CAMBODIA -ECO TOURISM- ELEPHANT RIDING

ELEPHANT RIDING (SEE THE JUNGLE FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE)

A ride on elephants, the gentle beats, proves to be a great way for relaxation. The base of Phnom Bakheng is famous for elephant rides. Tourists take elephant rides up the hill. The most preferred time is late evening as one gets splendid views of sunsets from top of the hill.

Elsewhere adventure waits in the form of a trek through the jungles of Mondulkiri on elephant back. This method of travel gives tourists a closer interaction with the landscape, as one venture across forest and rivers. 

Elephant Trekking is available in a number of spots in Cambodia, but is one of the main Cambodia tourist attractions in Mondulkiri and where we recommend as the best place to ride these immense, intelligent creatures in their most natural habitat in and around the virgin Cambodian jungle. 

It is likely that any elephant guide who accompanies you on a trek will be of Phnom tribal descent, as the Phnom people have since the beginning of time used elephants to assist with travel, farming and all manner of domestic chores. They also have a huge amount of respect for these jungle veterans. They pray to elephant gods as part of regular praying rituals and death ceremonies for a domestic elephant are as important and elaborate as for a human in the family.

** SIGHTS TO CHERISH: Monorom Falls, Bousra Falls, Coffee Plantations and traditional Cambodian villages and minority groups can all be found within the region. The deeper into the jungle you go the more remote and exciting it gets.

**JUNGLE EXPERIENCE: For a true experience one should not miss an elephant ride through the bushes. In Mondulkiri, to take an elephant on a full day tour for 2 sharing an elephant depends on what sights you wish to take in.