Join 137 Pillars Hotels & Resorts to Feed the Elephants – Donate Today
GOAL : USD $50,000
Your donation will make a real and meaningful difference.
August 12th marks World Elephant Day and the start of a special and meaningful partnership between 137 Pillars Hotels and Resorts and Patara Elephant Farm, an elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai. Patara Elephant Farm offers a hands-on “Elephant Owner for a Day” experience where participants learn to care for elephants like a real owner. Activities include feeding, health checks, bathing, riding bareback, and understanding elephant behavior and communication. The program focuses on building a meaningful connection with elephants while promoting conservation and appreciation for these animals.
137 Pillars House Chiang Mai once served as headquarters for the Borneo Company who logged teak in Northern Thailand using elephants. While today both deforestation and using elephants in this manner are deeply inappropriate, sadly at the time this was not only acceptable but welcomed in the name of progress. It is therefore hugely appropriate for us to be raising funds and global awareness of the need to rescue and protect these magnificent animals as well as to be involved in reforestation of this area by offering our guests an option to donate to Patara on check-in with either a nominal amount of TBH 100, 300 or 700 per night as they choose or a larger one-off donation if they prefer. 90% of donations will go to elephant conservation and 10% to reforestation.
Donations raised via this campaign will be distributed directly to Patara Elephant Farm.
