In Reply to: elephants - Bali posted by whenwecan on Sunday, 2. December 2007 at 06:49 Bali Time:
The Taro Elephant Park is owned by an Australian, Nigel Mason and his Balinese wife Yanie, and operated by his company Bali Adventure Tours. They also do white water rafting, kayacking, trekking, cycling etc.
Have a look at their web site.
http://www.baliadventuretours.com/
We found the Taro Park to be lovely and clean and well maintained. The animals looked fine, but then who knows. The elephants are tethered, as you would expect any elephants held in captivity would be.
The park is north of Ubud, on the road to Kintamani and an interesting drive into the more tropical rainforest areas.