Bali Adventure Tours..Bali Elephant Museum.

Nose Around the Awesome Elephant Museum

Over 1000 exhibits including fossil artefacts dating back 5 million years, prehistoric horns, ceremonial pieces, century old mammoth tusks, elephant skulls, tiger claws, bone carvings and a 300-year-old carved African elephant tusk can be seen at the Elephant Safari Park Museum.

Thirty minutes outside of Ubud nestled high in the hills is the serene location of the Elephant Safari Park surrounding the traditional village of Taro. Location Map

Currently home to 17 rare and endangered Sumatran elephants - (the Park will add another 10 elephants in 2003) an impressive total of 27 majestic beasts will make this the biggest Park of its' kind in the southern hemisphere.

The Park is designed to educate people as well as to give them an unforgettable 'close encounter' with elephants. The elephants can be touched, patted and hand fed or a short safari ride is available into the surrounding forest area.

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A highlight of the Elephant Safari Park is the fascinating Elephant Museum, which features over 1000 interesting, fun and educational exhibits.

Surrounding the Museum area are large graphic display boards informing visitors of every elephant fact imaginable and a continuous video educates people about the various aspects of elephants.

The Museum also highlights the historical links between elephants and mankind and the folklore and culture associated with elephants, giving an educational experience and insight to how the elephant is fast becoming an endangered species.

At the Museum

History to Hollywood….
Feel like a star and take a seat in the same elephant chair used by actress Jodie Foster in the Oscar winning (Have to check if it was an Oscar winner) Hollywood blockbuster 'Anna & the King'' or step back in time and feel like a King in a regal 18th Century Maharaja elephant seat from Rajistaan India.

Butchers and Bones…. On arrival at the Museum an impressive 30-year-old Sumatran Elephant skeleton greets you, but the true showpiece of this treasure trove of elephant history is a full size mammoth replica of the rare Woolly Mammoth butchered by the Paleo-Indians some 11,000 years ago. Measuring more than three and a half meters high, it is the only skeleton of its' kind on public display in the Southern Hemisphere and will certainly be the first time most visitors have a chance to see such a rare piece. The park's owner, Nigel Mason, searched the world to find a mammoth skeleton and purchased this magnificent replica after it had travelled throughout the USA in an Ice Age Exhibition.
Elephant Artifacts….. At the Museum you'll find a gallery of interesting artifacts including
20th Century ebony, silver and garnet from Sri Lanka Pewter from 20th Century Africa Carvings from Thailand and Java Decorative Chinese & African Ivory pieces Antique silvers from the Congo Authentic pre 1972 ivory Elephants made from the same white marble as the Taj Mahal India

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Visit the Elephant Safari Park Taro, Bali and get up close and personal with the residents in a beautiful tropical park setting. Elephants can be seen immersing themselves in the park lake in between riding, painting or other activities. Hand feed them, touch them and take photos with them. The Park has a large gift shop with a massive selection of everything you can imagine regarding elephants as well as a 200-seat restaurant over looking the lake which serves a la carte or buffet meals and has a full bar service. Location Map

ELEPHANT FOUNDATION
The Elephant Safari Park offers a new concept in Eco tourism. Here you can enjoy the exciting adventure of Elephant Trekking while you are also helping to save the endangered Indonesian Elephant (one of world's rarest elephants). Currently there are less than 1,100 Indonesian Elephants left in the wild and their numbers a rapidly decreasing. At the Elephant Safari Park we are assisting, through proceeds from admissions, with the relocation of wild elephants to special reserves set up by the Indonesian Government to assist with breeding programs to help build up the depleting numbers.

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