GVI Thailand Environment Projects

Completing an internship on the Elephant Reintroduction programme is one of my proudest achievements to date. It was a complete honour to have had the chance to experience the real authentic Thai culture, whilst living with my host family and being immersed into the community.

It was always a pleasure to hike and see the elephants every day, and completely mesmerizing to see these beautiful animals in their natural habitat.

There was always plenty of activities to get involved in on a daily basis, and I learnt more than I anticipated. The friends I made from around the world, during my time on project, I shall remember for the rest of my life. The elephants, mahouts (elephant keepers), villagers, staff and volunteers made my experience unforgettable and I am so thankful to have participated in the project.

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An absolute amazing trip the best experience of my life. The elephants are incredible animals.

I loved every aspect of the trip bar the cold water showers, but even then on very hot days and long hikes even they were good.

The treks can be difficult as there a few steep hills, but the views and the elephants are more than worth the hard work.

The hands on approach with the elephants meant a lot of bonding with your elephants which I loved so much.

The village is little isolated but that there are options to go out for the weekend, whilst i was there we went to May Hon son and a charity based hostel. In the village the weekends are very relaxed which can be nice as the days can be quite long but amazing.

Other than the elephants your time is spent doing other volunteering projects during my time we were setting up a garden for elephants grass and another one for vegetables and herds which was a very fulfilling experience. I was in charge of designing and building a compost heap for the group out of bamboo which was amazing. There is a also a chance to teach English to school children very rewarding.

From my first phone call to arrange my booking and throughout my whole trip I felt I was in good hands with GVI. Airport transfers and even our first nights accommodation were arranged before our project participation started. During the project the benefits, both to the elephants and the local community, were demonstrated and we were able to feel that our contribution was real and worthwhile.

Yes, the living conditions were a little basic (as we were warned about) but if I'm honest they were an improvement on those that I have experienced at a number of music festivals in the UK.

We left Thailand with a feeling of having done something to improve the life of the project animals, as well as having made new friends and new memories.

I would definitely recommend travel with GVI, and am already planning my next trip with them.