Elephants: To Ride or Not to Ride

Elephant trekking has appeared on many travellers' bucket list and has become a 'must-do' activity in recent years. However, in our pursuit for adventure are we unwittingly fuelling an ongoing demand for more elephants to be illegally captured from the wild, with dire consequences? With no more than 45,000 Asian elephants left in the wild, are there better ways that we as tourists, could appreciate and help conserve these incredible animals?Elephant trek.