Best places: Zoos in Ban Sa Pam, Thailand

😠 It was amazing to be so close to these incredible animals but this is 100% not a sanctuary. The company is clearly profiteering off of these animals who are kept in tiny pens and forced to perform for tourists all day long. One of the elephants was rocking back and forth in distress the whole time...

Spacious animal park with many colorful species of birds in a lush setting with regular bird shows.

👍👍 Visited this sanctuary a month ago and it was absolutely amazing! It was my first time seeing and being up close to an elephant. I was the only person there and I got the full experience. First I watched an elephant show which involved dancing, ball kicking and hat snatching. Very cool show. Did so...

😠 I feel so sad after the show. Sad because I didn’t realize the handlers were going to be abusing and hurting the snakes to try to get them to bite at them. Please could you figure out a different show routine that interacts with the snakes without hurting them? Also it made me sad that the handlers...

😠 One reason I'm not giving this place a 1 star is because there was one person there that treated the animals with respect. Most people we're beating the elephants with metal sticks in their heads and made me pay them so they wouldn't hit the elephant. I felt awful seeing this. They really need to ch...

😠 The elephants look mistreated and their ears look badly hurt. Went and looked with our taxi driver and turned the other way straight away. Animal cruelty is not okay