Elephant Nature Park
Riverside sanctuary where rescued elephants roam free, unchained and never ridden.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai follows Lucky, an elephant whose paperwork lied about her age and whose decade under circus lights left her blind by the time rescuers found her chained in a backyard in Surin province. A volunteer rode the whole twenty-hour truck ride north in the flatbed just to keep her calm. The park itself traces back to Lek Chailert, who spent years patching up elephants in remote villages after watching one beaten under a logging yoke.
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