Elephant Round-Up, Surin

The Surin Elephant Round-Up brings over 300 elephants into a single arena for Thailand’s largest pachyderm spectacle, complete with a 2-ton fruit buffet. These intelligent animals perform synchronized routines, demonstrate logging skills, and reenact historic battle scenes for 50,000 spectators each November. This festival is more than double the size of the Chiang Mai Flower Festival in animal participation, yet it maintains a warm, educational tone. The event generates 80 million baht in local tourism revenue, and you can feed the elephants yourself during the afternoon meet-and-greet.