Elephants have always played an integral part in Thai culture and Thai history. All Thai kings had a stable of white elephants and the animals once decorated the national flag and currency. Only ten years ago Thailand still had 4000 elephants. Nowadays only 2500 remain.

Therefore, we will bring you to Surin to learn more and realize how elephants relate to the thai folkways .

Surin, the northeastern province is very well known to both Thai people and international tourists as “the Land of Elephants.” It has been presenting the Elephant Round-Up for more than 30 years, and it is always scheduled on the third Saturday and Sunday of every November. Native people of Surin, called “Guai”, are skillful in catching wild elephants as well as training them. This year the Round up will take place November 17-18 in the compound of the Elephant Show Stadium in Surin. Each day the show begins at 8:30 AM and ends at about 11:30 AM. The Elephant Round-up in this year is newly improved, and consists of eight famous performances, with no less than 200 elephants to help demonstrate the relationship between the elephants and people, as well as the customs and culture of Surin. These performances include: