Gajah Taro Park

Elephant Safari or Elephant Safari tourism is one of the most popular adventures in Bali. In addition to experience and different sensations, the tourists are also often interested in the ingenuity of an elephant - an elephant that is an important element in the program this elephant safari. Attractions that can be seen among the elephants to paint, elephants playing football and other attractions.

In Taro village of Tegalalang district, about 40 km from Denpasar, there is a forest lived white cow inside. It is secured by the villager and Balinese people mostly as part important of ceremony that is Ngasti (and same level of it). Wonderful scenery of Taro interesting for the investor and based of The Government agreement than built tourism attraction was elephant trekking. The tourist ride on elephant in Taro village surrounding.

Taro Bali only collect elephants animals, namely sumatera elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) and are legally allowed to collect the type of other protected animals, except for species that are not protected.

Currently, there are elephants in as many as 27 tails Taro from Lampung and Riau tail consists of 22 females and 5 males with an approximate tail age of 3 to 35 years. All the elephants at Taro have their handlers. But until now, there is no elephant born in Taro. Breeding program being run has not been successful.

The system used in Taro’s foremost elephant safari, elephant ride around the countryside to see the countryside is still beautiful and natural with a particular route, the route is short (short trip) and there is a long route (long trip). On the back of an elephant that fit the chair placed for two adults, while his keeper sat on the elephant’s neck. Visitors who come from within and abroad.

Besides riding the elephant, in Taro also presented another elephant, like the elephants playing football, playing in a swimming elephant, the elephant put flowers and other attractive enough for tourists. The elephants here, as are elephants for tourist attraction, is quite tame and accustomed to the environment that many people. Taro also in the elephant museum and gallery of his collection, among others consists of ancient elephant skeleton. In the gallery displays a variety of souvenir trinkets associated with the elephant made of bone (not bone elephant or other animal bones protected) and other synthetic materials.