Day with Makkapa

Our elephant day was nuts 🥜

We drove 2 hours to a remote village where the tribe has elephants and runs a small day tour for 10 people a day. They also had a baby elephant who was 4 years old! The day was focused on caring for them and learning how to tell if an elephant is heathy and happy! We got our own elephant to take care of for the day, Makkapa, who is 49 years old. We cleaned and fed her in the morning (she eats a lot!) and after lunch we took her for a walk and bath. Claire was the first one of the whole group to get on their elephant!

Grant rode Makkapa on the way back from the bath and she reached out on the side of the road and ripped a whole banana tree out of the ground for a snack! She ate the whole thing on the walk home 😂

It was an amazing experience to get more comfortable with Makkapa and we learned a lot! Riding was a wild experience and one of the coolest things we’ve ever done 🐘Read more