Save the Elephants!

Chiang Mai is one of the most popular cities in Thailand. Chiang Mai is located in northern Thailand, around 700 kilometres from Bangkok and is popular for long weekends, long holidays, hiking, trekking, elephant riding, visiting Hill Tribe villages and more. There is so much to do in the Chiang Mai area, that sometimes it's difficult to narrow it down.

Experience the Patara Elephant Farm

Experience the Heart of Giving for the Heart of Living at the Patara Elephant Farm. Patara Elephant Farm is a Thai owned and managed farm focusing on health-care and breeding management for friendly, beautiful and special elephants to produce healthy elephants. The farm invites you to hands-on experience on participating, sharing responsibilities and taking care of an elephant. You will be trained to approach your elephant correctly, know the elephant's temperament, feed and check its health, learn about and take care of your own elephant, bathe and brush it in the river, learn how to ride on its neck, and communicate through different spoken commands.

Elephant Parade House

At the Elephant Parade House you can see some of the full size Elephant Parade statues from cities around the world in our gallery and view our huge collection of replicas and other Elephant Parade merchandise. Going here is a fun, creative way to help support Asian elephant conservation in Thailand.

Night Bazaar is an extensive market sprawls along several blocks. Roofed concession areas, regular shops and street vendors offer a huge variety of Thai goods at bargain prices. Designer goods - real and fake - are also on offer. The Night Bazaar attracts foreign importers, impressed by the discounts given to bulk purchases. You can find opium scales, hats, silver jewellery, lacquer ware, woodcarvings, iron and bronze Buddhas and many more.