Dear Tripadvisor User: GL2016 First of all to make it clear, Gachorgwa Elephant Camp "don't have" over night program at all. We do provide only Day trip. The reason that you can stay there was because your tour guide would like to decrease his budget of accommodation by ask our staff (ex-staff now) that is his relation and let you stay there. So, your horrified experience with our building that ruined your trekking experienced. We don't accept that was our problem. Better that you should ask your tour guide why he have to bring you here without noticing us at all. For your concern about our elephant, let we do explain for our upcoming guest too. 1. We do chain our elephant every night. But not possible that will be 1-2 meters chain. Because 2 meters cannot let the elephant can sleep. And we don't do that for sure because if we use 2 meters chain like you said. Our elephant cannot be able to lay down and sleep. In the morning, we cannot use sleepy elephant and if we do use 2 meters chain, our elephants might sick and die before you can see. We can guarantee that the chain that we use is longer than 5 meters. So they can walk to drink at the river and sleep on proper land. The reason why we have to chain our elephant is their safety. If we not chain them, who will take response if some of bad guy would like to steal them?, who will take response if they walk and cross the road and hit by the car? To do chain is the best way to keep them safe and along of the day time, the keeper will unchain them and do taking care of them for whole day. no matter that we do the guest or not. 2.How did you know that the elephant were unhappy. Making some noise and moving was the simple thing that healthy elephant have to do. It mean they still active and healthy. Only dead elephant that don't move. 3. To try to release them self was the normal thing that they can do but if we release them and let them roam free and have a problem in answer 1. Who will response for that incident? Gachorgwa Elephant Camp were established because we would like to pass the correct information about how that Karenees do taking care of the elephant. We told every single guest that we do use the chain and why we have to do. To say that we not use the chain is very easy and don't have to explain anything, just hide the chain before our guest will arrive the camp. But would like to people do understand why we have to do and we are not lie to anybody. For further information that you would like, you can get more information by our site at www.gachorgwa.com or contact us directly by : gachorgwateam@gmail.com With best regards and respect Gachorgwa Elephant Camp