There is now a small herd of elephants on Koh Lanta, living happily in the island’s jungle-clad interior. The elephant trekking here is not the very best in southern Thailand (that is to be found at Khao Sok), but it is well-organised and popular with visitors, particularly children, and the animals are well cared for and not bullied and beaten with steel bars, as is the case in other destinations in Thailand.