Bike for Elephants raised 250,000 baht
During the first weekend of February 2010 Bring the Elephant Home organized its first Bike for Elephants event. A two day adventurous and fun tour through Mae Tang valley, in Chiang Mai province. With the event Bring the Elephant Home was able to raise 250,000 baht (5,485 euro) for the Elephant Nature Park and to create more awareness about the plight of Thai elephants. The money will be used to extend the Park, to make sure more elephants can have a natural life in the future.
Bike for Elephants was joined by 50 Thai and international participants and volunteers, age arranging from 2 years till 64 years old and from many different nationalities. All with the same purpose: to create a better future for Thai elephants. Besides two days of biking (81 km in total) the bikers experienced camping in the Elephant Nature Park, camp fire, local music, many inspiring stories and of course elephant bathing and feeding. Most participants are living in Thailand, but for many this was the first time to observe free roaming elephants living in family groups. The combination of working hard during the bike ride, spending time together with elephants in nature and making a difference for Thai elephants created a very positive atmosphere. Everybody agreed that if they can, they will participate again next year.
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