At Elephant Nature Park, visitors can often see younger elephants being surrounded, guided, caressed and protected by other elephants. This caring behaviour of elephants being attentive to the care and well being of other elephants, especially younger elephants we call Nanny Behaviour.
This is another touching video, showing an elephant family gathering closely around a baby elephant at Elephant Nature Park as she lays in the mud during a rainstorm. The family protects her while she is laying down in the rain. Laying in the mud and in the rain, Chana is certainly wet & muddy but the nannies show a form of protection to their cherished baby Chana.
Baby elephant LekLek is becoming stronger and more confident. She loves running around her area and is quite territorial with strangers. Her weight is steadily improving, and we are delighted to see the little girl growing up in good health at Elephant Nature Park.
While the mahouts are relaxing in the shade, Pyi Mai and Chaba take the opportunity to roam about. They spy the cameraman filming some other elephants nearby, and they suspect that they might be able to find some food.
Sa Ngae, initially known to us when he arrived at the park as Jai Dee, can now be found exploring…
These 2 young elephants PyiMai and Chaba, born November 2020 & May 2021 respectively, can be seen & heard on…
Mae Mai The Dislocated Knee Elephant Get Much Stronger To Play Readily With Log In the time that has passed…
Baby Elephant Sneaking Out From His Enclosure. At the end of the day, all elephants return to their shelters for…
Mae Kheow Former Trekking Elephant Has The Sweetest Reaction To Their New Friend. Mae Kheow endured many years as a…
Two of our beautiful girl’s Birthdays this month – DokMai on April 6th (she is now ten years old), and FaaMai on April 17th (she is 14 years old). Neither of them have been through traditional training or forced in any way. They were gentle from the beginning and remain so to this day, gentle toward all life around them.
A little over a year ago, our founder Saengduean Lek Chailert, witnessed the plight of KhamMoon and her baby PyiMai at an elephant riding and performance camp in need of desperate help. On 21st January 2021, we were able to rescue mother and baby to Elephant Nature Park.
On May 2nd is WanMai’s very first birthday. She is a year old happiest elephant living freely with her mother,…
Mae Mai: Mae Mai is the 30 year old female mother of precious baby Wan Mai. Rescued on June 7th,…
After only a few days, many elephants came to nominate themselves to be Wan Mai’s nanny. It was not so…
Girls enjoying their daily life playing together freely and happily. ThongAe and DokMai are best friends. They are surrounded by love of their elephant nannies and we see and feel it. We wish to send you a message of happiness from our herd to lighten your day in these troubled times.