Phuket Elephant Sanctuary

This guide to the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary follows Madee and Kannika, two elephants who became the sanctuary's first residents in August 2016 after decades of hard labor and performing for strangers, and traces what caregivers found in Madee's leg on her first day there. It introduces Montri Todtane, who grew up on his grandfather's rubber plantation and once ran a riding camp himself, before a visit to Chiang Mai changed his mind. Watch from Thailand's longest canopy walkway for the dozen elephants living below, including Cattleya and old Than-Tawan.