The bubbles are booked as an “experience” in addition to your reserved resort room for 17,700 baht (US$563) per night per couple. This means you can just pack an overnight bag and leave the rest of your belongings in your suite.
The evening starts with guests are picked up from the lobby before sunset, then driven down in an open-air jeep before taking a short walk through the resort’s rice paddy to get to the bubbles. Just the after arrival, an evening picnic basket delivered by staff, filled with sandwiches and other cold dishes, letting you to eat alongside the animals. There’s a strict “no hands” policy when it comes to the elephants, guests are not allowed to touch or feed the elephants.
The transparent bubbles are now equipped with an air conditioner, space heater and dehumidifier with comfortable bed to ensure a comfortable climate for all seasons with No-TV as Elephants are the star show of the evening.
Choosing the right elephants with the size consideration for the Jungle Bubbles practice was another logistical issue that needed to be assort, says John Roberts, Anantara’s Director of Elephants.
“We watched them for a long time,” says Roberts. “We know that they like being together, actually [two of them] are pretty much inseparable at this stage and if you try and separate them they get pretty stressed.”
At the resort’s elephant camp, this means figuring out the elephants’ personalities though science and observation and matching them with activities that suit them, an essential part of their well-being. For instance, elephants that are comfortable around strangers take part in the peaceful “Walking with Giants” experience.
“In the wild their entire lives are based around walking long distances and finding food,” says Roberts. “They have big brains, you have to keep them stimulated doing different things. You could just put them out there in a field, but they’ll stand in one, spot all day.”
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