Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort

What a stay. We took the explorer’s arrival to the hotel, zipping up the Mekong River in a long tail boat to be greeted by two beautiful elephants. I had arranged this as a surprise for my husband - it was our 25th wedding anniversary. This hotel is an oasis of calm luxury. It is peaceful, the grounds are beautiful and the staff are so helpful and friendly. Nothing is too much for them. The terrace restaurant looks out across the river to the mountains and you can glimpse the elephants below. Food was absolutely delicious - and plentiful - with full board choices of a buffet and/or a la carte. We didn’t visit the fine dining restaurant as we were only there for 2 nights. We took included tours of Walking with Giants and also the Thai cookery lesson. Both fantastic experiences. We also visited the Opium Museum which was well worth it - extremely interesting. We would do our exact stay over and over again. It’s up there with the best experiences we’ve ever had. Thanks for making our anniversary so special 🙏🏻.

This place is tired and run down. Our room reeked of mold and mildew. The staff did a deep clean of the room but still caused respiratory issues. They switched our room and it was the same thing. The humidity on the wooden floors causes mildew and mold. Knowing that their rooms are moldy they put air purifiers in every room in a feeble attempt to mitigate it. They eventually moved us to a renovated room - apparently only 4 rooms are renovated. All of them need to be as the place is run down for such an expensive place. The food was very average at every meal and the bugs are horrendous. I had bites all over my legs just from sitting outside at dinner. The location of this place is middle of nowhere and super smoky and bad air quality due to field fires. Save yourself a long drive to golden triangle - it’s really not that interesting. There is a four seasons near Chiang Mai that blows this place away. The elephant sanctuary was nice but everything is so commercial and profit motivated compared to other places we went. We books 3 nights here but left a night early and forfeited $2,400 because it was so lame. They should have credited us because of the mold. Avoid this place!

5/5 Excellent service and fantastic with the activities. All staffs is professional. I am on the birthday and they made my birthday was so happy and perfect. I really appreciate for all of service. The location was nice and really natural is suit for relaxation. the spa also perfect and professional

Nice facility with excellent food, great spa, and a wonderful cooking experience. View from the room overlooking the elephant sanctuary were great, and the experience of walking with the elephants was fun (although we liked the Elephant Eco Valley outside of Chiang Mei better). It was hot most of the time during our three night stay, and we were surprised that there were so few common air conditioned areas.

Facility location for those who’re looking for lodging in shrubbery and river. Stayed 2 nights as part of tour. Single restaurant for breakfast and dinner. Tour arranged buffet down slope from hotel in open field. Poor mosquito control made unpleasant dining experience. Good WiFi and excellent service staff. Spa for massage average. Bathroom needs refresh with unsightly rotten wood shower doors given consistent contact with water. A poor design feature. Questionable value given room prices if not booked through as part of tour.