The Elephant Sanctuary

Elephants are highly intelligent and delightful. Participants will discover a different character, personality and temperament in each of the elephants.

The participants will learn a lot about elephants and also get to touch, feel, feed, walk trunk-in-hand and even ride these magnificent animals.

Elephant brush downs
This very special educational program is unique to The Elephant Sanctuary. The experience includes brushing down and grooming of the elephants with their handlers on a one-on-one basis, followed by our trunk-in-hand elephant interaction educational program.
The elephant brush down starts promptly at 7:15. Booking is essential.
Rates: R 450.00 per adult and R 225.00 per child(4-14) years.

Elephant trunk-in-hand program
An amazing 1.5 hours of up-close and personal interactive educational program with the elephants in their natural environment. Our experienced guides shares in-depth information and insight into African elephants whilst you discover elephants as never before.
Have the opportunity of walking trunk-in-hand with elephants. It is a wonderful experience unique to The Elephant Sanctuary. You get the opportunity to learn about elephant personalities, habits and behaviour. Food to feed the elephants is included in the program.
Duration: 1.5 hours. (Please note: these programs run throughout the day. Booking advisable.)
The trunk-in-hand elephant educational program starts promptly at 8:00.
Rates: R 450.00 per adult and R 225.00 per child (4-14) years.

Trunk-in-hand program and elephant back ride
This experience includes the full trunk-in-hand elephant educational program followed by an elephant riding experience - a privilege historically reserved for kings! It is a truly amazing experience to ride these magnificent animals.

The elephant back ride is a short ride of approximately 20 minutes to let you experience riding on the back of an elephant - it is not an elephant back "safari". 
Please note: the minimum age for children to ride is eight (8) years old. Please see other conditions that apply for riding. Bookings essential.
Rates:R 750.00 per adult and R375.00 per child (8-14) years.

Sundowner elephant experience
A two and half hour elephant educational program that includes the trunk-in-hand program and elephant back ride. After the program, you enjoy snacks and drinks on our deck overlooking the dam while you can observe the elephants feeding and roaming in the background.
Please note: the elephant back ride conditions are the same as above. Booking essential.
Rates: R 850.00 per adult and R 450.00 per child (8-14) years.

The Extreme Elephant Experience:
Join us on a unique elephant experience for 2.5 hours. This includes a Trunk-in-Hand program and a elephant back ride of 20min with some sundowner drinks and light snacks at our sundowner deck. This program is ended off with some brushing of the elephants and accompanying them back to their stables.
Rates R1200.00 per adult and R 600.00 per child(8-14) years.