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BEES - Burm & Emily's Elephant Sanctuary

A safe and natural home for Elephants. NO RIDES, NO TRICKS - Just Elephants Simply Being Elephants. A safe natural home for rescued and retired elephants.

NO RIDES, NO TRICKS - Just Elephants Being Elephants.

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas BEES Friends 🎄🌿🐘

22/12/2024

Love is 💝 A beautiful and tender moment between retired elephants Mae Kam and Mae Dok.

It is so beautiful to watch elephants interact with each other and the environment around them. Their trunks intertwining is a form of tactile communication, allowing them to offer comfort and reassurance to one another after momentarily getting separated while foraging in the forest🌿🩷🐘

20/12/2024

Such a pretty lady, Mae Dok 🩷🌿🐘

Taking a quick nana nap while soaking her feet in the stream 😍

05/12/2024

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The tractor has been in today to fluff up the elephant sand and dirt beds, for comfy sleeping. Now that the winter season is upon us and the nights are chilly we are particularly concerned about comfort for our beautiful ladies.

Happy Thursday BEES Friends! 🩷🌿🐘

Thong Dee enjoyed her salad in the sunshine as the tractor 🚜 worked to make her bed nice and comfy.

01/12/2024

Magnificent Mae Kam reaching up to those tasty leaves and vines 🌿🩷🐘

22/11/2024

10 YEARS AGO this gorgeous girl Thong Dee arrived at BEES with her best friend Boon Yuen to live out her days in retirement.

Our sweet Grandma has surprised us all yet again with her strength and resilience. It’s always bitter sweet when we reach the 22nd November each year, the blessing our sweet Thong Dee is still here but the heart ache as we miss Boon Yuen so very much.

Join us as we celebrate 10 AMAZING Years of Thong Dee at BEES 🎉✨☀️🩷🐘🎁

This afternoon we will make a special treat for Thong Dee 🎊🎉✨🐘

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21/11/2024

Our darling Thong Dee in the field enjoying her salad. Soaking up the nice warm sunshine ☀️

19/11/2024

🌽Gorgeous Mae Kam munching on a dry corn stem🌽

Now we are entering the cool season here in Northern Thailand. The rains are coming to an end, crops are almost all harvested in our area and there is lots of corn stems around.

Some local owners invite the elephants to feast on the corn stems in their fields nearby or allow us to cut the corn stem for the elephants night feeds. It’s a tasty, nutritious treat, that they love. ❤️

08/11/2024

Magnificent Mae Kam ❤️🌿🐘

Enjoying the Ruzi grass, flapping those gorgeous pink frilly ears, a thick layer of dirt on her hairy head 🥰

The night air is becoming cooler here, as we enter winter season.

We have had some cool showers of rain and chilly winds and very foggy mornings here.

19/10/2024

🌿🐘A Peaceful Moment in Nature🐘🌿

The highlight of our Visitor program is when guests get to hike out into the forest and along the stream observing the elephants in nature. The heart of our mission—creating a safe space where elephants can simply be elephants, living their lives in a more natural, peaceful environment. Visitors witness not only the beauty of the elephants, but also the loving care provided by their dedicated caretakers. ✨

Your support through our visitor program helps us continue providing high-welfare care for the elephants, rescued animals and income to our beautiful staff. 🙏🏻🌿🐘

Spread the word, and consider joining us for an amazing, immersive, hands-off elephant experience during your stay in Chiang Mai!

📸 Captured by Guide Em - Mae Kam in view feasting on vines and leaves as she wanders a long the stream exploring and foraging. Visitors watch in awe 🤩

08/10/2024

Book a Stay and Experience Magical Moments 🤩

Today guests were out enjoying the observation walk😍

There’s nothing like watching elephants simply be elephants. If you’re visiting Chiang Mai and looking for a truly immersive experience—hiking through nature, connecting with a rural Thai community, and surrounded by rescued dogs who adore cuddles—this is your place.

Book your stay with us and create memories that will last a lifetime! 🙏🏻❤️🌿🐘

We look forward to welcome you. ❤️

04/10/2024

Mae Kam, it seems you’ve grown an extra trunk! Oh wait... it’s just Mae Dok in the background, curiously sniffing the branches. 🙊🌿🐘

🙏🏻☔️🌧️Our thoughts are with those impacted by the recent floods, as many people and animals have been displaced. Here at the Sanctuary, we’re fortunate to only be dealing with some extra water in the stream and plenty of mud and wet weather, but overall, we are reasonably safe. Just with frequent power and internet cuts 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

We understand many of our guests are concerned about their upcoming programs booked with us. Rest assured, as long as the situation at the Sanctuary remains this way and the roads are accessible and transportation can reach you at your hotel or a meeting point, the programs will continue to go on. ❤️🙏🏻🐘

Thoughts and Prayers to everyone affected by the flooding. Su Su Na - Thai for Keep Fighting/Stay Strong 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

03/10/2024

A note from Emily:

Thong Dee is one lucky gal!

On the way back from Maechaem on the school run, this morning, Burm and I spotted Por Kham, Thong Dees dedicated caretaker, loading his motorbike with freshly picked vines, grass, and shrubs—special treats for our sweet old girl! 🐘💚

That’s Love ❤️

01/10/2024

All is well here at BEES, the internet is a bit slow at times, but we are back online!

The weather has been a mix of rain and sunshine these last few days. Damp from the rain, Mae Kam and Mae Dok are enjoying a snack in the ruzi grasses today 🌿🌱🐘

Book a stay with us, come and enjoy watching elephants be elephants!

28/09/2024

We have NO INTERNET 🛜 at the Sanctuary and in our Village!!

Dear BEES Friends,

Our phone and internet signal is down in the village and at the Sanctuary. We have just popped into town 20 minutes drive away and briefly checked emails and answered the more urgent messages. We are sorry if you contact us at this time and do not receive a response, we will come into town again tomorrow if internet is still down.

Here is Mae Kam and Mae Dok having a mud spa ❤️

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

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Opening Hours

Monday	08:00 - 15:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 15:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 15:00
Thursday	08:00 - 15:00
Friday	08:00 - 15:00
Saturday	08:00 - 15:00

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+66861972519

Website

http://www.bees-elesanctuary.org/

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Wow! 🤩 The wild figs are fallen aplenty. Mae Kam and Mae Dok thoroughly enjoyed them 🌿🐘 #observationbasedtourism #elephantwelfare #loverespectprotect #elephants #sanctuary #elephantfriendly #elephantseatingfigs #elephantobservation

Precious Grandma Thong Dee ❤️ enjoying her salad this morning. #ElephantObservation #RainySeason #Elephants #VisitorProgram #Sanctuary #LoveRespectProtect #Nature #ElephantsBeingElephants #immerseyourself #Adventure #SanctuaryLife #EthicalTourism #HighWelfare #ElephantCare #ElephantLove #ElephantSanctuary #LoveElephants #RespectElephants #ObservationTourism #ElephantFriendly #ResponsibleTourism #Thailand #ThongDeeAtBEES #ElephantWelfare #sanctuaryLife #AmazingMoments #EcoTourism

Our darling Grandma Thong Dee sometimes doesn’t lay down to sleep at night as her sore old body can make it hard for her to rise again. After we noticed she had not laid to sleep for a few nights, (no sleep markings) we fluffed up her bedding extra nice for her and were so pleased to capture this beautiful clip of our sweet old girl laying down to rest. Brought tears 🥹She is so incredibly precious! Sweet dreams old girl, We ❤️You! #SweetDreams #OldElephant #SleepingBeauty #ElephantWelfare #ElephantCare #ElephantsBeingElephants #sanctuaryLife #ObservationBasedTourism #ElephantFriendly #ThongDeeAtBEES #LoveRespectProtect

Mae Dok has a mud spa deep in the forest as rescue pup Gizmo watches on. ❤️🌿🐘 #loverespectprotect #elephantwelfare #observationbasedtourism #elephants #elephantfriendly #elephantcare #sanctuary #elephantobservation #MaeDokTheElephant

Jungle Beats…. Mae Kam makes music while she softens her tasty tree.🌿🐘 #elephantwelfare #loverespectprotect #elephantsbeingelephants #observationbasedtourism #elephantfriendly #elephants #elephantcare #sanctuary #elephantsinnature #elephantobservation

Mud Spa and Girl Talk 🌿❤️🐘 Rainy Days 🌦️ Sound up! 📢 #elephantsbeingelephants #loverespectprotect #elephantfriendly #observationbasedtourism #elephantwelfare #elephantobservation #elephantcare #sanctuary #elephants #beeselephants

Mae Kam and Mae Dok take a break to have a refreshing drink of water at the stream. 💧🌿🐘❤️ #AmazingMoments #ElephantFriendly #SanctuaryLife #ElephantsBeingElephants #ElephantWelfare #ElephantCare #beeselephantsanctuary #MaeDokTheElephant #ElephantFriendlyTourism #EthicalTourism #RespectElephants #NaturalBehavior #RainySeason #LoveRespectProtect #EthicalElephantExperience #NatureAndElephants #Sanctuary #ElephantLovers #BEESElephants #Elephants #ElephantObservation #ResponsibleTourism #EthicalElephantTourism #HandsOffTourism #AnimalWelfare #HappyElephants #ElephantsInNature #HighWelfareElephantFriendlyFacility #MaeKamTheElephant

Our Sweet old Grandma Elephant Thong Dee having a sand bath. She had just had her special diet salad and a refreshing bath as well as getting her treatments and medicine. She is very old and frail now. Its beautiful to see her having a sand bath, although very tired. She stood in the field 'nana napping' for about 10 minutes after this video. #ElephantWelfare #AmazingMoments #ElephantCare #SanctuaryLife #ElephantsBeingElephants #ThongDeeAtBEES #ObservationBasedTourism #BookAStayAtBEES #ElephantFriendly #beeselephantsanctuary

Three legged rescue dog Madam was quietly sitting in the sand when Mae Dok and Mae Kam decided to have a sand bath. Usually these two mischievous ladies would chase dogs and flick at them with their trunks, but it seems they know Madam is disadvantaged and are more gentle towards her 😍 Follow our Rescue Cats and Dogs on BEARS - Animal Rescue and Shelter page. #Elephants #EthicalElephantExperience #ObservationBasedTourism #ElephantCare #ElephantFriendly #RespectElephants #ElephantObservation #RainySeason #Sanctuary #ElephantWelfare #NaturalBehavior #ResponsibleTourism #EthicalTourism #LoveRespectProtect #ElephantLovers #MaeDokTheElephant #ElephantsBeingElephants #BEESElephants #ElephantFriendlyTourism #NatureAndElephants #MaeKamTheElephant #BookAStayAtBEES #DogRescue #LoveAnimals

Elephants in the rain 🌧️🌿🐘❤️ There's nothing like a peaceful day in the rain observing our happy, flappy elephants! Watch as they munch on fresh Ruzi grasses, enjoying the soothing droplets of the rain. This is what pure contentment looks like. 🥰#ElephantJoy #NaturalBehavior #HappyElephants #RainyDayBliss #ElephantWelfare #Elephants #ElephantObservation #EthicalElephantExperience #NaturalBeauty #RespectElephants #ResponsibleTourism #ElephantLovers #ElephantCare #RainySeason #EthicalElephantTourism #ElephantFriendly #AnimalWelfare #Sanctuary #EthicalTourism #SupportUs

Happy days, exploring and foraging 🌿🙏🏻🐘 #BEESElephants #LoveRespectProtect #MaeDokTheElephant #ElephantWelfare #ElephantsBeingElephants #ElephantObservation #ElephantFriendlyTourism #ElephantsInNature #VisitBEES #NatureAndHiking #ElephantLovers #RespectElephants #NaturalBeauty #Elephants #ResponsibleTourism #HighWelfareElephantFriendlyFacility #EthicalElephantExperience

🌿🐘 Yesterday, during an Observation Walk, our guide Em Thanawat and guests witnessed an incredible sight, our old gals Mae Dok and Mae Kam decided to take a bath in the flooding stream. 🌿🐘 What a treat and an unforgettable memory 🥰🐘 The only entertainment we should get from elephants is simply watching them be themselves. 😎 Allowing them to just BE elephants 🌿❤️🐘 Book a stay with us to experience the beauty of elephants being elephants 🙏🏻🌿🐘 #LoveRespectProtect #ElephantsBeingElephants #ObservationBasedTourism #ElephantsInNature #ElephantBathTime #ElephantsInRetirement #HighWelfare #EthicalTourism #NatureAndHiking #ElephantWelfare

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A Sanctuary For Elephants and A Small Animal Rescue

A safe natural home for rescued and retired elephants. NO RIDES, NO TRICKS - Just Elephants Being Elephants.

BEES was established to provide a place of rest/care under contract with the hopes of permanent retirement and to rescue and provide a forever home to elephants and animals in need.

Thailand has over 4000 Captive Elephants, many of which are working as entertainers and trekking elephants being ridden and exploited because their mahouts and owners rely on the income.

Help us lead by example, through education and providing alternative solutions that meet the needs of the elephants and the people that work with them. Giving the elephants a better life and ensuring the people that rely on the elephants for income can still provide for their families needs.