Elephant Trekking in Krabi, Thailand

Ok, this is my last of the last Krabi trip. It’s been over half a year and I still haven’t finish talking and thinking about Krabi. It’s just such a nice place if you know where to look for fun.




First there was rock climbing, then the most amazing kayaking experience. And now, it’s Elephant trekking!!


Growl?


As we travelled up north towards Phuket to board our flight on our last day, we stopped by a forestry area to visit the grand-kings of the jungle. (If tiger is the king here, then elephant should be grand-king)




Elephants are really splendid creatures, up till now I have only seen an elephant up close in Koh Samui last year, touched it at most, but never had the experience to actually ride on it.




Hence was fascinated by these gigantic creatures that have survived through millenniums of evolutions.

Back in 326 BC during the Battle of the Hydaspes River fought between Alexander the Great and the Indian king Porus in ancient India (now known as Pakistan), war elephants from India were brought in to fight off the Romans.


(They use bigger elephants back then)


Imagine a large elephant in full charge.. Brrr…. It’s a scary thought. Horses were no match for one of these creatures.


“Don’t kill me k? I feed you bananas~”


First thing I found out about riding an elephant is that it’s not easy to get on an elephant if you’re not close to it. For tourists like us, a small tower is usually built for easy ‘boarding’.




After that, it’s just fun all the way.

Here’s a video of me feeding and riding an elephant.




It’s simply breath-taking that by just sitting on top of it, you can feel how powerful these creatures are, as they take you down hill and across river, it’s like it doesn’t cost them any ounce of strength going through muddy tracks and river banks.










It’s odd describing this feeling, you know you are riding something immensely strong, like when you drive a kancil and then hop onto a BMW. This ride can easily crush your BMW like cashew nuts.

After an half an hour trek, we returned to where we started, hopped onto the bus and on with our way.

Stopped by a beau----ti---ful restaurant for lunch.




Had our last servings of awesome Thailand seafood before crossing over to Phuket to board the plane.










Took a last look at the beautiful Andaman Sea between Krabi and Phuket.




And finally, check in.


“Aliens? -_______________-||||”


So this is the end of my Krabi trip. Having the elephants to send us off was a wonderful way to mark the end of a truly remarkable journey, like drizzling chocolate sprinkles over the chocolate syrup and whip cream.


(left) Kah Peng from China Press


Next stop, Sipadan!!! (next week - Sabah)