The experience of sitting high a top an elephant in a teak wood chair, riding through the cool jungle of Taro, is an experience you'll never forget.

Without a doubt the Mason Elephant Park & Lodge in Taro is a MUST for visitors to Bali, and is the ONLY complete elephant experience in the world - making it truly unique. Get up close and personal with these incredible animals 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, take photos with them.

While riding an elephant you will be accompanied by a guide who will tell you a lot about life, temper and tastes of your elephant.

You will also learn a lot about the elephants ancestry and diversity at the park's historical and graphic displays. Acclaimed as the World's Best Elephant Park, facilities include a full Reception and Information Centre, a comprehensive Museum, with a large collection of elephant memorabilia and the only Mammoth Skeleton in South East Asia.

A 200-seat restaurant over looking the lake, ideal for large groups or wedding, features an international menu, and the park Gift Shop offers an extensive range of elephant-theme products, including elephant paintings, elephant ivory, mammoth ivory, carvings, clothing, souvenirs and jewellery. Displays of elephant intelligence and their capabilities can be viewed at the Park Arena and elephants can also be seen painting at selected times daily.

The internationally acclaimed Mason Elephant Park & Lodge is not only a sanctuary for this protected and endangered species, but is a total elephant experience that is not duplicated anywhere else in the world. All the elephants at the park were rescued from deforestation in Central & Southern Sumatra.