elephant ride for 42 USD. The setting is great with magnificent views and is a pleasure to meet the elephants. I am unsure this is truly a sanctuary as they elephants are worked quite hard and the 'trek' was a simple repetitive loop through... More

We arrived at 9:00 am and sat around for over two hours waiting for a turn to ride the elephants. The elephants are overworked, and when they began loud moaning at 2:00 pm after hours of giving rides, the tour guide simply laughed and remarked that the elephants were tired. Yet, no one made an effort to give the animals... More

There were 3 of us travelling together and booked a trip to Elephant Village...sold to us in Luang Prabang. We were told we would have 1hour elephant ride, 1 hour individual mahout training each, a visit to the elephant hospital (which is just a closed shed with nothing, and certainly no elephants, inside it) and each person could bath the... More

Well planned and excellently executed trip to the sanctuary, booked through Al Lao Travel, opposite Luang Prabang Bakery Guesthouse. Enjoyed being Mahout, riding at the neck of the elephant and joining them for a bath. Wonderful experience to cherish. More

always wanted to ride an elephant. Took me many hours of contemplation to decide to go for it. Mainly because of Trip advisor and the word of Sanctuary. I looked into the eyes of this amazing animal and realized I should not have done so. We booked for 2 days which turned out to be a total of 12 hrs........ More

Very good organization. Nice village with all accomodations. The concept of the protection of the elephant is a very good idea. The lao guide " Monkone" is professionnal and he pass a very good view of this country. More

Really nice and close encounter with the elephants, possible to ride without saddle straight on the neck of the hugh animal. It's an experience of a life time. In the afternoon you go down to the mekong river for a bath on the back of the elephants. They'll give ya som great slashes with their trunks. Go for the full... More

We boyfriend and I just returned from the 2 day Mahout experience and it was incredible. Having read review which mentioned much waiting around and not a lot of time with the elephants we were open minded but we spend atleast 2 hours riding the elephants, 2 out of 3 rides on the neck and with an elephant each. The... More