Bathe an Elephant

🔄 Repeatable👤 All ages

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Help caretakers wash and scrub gentle giants at elephant sanctuaries in Thailand, Sri Lanka, or other locations. You'll use brushes and buckets to clean their thick skin while learning about elephant behavior and conservation efforts. It's surprisingly intimate as elephants often enjoy the attention and interaction.

Difficulty

20/100Easy

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Cost

$100 – $500

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Time

1hour

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People

1–10

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Setting

outdoor

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Season

any

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Equipment

None needed

People who tried this

“As long as we were near the river, why not go for a bath? So the girls helped to bathe the two elephants in the river. Just let me say that if you're going to bathe an elephant, you're going to get wet. As soon as they were bathed, they climbed back up onto dry land and tossed dirt over their backs. The dirt helps to keep parasites at bay.”

positive— Tom · Taking on the Worldsource ↗