Mr. Michael Roehrig, the Deputy Manager of Elephant Village recently participated on a workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism. The CSR Guidelines in Tourism: Traveling in an environmentally friendly manner Carefully selecting accommodation Comparing destinations Involving local communities Paying adequate prices Respecting labor standards Economic partnerships Creating transparency
Dangerous Digger
Elephant village was recently successful in removing this digger from joining land at Ban Xieng Lom Village. The digger was being used to excavate thousands of tons of sand and gravel from the bed and banks of the Nam Khan River. The effects of continued excavation could have been catastrophic to the village, and other […]
The cold affects everyone
Unusual for this time of the year, the weather changed dramatically, and on the 15th March 2011 we had rain for three days and nights with the temperature dropping from a healthy 37 C to an overnight low of 12 C. Not only did this affect some of the Staff, but also 4 of our […]
A new arrival
We can now proudly announce we have a new arrival at Elephant village. Surprisingly it’s not one of our elephants, but in fact one of the Shangri-Lao horses. The baby horse was born on the 10 th of March at 4 o’clock in the morning. Rob Reznik, the General manager at Elephant Village, was lucky […]