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Animal Shelter Dan Makham Tia District, Thailand
Become a tour guide in our ethical hands-off elephant sanctuary!
What you offer
25h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Tour Guide
- Organize and lead tours around the city.
- Additional Fee
- This host charges a fee in addition to the cost of the Worldpackers annual plan.
Additional fee required
This host charges a fee in addition to the cost of Worldpackers’ annual plans.
Amount
- € 5
Per day
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Description
Volunteers contribute 5 € per day to cover food expenses, you will get 3 meals a day in a local restaurant.
What you get
2
- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Shared Dorm
- You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
- Breakfast
- You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
- Lunch
- You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
- Dinner
- You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
- Basic Internet Access
- Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
- Pick Up
- We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
- Support
- Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.
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Availability
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
- Stay at least
- 4 weeks
The Experience
We are an NGO that founded a completely hands-off ethical elephant sanctuary. This means NO touching, bathing or feeding the elephants. You will help boost ethical tourism by guiding tours in the elephant sanctuary and museum to educate our visitors about elephants, ethical tourism and the elephant industry. No previous experience needed, just passionate and hard-working volunteers. Educating is the key to understanding wildlife !
Learn moreRequirements
- Fluent English or Fluent Dutch
- Over 21 years old
- Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
- Travel insurance
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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Hours & Tasks
Animal Shelter
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 2 Get in touch with nature
- 2 Meeting international travelers
- 2 Developing environmental awareness
- 1 Learning about sustainability
- 1 Developing social awareness
- 1 Creating true social impact
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 1 4. Quality education
- 1 10. Reduced inequalities
- 1 15. Life on land
Mandy
United States
I loved volunteering at the shelter and I will always cherish the experience! I learned so much about elephants and animal tourism. The sleeping conditions were a little rough with no AC, and there was a bit more physical labor than I expected as a “tour guide”, but it was definitely worth it!
about 1 month ago
Travis
United States
The shelter was such a wonderful place to have the opportunity to volunteer! The days were hot, long, and admittedly the cabins were not all that much refuge from the terror that was the sun. However the time you get to spend providing for the elephants and watching them eat and bathe was irreplicable. Being educated and offered the opportunity to share in the knowledge about sustainable "hands-off" style sanctuaries was amazing and I will always cherish the memories with Kamoon, Kham Phaeng, Melee, and the fantastic group of volunteers I had the opportunity to work alongside!
about 1 month ago
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