MandaLao Elephant Conservation

MandaLao Elephant Conservation MandaLao offers intimate non-riding experiences focused on education and elephant welfare
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An intimate, non-riding elephant experience focused on education and animal welfare.

Update on Mae Mon, our newest herd member! 💛🐘Mae Mon has continued to integrate wonderfully into her newfound retirement...
16/08/2026

Update on Mae Mon, our newest herd member! 💛🐘

Mae Mon has continued to integrate wonderfully into her newfound retirement at MandaLao! She has been super calm during health checks and taking measurements to track her weight, and has learned quickly during positive reinforcement training sessions!

She's also been becoming good friends with our Mae Sun! Mae Sun lost her good friend BhounTem, who passed away this past May, so we were hopeful these two would become friends. Our watchful mahouts have taken it slow, with lots of supervised social time together. As our mahouts noticed them becoming more comfortable with each other, we progressed to forest explorations together!

These two are becoming fast friends, and we are so happy that Mae Mon has settled in so well! 🐘💕

Thank you again to all those who helped bring Mae Mon to MandaLao. Continue to support her retirement, and all of our 12 retired elephants, by donating at the link below! Thank you! 💛

https://www.theintrepidfoundation.org/t/mandalao-elephant-conservation

12/08/2026

🌎🐘World Elephant Day celebrates these amazing animals who are social, intelligent, and playful! Just like our playful Bounsap here, splashing her trunk and having the time of her life with Mae Lam by her side. But unfortunately, both Asian and African elephant populations are in decline around the world.

No matter where in the world you are, you can help elephants!

♻️ Reduce, reuse, and recycle!
📚 Educate yourself about elephants and the threats they face in the wild.
🌱 Choose products that support sustainable agriculture and practices.
👣 Research and choose to experience places that let elephants be elephants, like MandaLao's observational tours, where elephants practice their natural behaviors on their own terms.
💚 Donate to organizations protecting elephants and their habitats. You can support MandaLao directly, where we're working to protect wild elephants and the communities living alongside them in the Nam Pak Protected Area in Laos.
👉 Donate at https://www.theintrepidfoundation.org/t/mandalao-elephant-conservation

Thank you to all of our staff, guests, and elephants that help us to be a voice for elephants today, and every day! Happy World Elephant Day! 🐘

This past month, young BounSap (Bamboo) made us all quite worried! Our observant mahouts first noticed she wasn't hersel...
10/08/2026

This past month, young BounSap (Bamboo) made us all quite worried! Our observant mahouts first noticed she wasn't herself. She was eating and drinking, but sleepy and showing belly discomfort. The next day, swelling appeared in her legs. Given her age and symptoms, we immediately started an EEHV treatment plan.

EEHV (Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus) is a serious disease found in wild and captive elephants, and can be deadly, especially for young ones. Thankfully, our team is trained to spot the signs, and it was round the clock observation, tracking her eating, drinking, movements, and even her fecals!

Thanks to our positive reinforcement medical training, BounSap allowed our team to give injections and take blood samples. We hid her medicine in pumpkin and bananas; elephant doses are no joke! We sourced medicine locally in Laos and even arranged a special shipment from Thailand. Three times a day, even at night, our mahouts made sure she got her treatment.

A huge thank you to our entire team, Dr. Nicola (Luang Prabang Animal Hospital), Dr. Anabel (Elephant Conservation Center), and The WildMed Project mobile vet team for all your help! And thank you to our visitors and supporters; your support ensures we can always give our elephants the best care possible.

We're happy to report BounSap is back to her usual silly self! 🐘

August showers bring blue skies and green grass, and the perfect way for Mae Nuon and BhouKham to spend lazy afternoons...
07/08/2026

August showers bring blue skies and green grass, and the perfect way for Mae Nuon and BhouKham to spend lazy afternoons!

03/08/2026

🌧️🐘 Rainy Season = Green Season! 🌿

The forest is bursting with life right now and it's our elephants' favorite time of year! Rainy season means beautiful green landscapes and a forest buffet for our gentle giants to enjoy! Oh, and let's not forget the mud baths they love so much!

Don't let a little rain hold you back! This is when the forest is at its best! Book your forest elephant adventure today and see why the elephants love this season as much as we do. 💚

Mandalao.org or [email protected]

02/08/2026

Rain or shine, Mae Sun always has one question: got any bananas? 👀🍌

🐘💛 Introducing the newest member of our MandaLao family — Mae Mon! From formerly working as a bathing tourist elephant, ...
31/07/2026

🐘💛 Introducing the newest member of our MandaLao family — Mae Mon!

From formerly working as a bathing tourist elephant, to most recently logging, and now to retirement — thank you to everyone who helped make her journey to her now forever home possible!

On her last day of logging work, our team was there to meet her and celebrate with lots of tasty pineapples. We quickly removed her logging harness for good, and upon arrival at MandaLao, our staff and community welcomed her home with a traditional Baci ceremony.

Our team has been so impressed by her calm personality and she's integrating into her new routine seamlessly!

Thank you again to Planting Peace and everyone who made this possible. We will now care for Mae Mon for the rest of her retired life here at MandaLao. You can help support her ongoing care by making a donation at:

https://www.theintrepidfoundation.org/t/mandalao-elephant-conservation

Thank you all for your continued support and we hope you will continue to follow Mae Mon as she settles into retired life!

29/07/2026

Khammon's version of a water slide! 🐘💦

Watch her tuck those back knees and go! It's not clumsiness - it is elephant physics. At roughly 3,000kg, sliding downhill is actually easier on her joints than a controlled walk, especially on slick mud. Their broad feet and low center of gravity make them surprisingly graceful sliders!

For a rescued elephant like Khammon (Joy), moments like this are everything. Sliding, splashing, and rolling are some of the clearest signs of physical and emotional recovery in elephants who've been through hard lives. A relaxed elephant is a playful elephant!

🐘💦 This is Mae Kham's River! Some elephants wade in. Mae Kham loves to splash all the way in! But it wasn't always this ...
25/07/2026

🐘💦 This is Mae Kham's River! Some elephants wade in. Mae Kham loves to splash all the way in! But it wasn't always this way. Before her rescue in February 2025, she worked as a bathing elephant at a tourist camp. What guests never knew: Mae Kham is blind and deaf on her right side. Anyone approaching from that side appeared out of nowhere - frightening for her, dangerous for them. It's one of the many reasons we don't promote elephant bathing in tourism.

Today, it's just Mae Kham, the river, and her best friend Khammon (Joy), and free to splash as long as she likes! 💛

🐘💛 WE DID IT!! 🐘Because of YOU, Mae Mon is retiring from her logging days for good!Thank you to every single person who ...
24/07/2026

🐘💛 WE DID IT!! 🐘

Because of YOU, Mae Mon is retiring from her logging days for good!

Thank you to every single person who donated, shared, and believed in this cause! And a huge thank you to Planting Peace for organizing this fundraiser and making Mae Mon's forever home possible.

No more logs. No more harnesses. Just rest, freedom, and a herd waiting to welcome her home!

Keep following along as we share updates on Mae Mon's journey to MandaLao and how she settles into her new home! 💛🐘

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