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Papas Nukaew, a Karen elephant keeper, washes elephants with international tourists from the UK in the river that runs through the Elephant Freedom Village community forest.

The first international tourists from the UK to visit since the re-opening of Thailand in November 2021 wash elephants in the river that runs through the Elephant Freedom Village community forest.

Papas Nukaew, a Karen elephant keeper, washes elephants with international tourists from the UK in the river that runs through the Elephant Freedom Village community forest.

Teerapong Sakdamrongsri (Non Chai), the founder and owner of Elephant Freedom Village, washes the resident elephants with his staff.

Elephants enjoy swimming in the river at Elephant Freedom Village in northern Thailand.As COVID devastated Thailand's tourist industry, thousands of elephants typically forced to work in the tourism industry in Thailand are now not working due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with their owners struggling to feed and maintain them. The EFV community forest model has emerged as a sustainable alternative for co-existence and is proving to be popular with international tourists who want to learn more about Karen elephant culture and experience elephants in their natural environment without the abuse and exploitation that often occurs at traditional tourist camps.

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