This morning a group of volunteers went out into the jungle to work on a dam that will give the elephants at the sanctuary a place to bathe and play in the water. We were bringing dirt in small baskets over into the dam, which we actually filled up all the way and started putting…
Hello friends and family! This is Celeste (aka Pezzy, also, HI MOM!) coming to you live from the Cambodian Wildlife Sanctuary! Today was super a busy day for all three of our groups! We started our day with family breakfast bright and early, and then separated into our groups for the work day. It was…
We made it to the Cambodian Wildlife Sanctuary!!! After an early morning bus ride from Siem Reap, we arrived at the sanctuary and were welcomed by some yummy lunch and some info about how to act around the elephants! We received a tour of the sanctuary and settled into our lovely bungalows. We then split…
Dear readers, I am sorry for the missing posted yesterday night cos it was raining, I get sruggling with the internet. Yesterday progress was clean up the elephants shelters, then we went to fix the small dam near the sanctuary, we have experienced with digging and putting the dirt into the dam. It was awesome…
Today we have been to the primary school which is about 20minutes a way from the sanctuary to teach and play with the kids, so we separated the group by 2 people in one class to teach and play with the kids, some of them teach about animal, ABC, colours, shape introduce yourself, after teaching…
Today is our third day at the elephant sanctury it is awesome, we wake up in morning we had breakfast at 7 then we prepare like fill up our water bottle then we leave to our building project at 8 am, we suppose to get a trunk but actually we got a tractor it was…
We started this morning with breakfast at 7 am. After a good breakfast, we headed to go clean the elephants’ cages. Once all the cleaning was taken care of, we went on a nice long jungle walk with 3 of the 4 elephants as our companions. As we walked we got to see the elephants…
Hi Friends and Family of everyone doing the Island & Elephant program! My name is Claire and I am the Team Leader for the Thailand elephant week. I just wanted to let you know that if you are looking for our blog follow this link: https://www.rovolunteers.com/africa-drakensberg-village-immersion-blog/ I will try and update it daily, internet permitting!…
we warming welcome from the sanctuary staffs, we are really happy to see the very nice accommodation and hammocks in the balcony it is really awesome. After lunch we have walk around the sanctuary which presented by Mr. Direct. After lunch we have very good time to clean geese and ducks swimming pool. It was…
Where do I start! I can’t believe these two weeks have come to an end. This morning a few of us got up bright and early to get in some last minutes with the elephants before leaving at lunchtime- it truly has been such a magical experience out at the sanctuary, some of us are far…
