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Saengduean Lek Chailert

From the list of elephant persons Family: Chailert

Saengduean Lek Chailert
Sangduen   Chailert

Personal details
Country Thailand

Locations
Title owner 2012
Location at Elephant Sanctuary Cambodia in Cambodia

Title owner 2010
Location at Journey to Freedom project (Sangduen Chailert)s elephants in Thailand

Title owner 2003-
Location at Elephant Nature Park (ENP) in Thailand

Title owner 1997
Location at Jungle Raft elephant camp (Sangduen Chailert) in Thailand

Title owner 1996-2003
Location at Maetaeng Elephant Park in Thailand

Title owner 1996-2003
Location at Elephant Heaven Nature Park (Sangduen Chailert) in Thailand

Biography details

Sangduen "Lek" Chailert , camp owner in Thailand

Born 1961 in Thailand , daughter of owner Sanguan Chailert and owner Phongsri Chailert .

Sangduen "Lek" Chailert was born in 1962 in the small hill tribe village of Baan Lao, two hours north of Chiang Mai. Lek received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Chiang Mai University and from there moved into working in the elephant tourist industry.

She operated the tour company at that time, Gems Travel at the night bazaar in Chiang Mai.

The Chailert family founded Elephant Heaven Nature Park 1996, together with her husband Adam Bromley, who died in April 2013. The rest of her family is still involved in this camp, which is today known as her neighbor camp, now named Maetaeng Elephant Park (MEP).


Later with boyfriend Paitoon, who changed his name to Poppol and is present owner of the restaurant Huan Hoy Kaew, on the way to Doi Suthep, she owned the elephant camp Jungle Raft.

She had an Irish boyfriend later, and the Irish guy helped her a lot.
Later, until she found her present place, she started to use the Internet. On her website she had a shop; she sold t-shirts, elephant paintings, food for elephants, first aid for elephant, and the “Million dollar Baht for ultrasound donation project”. She collected money from people, without doing the things she said she would do for the money. But later she destroyed every evidence.

For a number of years Lek Chalert rented or bought, healthy elephants used as tourist riding elephants. But she had problems to compete with larger camps, who had been in the business longer.

Charles Bagley was there at the beginning when the people rode elephants. In fact him and his wife rode some elephants from central Thailand to Leks camp. Not sure where they started the journey but it took like 2 months or something. Cant remember the details and then they lived at the park for a while like 2 years or something and people who came always rode the elephants. The only reason they dont have rides anymore is because the safety aspect would have become difficult and then she got involved with the ARS.



Lek bought the new land for The Elephant Nature Park in 2003. Gem travel were involved till at least 2007.


In 2012, they got 10,000 hectares (which is 25,000 acres) (2.45 acres is 1 hectare or 10kmx10km). According to sources she paid 12 million dollars for the concession. The land seems to be risky for elephants, in a zone with a lot of landmines…" (Anon)

Siblings

Siblings through the father Sanguan Chailert (? -- ):

  1. Wassana Chailert Born ?
  2. Paruay Chailert Born ?
  3. Phetrin Chailert Born ?
  4. Boontha Chailert Born ?
  5. Preecha Chailert Born ?

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). owner Sangduen "Lek" Chailert in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3225. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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