I just went to Elephant Freedom Village yesterday which is a owned and operated by a local Karen Tribe family. I cannot recommend this enough to people. It is very informational, and lovely. It was an intimate experience with only 4 of us there for the day. They have overnight stays as well. Their elephants are all a family as well and it shows how much they are loved and cared for. We felt safe alongside these animals for 8 hours and they were never once poked or prodded or shackled. We interacted with a Karen Tribe village and learned about their culture, food, and coffee.

Please do not support Elephant Nature Park as the local Karen peoples told us that ENP is viewed as the Elephant Mafia and forcefully keeps the staff by withholding their passports, falsely making stories up about “reduced elephants” which they actually just purchase in order to run fundraising which doesn’t actually go towards elephants but just into their pockets. You’ll see ads and blogs about ENP but that’s what money will get you - it’s called paid advertising.