Thai Thong Elephant Land

5 Shivam Kashyap - 2 years ago

You should surely visit one...awesome place with good experience...quick service of instant photograph with option to choose or leave...please do visit once

5 Pavan R - 3 years ago

It was a awesome experience. It's a place where we can touch the wild animals and allowed to take the photos.
Here we can see white Tiger, cubs, cheetah. 10 mins Elephant ride is also available here.
Photo and videos are available here.

1 Andrew Crain - 3 years ago

Came here to ride an elephant. I paid 1000 baht for 2 people for 30 minutes. The staff was pushy about selling things. One lady was kinda rude and the animals were not in the greatest conditions either. Especially the tigers being kept on a chain that inhibited their movements

1 Rahul Reddy - 3 years ago

We went here unknowingly sold by a local tour operator. Price seemed reasonable - 1400baht for 2adults + 2 young children. Including hotel pick up drop off.
This place is just around the corner from southern Pattaya and not as far as the tour operators make it seem. They say it’s far to gain price/value.
Could have easily gone by taxi by ourselves for cheaper I think.
Upon reaching, we were rushed to taste some dried coconut by an old man at the entrance who was pushy to make us buy there product. We declined.
Then they pushed bananas for 100baht to feed the elephant. I didn’t mind but bananas were in a plastic bag. After opening it later, found half of them dried up and black /hard.
There are several large tigers and young lions in separate CAGES. A lot of the tigers and leopard were definitely drugged as they slooped for another tourist to take photos with.
They rushed us past these tiger cages as they either didnt want us to see or wanted us to pay for seeing them?
You pass all these cages and reach the elephant ride area, there appeared to be 4 older elephants and they didn’t seem too happy. Just overworked .
The place has made a makeshift up and down track for elephants to walk on around the property passing peoples houses, loads of rubbish and dumped construction material!
This is not a park or a sanctuary by any means! It is a makeshift area to house these elephants close to Pattaya to gain visitors!
The mahouts were least interested and clearly over their job and had no love for the animal in any way.
On the 30 min ride, we were left with such mixed feelings as we definitely knew this was wrong and our money just assisted their cause further but on the other hand our little boys were so excited to see an elephant for he first time.
Sad it had to be this way.
Halfway down the ride, the mahout asks me if I would be interested to buy any “elephant teeth”
As I clearly know ivory trade is banned and illegal in most parts of the world- I clearly said no thanks.
He insisted and brought a box of what appeared to be necklaces in ivory etc.
I removed my phone quickly and even have video evidence of him pushing ivory sales to me!
Wasn’t happy!
This place needs to be SHUT DOWN and government of Thailand needs to rescue all these animals.
They are not meant to be in 4x4 cages and drugged 24x7 for tourists to take photos.
Such a sad place!
DO NOT GO HERE!
After the ride they even sell video footage for 500baht and photos for 100baht each.
They rushed us back to to the taxi so quickly after the ride like they are trying to hide all the abuse!
This place goes by several names by local tour operators and they avoid using the real name as they know tourists would have read the reviews! They sell it to you as “elephant safari” “elephant trekking” “Changthai Thappraya safari and adventure park” and other names.
I have a feeling the owners just change the name of the place as so many tourists leave negative 1 star reviews. I can’t even find the correct place on tripadvisor easily as they have apparently closed and reopened under a different name!
The main board outside reads “THAI TONG ELEPHANT” but their receipts read “ CHANGTHAI THAPPRAYA” ?

I have marked the location of this place for others to be careful off!
It is on THANON THEP PRASIT Road south of Pattaya main strip.

5 Kapil Mohan - 4 years ago

One of its kind experience to shoot real 9mms and a few other bores, shotguns, rifles. Real bullets. Inexpensive for the fun you will have. Beware of man at gun counter - he is always in a foul mood. Do buy the coconut chips being sold at the gate by an old gentleman. Great chips.

4 The Sultan - 3 years ago

I'm here for the first time. It is a Safari u0026 Adventure park. Elephants and tigers can be seen inside this park u0026 there are also shooting games. There are many types of games (Buggy Junp, Phaya Tarzen, Elephent Trekking. E.T.C). We have had many experiences in this park. Like this park very much.

4 Jay Double - 3 years ago

Rode and elephant, shot at the range and almost took a photo with a 600 pond white tiger.......almost. lol