Affordable & Meaningful Wildlife Conservation In Rural Thailand
- Thailand
- Bangkok
About Program
Atlas offers meaningful and budget friendly volunteering programs in rural Thailand. Focusing on impactful and crucial work, our wildlife conservation programs rely on volunteers to maintain their efforts. Our projects are in the rural Phetchaburi province surrounded by lush foliage and amazing views. Thailand is known as the “Land of Smiles” due to the friendly and welcoming nature of its people.
You will be working alongside volunteers from all around the world, creating lasting friendships all whilst contributing to a meaningful experience and embracing a new culture. Our programs in Thailand cover our Elephant Refuge providing care for endangered Asian Elephants and our Wildlife Rescue Centre where a wide range of animals are safely recovered from the tourism and pet trades to live out their retirement in peace in a more natural setting.
Our projects are available throughout the year and start from a 1 week minimum duration.
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Program Highlights
- Thailand is home to numerous stunning temples. There are approximately 40,000 temples in the country, each with its own architectural design and religious significance
- Explore the Kaeng Krachan National Park: Experience the untouched wilderness of Thailand, featuring jungle trekking, rafting, and bird watching.
- Relax at the Cha-am Beach: Enjoy the tranquil beach and warm water perfect for swimming and sunbathing, along with a variety of water sports activities.
- Thailand is famous for its cuisine, known for its bold flavors and unique combination of sweet, sour, and spicy tastes. For example; Pad Thai, green curry, and mango sticky rice
Program Impact
The support of our volunteers is essential to the refuge. The refuge offers a sanctuary for elephants to retire, and be given the respect that these amazing creatures deserve. When volunteering with the elephants, you will help them by providing essential care such as feeding and creating of enrichments, cleaning and maintaining their enclosures, and collecting their food. You will also be taught everything you need to know about the plight of the Asian Elephant in Thailand, and we hope that you will help us to spread awareness and educate others.
At the Wildlife Rescue Centre volunteers usually work long days, around 8 hours; without the invaluable contribution from volunteers the center would simply not be able to function. Although difficult at times the volunteer work at the centre is highly rewarding.
We take our rescue and rehabilitation work very seriously. Please be aware the centre is strictly hands off. Volunteers will have no physical interaction with animals but will provide the essential daily and long-term needs of the animals, such as feeding, cleaning enclosures and providing stimulation in the form of behavioral and environmental enrichments.
