You will observe the daily activities of elephants while spending the night in a Thai bubble house belonging to a top luxury resort, experiencing the feeling of being immersed in the wild nature of the rainforest.
You will observe the daily activities of elephants while spending the night in a Thai bubble house belonging to a top luxury resort, experiencing the feeling of being immersed in the wild nature of the rainforest.
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Elephants don't sleep much and they make loud noises when they eat. Here's what you'll see for yourself after spending the night in one of the "Jungle Bubbles" of Anantara Golden Triangle Camping and Resort in Chiang Rai, Thailand .
The two Thai bubble houses are exactly transparent domes surrounding the resting space, flanked by a fenced-in area - home to three elephants rescued and cared for by the Asian Elephant Foundation. Golden Triangle (GTAEF).
The bubbles are located just a few meters from the elephant cage.
Visitors can sit and watch these female elephants play with deliberately placed toys on tree branches. Their powerful proboscis occasionally rips through bark and breaks branches, making noises at night.
Thai bubble house - once in a lifetime experience
The bubbles are an experience beyond your booked resort room, for 17,700 baht (nearly 12 million VND) per night per couple. This means you can just bring a small bag of essentials and leave the rest of your luggage in your room.
Guests are picked up from the lobby just before sunset, then ride a jeep down a dirt road before taking a short walk through the resort's rice fields to the Thai bubble house.
Immediately upon arrival, staff will deliver you an evening picnic basket, filled with bread and other deli items. You will sit and sip your food while watching the elephants enjoy their meal. However, visitors need to strictly follow the policy of not touching elephants and not feeding them at will.
Inside the Thai bubble house.
Each Thai bubble house offers a 22 square meter resting space, with air conditioning and a small self-contained toilet with shower. The interior is quite simple but luxurious, including a large comfortable bed for two, a pair of chairs and a small table. There is no TV here, because the elephants are the "stars" of this show.
Sleep-sensitive people will find this experience of sleeping next to an elephant in Thailand particularly eerie. On moonlit nights, you may have trouble sleeping because you can feel the change of light as the moon passes through the bubble. That is also the reason why the resort carefully equips visitors with eye masks.
Elephants in captivity sleep only 4-6 hours a day, so you'll hear all sorts of interesting sounds throughout the night, even being curious enough to wake up to peek at what they're doing.
The bed has a curtain around it, giving you the privacy you need because early in the morning someone will bring food to the elephants.
Elephant food is placed near the bubble to ensure guests have a good view.
The idea for the Thai bubble house came from Gaudéric Harang, the resort's senior manager. He said he always wants to go beyond the mold to bring a unique experience to visitors. In addition to safety concerns, these “rainforest bubbles” must meet very high standards.
“As a premier resort, we have to make sure the experience is extremely value for money and at the level that guests expect,” he explains. After the Thai bubble house was erected, Harang was the first to try there, feeling everything like a real customer.
“Due to being in the north of Thailand, we are fortunate to have a more diverse climate than the rest of the country. Winter here is short but very cold. When the bubble house was finally ready to serve in December, the temperature was 6 degrees Celsius early in the morning and I was about to freeze!”, Harang said. “There is no heater. In addition, the humidity in the forest is high, so the bubble house is very humid at night. I woke up at 3 a.m., drenched and freezing cold.”
From Harang's initial experience, the Thai bubble house is equipped with air conditioners, heaters and dehumidifiers to ensure the comfort of visitors in all four seasons.
Aerial shot of Anantara Golden Triangle Resort and Camping.
Inside Thailand's top Annatara resort
Anantara Golden Triangle Camping and Resort, home to Thailand's bubble house, is located on the northern edge of the country's border, in Chiang Saen district, more than an hour away from Chiang Rai city.
Anantara Golden Triangle Camping and Resort's luxurious lobby.
There are two restaurants to choose from - Thai restaurant Sala Mae Nam and Italian restaurant Baan Dhalia. Additionally, two poolside bars - Elephant Bar and Opium Terrace - are essential stops for pre-dinner drinks.
Rooms here are very spacious, featuring traditional Thai decor, with long balconies overlooking both Laos and Myanmar. With a cup of coffee in hand, it's the perfect place to start your day, watching the sun rise through the mist.
The resort is located in Chiang Saen district, Chiang Rai province, overlooking Myanmar and Laos
In addition to the experience of sleeping next to an elephant at the Thai bubble house, activities at the resort include day trips to Laos and Myanmar, river boat cruises, spa treatments, indoor classes like cooking and Muay Thai.
Even reaching the resort is an adventure. After a flight to Chiang Rai and over an hour by car, guests will travel 15 minutes up the Mekong River on a small Thai speedboat to the resort's private pier, passing by the riverbanks of Laos and Myanmar along the way. .
If you are too familiar with vibrant Bangkok or peaceful Chiang Mai, you can consider a wild adventure by sleeping next to elephants in Thailand at Annatara Resort!
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