Mondulkiri Project
Elephant Sanctuary & Jungle Treks
Welcome to the Mondulkiri Project
My name is Mr Tree. I hope you will come and visit the elephants living at the Mondulkiri Project elephant sanctuary.
The Mondulkiri Project is a registered Cambodian NGO. Your tour money is used to protect an area of forest for our elephant sanctuary. Money is also used to buy and rent elephants so they can live at our sanctuary and be kept away from elephant rides and heavy farm work. Our NGO also funds wild elephant protection and supports the local Bunong hill tribes with employment, medicine and food donations.
We are 100% Cambodian, and not owned and managed by foreigners. We empower locals by providing them with jobs at our sanctuary. We do not believe in having Western tour guides or Western volunteers taking paid work opportunities away from locals.
Why Visit Us
Cambodia's top rated Elephant Sanctuary
Registered Cambodian NGO saving a forest valley and rescuing elephants
We let you feed and wash our elephants
100% safety record since we opened in 2013
Our managers and staff are Cambodian, not foreigners
We donate to wild elephant conservation
Cambodia's top rated Elephant Sanctuary
Registered Cambodian NGO saving forests and rescuing elephants
We let you feed and wash our elephants
100% safety record since we opened in 2013
Our managers and staff are Cambodian, not foreigners
We donate to wild elephant conservation
Mondulkiri Tours
Elephant Adventure Tour
Feed, walk with and wash our elephants at our Jungle Sanctuary
$50
1 Day
Walk with and feed the elephants in the jungle (no elephant riding)
Swim at the waterfall. Help with elephant washing to keep the skin clean
Cooked Lunch & Drinking Water Provided
Relax in Hammocks at our Jungle Lodge
Tour runs 7 days a week.
Departing from Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri at 8:30am.
Bookings Essential (maximum 20 people on tour).
Elephant & Jungle Trek Tour
One-Day Elephant Tour + Jungle Lodge + 18km Jungle Trek
$80
2 Days / 1 Night
Walk with, feed, and wash elephants in the jungle. Swim at waterfall
Jungle Lodge campfire with traditional hill tribe cooking & rice wine
Sleep in the Mondulkiri Project's Jungle Lodge
Full day trek with hill tribe guide to visit waterfalls and a cave
Tour runs 7 days a week.
Departing from Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri at 8:30am.
Bookings Essential (maximum 20 people on tour).
Our Elephants
HOW YOU CAN HELP THE MONDULKIRI PROJECT
It has been a difficult 2 years due to Covid-19. No tourists meant no income for our elephant sanctuary.
We hope things improve this year.
It would be a big help if you would sponsor one of our elephants or donate to our sanctuary.
THANK YOU
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Elephants in Cambodia
Elephants in Cambodia are an endangered species. They are threatened by a loss of habitat, by poaching, and by being caught in snares.
Elephants have played an important part of the history of Cambodia. They were used to move the large heavy stones used to build Angkor Wat temple.
There are approximately 75 captive elephants in Cambodia. About 50 of these live in Mondulkiri Province. 14 are used for elephant rides at Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap.
In the forests of Cambodia there are approximately 400 elephants living in the wild. About 250 of these live in Mondulkiri Province. Another large population are in the Cardamon Mountains to the east.
As more roads are built in Mondulkiri, more logging and habitat destruction is further endangering the future of elephants in Cambodia.
They say an elephant never forgets. We promise you that you will never forget the elephants that you will meet when visiting the Mondulkiri Project elephant sanctuary.
Jungle Trekking
Visit the jungles of Cambodia.
Mondulkiri, Cambodia
Mondulkiri is the largest province in Cambodia. It is 6 hours drive east of Phnom Penh and 8 hours drive south east of Siem Reap. It borders with Vietnam to the east and Ratanakiri Province to the North.
Not many tourists visit Mondulkiri so it is a good place to escape the crowds and enjoy fresh mountain air.
Sen Monorom is the major town in the province of Mondulkiri. One of the first things you will notice about Sen Monorom is that the climate is much cooler than the rest of Cambodia because it is located 800m about sea level.
The main thing to do on your visit to Mondulkiri is to visit our elephant sanctuary. Jungle trekking and visiting waterfalls are also popular activities. Coffee plantations and avocados are specialties of the area.
Unlike other areas of Cambodia, the majority of people living in Mondulkiri are not Khmer. Instead they are local indigenous Bunong, or hill tribe. The Bunong have been using elephants for transport, farming and logging for many years. They also have small farms cut into the jungles where they grow food to sell at the markets in Sen Monorom.
