Mahout training program at the Elephant conservation center
Duration 2days 1 night

Day 1

• 07:00 AM. Your guide will meet you at your hotel and take you to the elephant conservation center

• 08.30 AM. Check in at the camp, all the tourists are provided the mahout suit and sheet of elephant command.

• 09:00 A.M All tourists will meet their elephant and mahout at the showground for introducing the name of mahout and elephant, and then the mahout will instruct the new mahout how to ride the elephant by our skillful mahout. Keep training how to ride the elephants.

• 09:45 Am. enjoy bathing the elephants at the bathing pool with other elephants and mahouts.

• 10:00 Am. Take your owned elephant to perform the elephant show with other mahouts.

• 10:40 Am. Check in at the home stay accommodation.

• 12:00 Am. Lunch at the restaurant.

• 13:00 Pm. Meet the elephants and mahouts for the last elephant bath and show.

• 13:30 Pm. Take the elephant for the show

• 14:00 Pm. Practice the mahout training session in the afternoon

• 14:40 Pm. enjoy riding the elephant into the forest and bath their owned elephant on the way back to the forest. This is regarded as the highlight of our mahout training course, because all elephants at Thai Elephant Conservation Center will stay in the forest every day so the elephants are very happy to be there.

• 15:30 Pm. Arrive at the place where the mahouts usually leave their elephants and walk back to the camp with our staff and mahouts.

• 16:00 Pm. Arrive at the accommodation and take shower or dry the mahout suit for tomorrow.

• 18:00 Pm. Dinner

• 19:00: Relaxing and enjoy talking with our staff before go to bed.
  

Day 2

• 6.30 Am. Walk through the forest to get your elephant back to the TECC and help the mahout to bath and watch their elephant in the pool.

• 08:00 Am. Breakfast.

• 09:00 Am. Review all the training lessons before joining the show with other mahouts and elephants.

• 09:45 Am. Take the elephant for bathing with the mahout.

• 10:00 Am. Participate in the elephants how for regular tourists, all the new mahout (tourist) will show the regular tourists all lesson since three day ago.

• 11:00 Am. saying good bye to mahout and elephants.

• 11:30 Am. Visit the Elephant Hospital

• Your guide will meet you and take you back to Chiangmai. On arrival Chiangmai check in at your hotel.