Came here with grandparents and 2 and 6 year old. Staff are very friendly and gave us water and ice creams. We did the walk with the elephant and the wife and daughter did the elephant ride. Had a Lovely experience and it was amazing to see these awesome creatures. They are looking to raise funds to extend and build bathing areas for the elephants which I think would be tremendous. A lovely few hours spent with these wonderous creatures

Fantastic experience. Very friendly good English speaking guide. You shouldn't come here to ride the elephant. But you shouldn't do that anyway. This is a shelter and they are good to their animals. Yes, they are on chains, but they go to the forest in the evening.

We visited again in late October with our youngest son. This time there are no rides or tricks but rather quality time spent with these beautiful animals. We took one for a walk and gave it a shower. We’d a very friendly and knowledgeable English guide, Jan and a capable mahout. They both shared some stories of the impact of the pandemic on fundraising and running this delightful sanctuary. Would recommend.

We didn't want to go any where they exploited the elephants so after checking around this foundation fitted the bill. 5 minutes or so out of Hua Hin and taxi had no problem finding it even though he had never been there before. You start with half an hour with education provided by one of the volunteers, this was very informative and we were surprised about some of the facts but it was all very interesting. After that another volunteer will walk you with one of the elephants where you feed them with cucumbers and then you get a hug from the elephant and then take some photos and it's back to pens. In the pens they are chained due to being near a busy road but the chains are removed of a night when they go to the next field. In the pens you can give them a good hose down which our elephant certainly enjoyed but be warned they can return the favour. A great way to spend a few hours but they do rely on donations so don't be stingy and they certainly know how to demolish a basket of cucumbers. You will be disappointed if your expecting elephant rides or tricks and shows as they do not exploit the elephants in any way, they appear to be rescue animals.

A lovely little retirement for elephants. We had a short 15min walk with an elephant who wasnt abused only followed us for some exercise and we stopped to feed him. We also cooled him down at the end with a hose which he absolutely loved and then fed him some more. This place needs paying visitors and volunteers to keep feeding the elephants and giving them the vet treatments they need. They were all rescued from somewhere treating them badly

A great experience! Went on a day when English speaking volunteer would be there. A really interesting education session, then a 20 minute walk with elephant and mahout, stopping along the way for feeding and photos. Then hosed down our elephant in between giving her drinks of water with the hose. Cost was 1000 baht per person all inclusive.

This is my 4th visit to Hutsadin it is both friendly and welcoming when you arrive , I chose to do the information talk, walk and shower today as I was able to come when an English speaking volunteer was available. Sandra was very helpful and informative on the talk and was open to any questions Ihad. I was given a free bottle of water, and a basket of bananas for the elephant I walked with . I would recommend Hutsadin to anyone wanting to have an elephant experience when visiting hua hin . A special thank you to volunteer student who helped me with transport back to my hotel . A huge thank you to everyone who works / volunteers at Hutsadin and makes the lives for the elephants a safe, trusted and loved environment.

A self-financed foundation that takes care of elephants that are sick/injured or worn out by forestry work, or other fairground animals. A large proportion of the staff are volunteers. For the modest sum of 800 Baht, you can walk your protégé, feed him bananas and give him a shower. A must-do !!!

A memorable experience at the sanctuary! We went on a day (Wed.) when there would be English speaking volunteers and did the activity with the walk and bath. Our volunteer was very knowledgeable. She told us about the sanctuary and how the elephants came to be there along with some information about each elephant. There were 4 elephants when we went. The walk with the elephant was a neat experience. We also each got a basket of bananas to feed the elephant along the way. At the end, we each got to hose off the elephant with water. I was surprised that we were the only 2 people during our walk and bath. There were other couples at the sanctuary, but they kept each group separate. I didn’t expect the elephants to be chained in their pens and to receive no safety tips before heading out with the elephant. When asked, the volunteer told us how to walk with the elephant safely and why they were chained up. I felt like the elephants were loved and well cared for. The elephant caretakers sell bracelets and other jewelry. I bought a cute bracelet as the money goes to the family of the caretakers. Overall, we made fun memories!

Went to Hutsadin today with my husband and daughters who absolutely loved the experience! We got to walk, feed and shower the elephants. The staff were very friendly and the opportunity to spend time with these beautiful animals in such a close up setting was fantastic. I would highly recommend it and it’s far better than riding the poor elephants.