Elephant Nature Park is a territory of 800 hectares in the province of Chiang Mai, where the care of sick and injured animals. It - rescue center for all elephants in Thailand, founded in 1990. The park is located in a valley with a river flowing through it, surrounded by thick forests.

The founder of the park Sangduen Chaylert Lek was born in a mountain tribe in northern Thailand, his grandfather was a man of the jungle and taught his grandson to communicate with wild elephants.

The Elephant Nature Park is home not only to the wounded animals, but also those who because of their age can not work in the logging industry or tourism. All of them receive qualified medical assistance and care. Most of the park staff are local and foreign volunteers.

Elephant Nature Park has received international recognition. The magazine "The Times" in 2005 called it "Asian hero of the year." References to the park are found in such publications as the tangible National Geographic, as well as in the films Animal Planet, BBC, National Geographic and CNN. He received many awards, there are those from the Smithsonian Institution. In 2010, Mr. Lek, the founder of the park, was at a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the White House.

Total park staff rescued more than 37 elephants across the country. It is important that the animals here are in their natural habitat, while receiving continuous care. Accent the natural park of elephants does not show, as it happens in most cases, and rescue animals.