A trip to MandaLao elephant camp is a different experience to visiting a typical elephant camp in Laos or Thailand. There are no elephant rides. No circus tricks. No evening elephant dances.

The argument goes that to deter people completely from elephant riding would mean a lot of elephants ... has become the most talked-about attraction in Laos; and this in a country that has more ...

A man rides on an elephant during the Elephant Festival in a tributary of Mekong River in northern Lao province of Xayaboury, on Feb. 22, 2020. The annual Elephant Festival lasts from Feb. 22 to ...

According to British Author Norman Lewis, French officers after a tour of duty in Laos are marked forever ... recently decreed that every elephant in Sayaboury had to wear a license plate.) ...

Some 160 travel companies have already committed to stop selling tickets to or promoting venues offering elephant rides and shows ... be identified in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal ...

“When people stop paying for camel rides in Giza or donkey rides in Petra or elephant rides in Ayutthaya, then the [local businesses] stop using them,” said Jason Baker, senior vice president ...

VIENTIANE: Xayaboury province will host its annual Elephant Festival from Feb 12-18, with more visitors expected during the country’s Visit Laos Year 2024 tourism promotion programme. Deputy ...

Elephant rides are a popular tourist activity in countries across Southeast Asia, but activists say the practice is a form of animal cruelty as their bodies are not designed to be ridden.

The China-Laos cross-border Asian elephant conservation collaboration stands as a model of effective international cooperation in wildlife protection, highlighting the importance of collaborative ...