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The Elephant Sanctuary, Hazyview, Mpumalanga

Walking trunk-in-hand at Elephant Sanctuary, Hazyview, Mpumalanga.

One of a kind Elephant encounters at the Elephant Sanctuary in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

The Elephant Sanctuary provides the experience of a lifetime for visitors who really want to touch the wild in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, South Africa. All the African Elephants at the sanctuary have been rescued and their trust gained through unique reward based training.

What can you expect from Elephant Sanctuary:

The Elephant Sanctuary is a family oriented operation catering for young and old. Guests are offered exhilarating Elephant driven programmes which are hands on and unique to the Sanctuary. The focus at Elephant Sanctuary is on education through interaction and involves learning about the Elephants.

It also means that visitors can touch, feel, feed and walk trunk-in-hand and even ride these highly intelligent and delightful animals. Guests will discover that all of the Elephants at the sanctuary are unique in terms of character, personality and temperament.

This African Elephant Sanctuary believes in building a bond between humans and elephants. To build a firm foundation of trust all the Elephants are exercised and stimulated daily. The most important part of the operation of the Elephant Sanctuary is happy Elephants and happy guests!

The ultimate Elephant experience of the Elephant Sanctuary and venue, is suitable for a wide variety of interested guests:

International and local leisure travel

Business travellers

Family outings

Special occasions

Corporate functions e.g. Break Away, Year End

Activities at Elephant Sanctuary – Hazyview

There is a number of exciting Elephant encounters on offer at Elephant Sanctuary, Hazyview, Mpumalanga, South Africa including Elephant back safari riding. Guests should note that the Elephant rides take place in a game reserve with free roaming wild animals and are designed for guest’s enjoyment but are not game-viewing experiences. Due to limited availability of riding slots, advance booking is recommended.

Children of all ages are welcome at Elephant Sanctuary, they can walk hand-in-trunk with the Elephants, and those that are over 8 years old are allowed to ride. Visitors at Elephant Sanctuary should bring comfortable shoes or sandals, a sun hat, a jacket in cool weather and a camera. Guests wanting to ride the Elephants should wear long pants.

Daily tours at the Elephant Sanctuary:

A range of daily tours are available for guests to enjoy at Elephant Sanctuary in Hazyview. Please note that due to limited space, booking is advisable in order to avoid disappointment.

The Trunk-in-Hand programme:

Visitors can learn through an experienced guide, about the Elephant’s backgrounds, behaviours, characters and more. Guests at Elephant Sanctuary can touch, feed, interact and walk trunk-in-hand with these magnificent animals. These tours start at 8am and take 1 and half hour's and run throughout the day. Booking is advisable.

Elephant Brush Downs:

This is a very special programme which involves grooming the Elephants in the morning, followed by the Trunk-in-Hand programme. There is an early start of 7.15am and booking is essential.

Trunk-in-Hand and Elephant Back Ride:

Guests will enjoy historically royal treatment with a full Trunk-in-Hand programme together with an Elephant back ride. The riding portion of the programme takes about 25 minutes and the minimum booking ages is 8 years. Booking is essential.

Sundowner Elephant Experience:

This experience takes place at the end of the day and includes walking, feeding, riding and touching Elephants. It is possible to see the Elephants swimming in very hot weather! Visitors will also watch Elephant free-feeding.

At the end of the programme there will be sundowner drinks and snacks. This experience takes 2 hours with different start times for summer and winter which should be checked in advance. The Elephant riding aspect of the programmes takes about 25 minutes and booking is essential.

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The Elephant Sanctuary has a large circular lounge and bar which has a thatched cover, this area adjoins the main deck which overlooks the Elephants. There is a large dam for the Elephants to swim in as well as another elevated deck in a secluded ...

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Elephants are magnificent animals; they will delight and enthrall visitors with their individual personalities at Elephant Sanctuary in Hazyview.

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Visitors of all ages will have a wonderful outing to Elephant Sanctuary, there is a lounge area, interesting curio shop and a bar serving snacks and drinks.

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