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| Newsletter : October 2010 |
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 World Travel Market 2010
Elephant Hills will be at the World Travel Market
2010 during the 8th – 11th of November 2010 at
the Excel Arena, London UK. For more information
about our unique soft adventure nature tours,
Elephant Experiences, Khao Sok National Park and our amazing luxury
tented camp, please stop by the TAT main stand AS500. Our table
number is 32 and we are looking forward to seeing you there!
For more information about amazing nature experiences operated
exclusively by Elephant Hills please stop by our booth to pick up our latest
marketing material or talk with our team.
If you are interested to arrange a meeting with our sales & marketing
representative, please email us at jon@elephant-hills.com  |
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| Bookings |
All bookings and any
queries you
may have
can be made through
info@elephant-hills.com
or click here
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Upcoming festivals: Float away your troubles with Loy Kratong!!
In Thai “Loy” means “ To Float” and “Kratong” literally means a “Lotus-shaped banana leaf boat”! The Loy
Kratong festival is well-known among locals for its release of lanterns to the sky and “Kratong” into the sea,
river or any water way. Normally the making of a Kratong is done with banana leaves and then decorated
with colorful flowers, candles and incense. Some people also put small amounts of money and even some
of their own hair onto the Kratong, pray and then release it to the water. The people of Thailand believe that
when praying with the Kratong and releasing it in this way that it shows respect to the goddess of water and
also floats away the bad things that are currently in your life with the river.
Loy Kratong is normally held on the night of the full moon of the 12th lunar month according to the Thai
calendar. This
year, it falls on November 21st. Are you planning your trip to Thailand for this beautiful
festival? Looking for a
soft-adventure nature tourafter the celebration? Then please visit
www.elephant-
hills.com
  
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Elephant Hills River Cleaning!
 For the past few years Elephant Hills has initiated many environmental
and social projects that aim at enhancing the surrounding environment
and helping the community of Khao Sok. This month Elephant Hills
together with our new guides, tour leaders and management undertook
a river cleaning operation. When the monsoon rains start the Sok river
swells, rising by as much as 10 meters it can be very powerful. It can
also bring with it unwanted trash and plastic from neighboring towns
and districts washed into the river by rain which causes huge
environmental problems as the plastics and trash enters the local
environment and affects the local wildlife and fishing. To tackle this we
have undertaken 2 river cleaning runs in the past month to collect and
recycle the non-degradable waste.
Camp Manager Khun Wan says she was happy with the results and
hopes that future rains will bring less and less trash to the area.
Elephant Hills is also encouraging local school children to pay more
attention to their environment through childrens activity days and events
supported by the company.   
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ADVENTURE AND NATURE ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE AT ELEPHANT HILLS, KHAO SOK -THAILAND
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ELEPHANT EXPERIENCE
Get close to and experience hands
on these magnificent animals, you
will interact with them and learn the
secrets of their mahouts.
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ELEPHANT TREK
Trekking on elephant back is a
unique experience here in the
rainforest; you will be taken in
amongst beautiful limestone Karst
Mountains.
Click here to book
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JUNGLE TREK
Jungle Trekking by foot through
Southern Thailand's unique
rainforest environment, a special
lunch is served in the jungle
cooked
over the fire.
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CANOE SAFARI
Drift along the jungle river passing
Limestone Mountains and cliffs
covered with exotic tropical
vegetation.
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CHEOW LARN LAKE
Explore Limestone Mountains and
cliffs covered in tropical rainforest
that rise up from the shore of the
lake and disappear into the far
distance.
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TAKUAPA NATURE SAFARI
Explore the mangrove forest by
dinghy with outboard motor, enjoy
variety of Thai dishes on classical
Burmese Junk and spend the
afternoon on a deserted beach.
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