The best elephant trip I've ever been on. All money worth - A really great place where the elephants get the best care. There is no doubt that the staff is passionate about the place and lively shares their experiences. The best recommendations from here

Amazing experience and wonderful staff - Amazing day seeing these majestic animals who are free to roam and are cared for so beautifully having been rescued from very hard lives.

Truly ethical and wonderful elephant sanctuary - We travelled from the north of phuket to go to this elephant sanctuary and we are so glad we did. We have been to other elephant sanctuaries before which have not been very nice but I can confirm this one is super ethical. They absolutely look after their wonderful elephants that they have rescued from logging, elephant rides and other cruelty. No chains only care and love. You can't ride them or wash them and quite rightly so, that is not fair to elephants. Instead you get to feed them a few bananas and watch them in all their glory being happy and looked after elephants. The staff genuinely care about their animals. Our kids loved it and we would highly recommend visiting this sanctuary in the knowledge it is truly ethical. Also the lunch we were served was delicious. Thanks so much for a wonderful morning, we loved it. Xxx

Heart full. Peaceful afternoon wandering around with these graceful creatures - I researched a lot of so called elephant "sanctuaries" in Phuket when deciding where to take our 8 year old. We wanted her to understand how important it was to chose an animal experience that actually benefited the animals. That is why we visited this beautiful sanctuary. There was no doubt that the staff and owners truly respect their role of the rehabilitation of these beautiful creatures. The tour was amazing and staff were incredibly helpful. The buffet meal was delicious too! We booked private transport (through the website) for convenience. It was all very seamless. This sanctuary does not do bookings through third party agents as they want all proceeds returning to the care of the elephants. So kudos to them.

Rescued elephants living what remains of a previously exploited life - A truly amazing experience with rescued elephants in natural habitat living out what remains of a better life following one of exploitation

Such a beautiful experience - Such a beautiful afternoon watching the elephants living their best life. Please only support sanctuaries that don’t allow riding or bathing !!! Hidden Forest really cares about these animals wellbeing and doing what is best for them instead of exploiting them !

Incredible ethical elephant sanctuary. A must see in Phuket - ETHICAL ELEPHANT SANCTUARY! Our primary requirement for visiting a sanctuary in Phuket was to ensure that it was ethical. Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve is 100% ethical and there is no riding, bathing or touching here. Feeding is permitted and the team are extremely knowledgable about elephants and the animals are all clearly treated extremely well, have been rescued from dire circumstances and operate really as a reserve/sanctuary to support the elephants. I 100% recommend this particular sanctuary. It is run by a British lady named Louise who was on the tour with us. She is absolutely and completely invested in this project and knows each elephant well in terms of their personality and background. Louise and the team care deeply for all their animals. They have a wonderful setup with different stations, where you can feed the elephants, see them close up eating, breaking branches, bathing etc. they have a well thought through program with drawing/colouring for the kids as well as an incredible Thai lunch prepared by the Mahouts wife where you can sit and watch the elephants bathe in a completely natural environment. This is an absolute must see in Phuket.

Ignore the elephant rides, this is how a real elephant sanctuary should be - A wonderful trip to see elephants well looked after and cared for. Reject the elephant rides and bathing at other places, learn about how a real sanctuary should work. You can feed the elephants, but otherwise it's no contact. But you can see them up close and have a wonderful thai lunch while you watch them play in the water

100/10 Experience - As my 7 year old son says, 100/10 for Hidden Forest Elephant Reserve! We loved everything about it. They had beautiful elephants that we felt were very respected. We loved that we could feed them and watch them in their natural environment. It was very special to see Pearl enjoying her swim! Her trumpetings of joy were unforgettable. We highly recommend visiting this place especially. Oh and the food was very good too. 100/10!

Absolutely amazing - We did the afternoon tour yesterday. What a truly amazing place and what a fantastic job all the staff are doing to ensure the rescued elephants are living their best lives now. Thoroughly enjoyed this experience and the elephants are happy and well cared for. I only wanted to visit an ethical sanctuary and I found that here. Plus the buffet food was the best we have had in a trip. Brilliant.