***Celebrating World Elephant Day 12th August***

Woburn Safari Park's keepers are celebrating World Elephant Day, an annual event held on the 12th August each year, dedicated to elephants as a species.

This special day aims to raise awareness about the critical role elephants play in ecosystems, the threats they face, and the need for stronger conservation policies and initiatives.

***Supporting Mahouts Elephant Foundation***

This year, Woburn Safari Park is supporting the Mahouts Elephant Foundation, an organisation built to help protect captive Asian elephants.

You can help! Your donation provides vital funds to this small hardworking charity, based in some of the most remote areas of Southeast Asia.

In return for your donation, we'll thank you with an entry into a prize draw to win a VIP Elephant Encounter & Safari for four people, plus an overnight stay at luxurious four star hotel, The Woburn!

The VIP Elephant Encounter is a two hour experience and will give you an up-close and personal experience with three of Woburn's female Asian elephants - Chandrika, Damini and Tarli. You'll learn all about the charismatic elephants living at the Park and enjoy plenty of amazing photo opportunities.

***Donate now***

Your donation acts as an entry into the prize draw. You can also enter via post for free – see the terms and conditions below for details.

Support a wonderful cause while being in with a chance to win this unforgettable prize!

Hurry, this competition closes at midday on 18th August. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to support elephant conservation and win an unforgettable experience.

***How will your donation help?***

Keepers are raising funds for the Mahouts Elephant Foundation and to help improve the conservation and welfare of Asian Elephants; returning captive elephants to the wild, fostering community coexistence, and working to protect wild habitats.

Mahouts Elephant Foundation also raises awareness about the welfare issues facing captive working Asian elephants, and supports mahouts to care for elephants with welfare in mind, in their local villages. The charity also rescues elephants from the tourism industry and introduces them to protected forests across Thailand.

***TERMS & CONDITIONS***

By entering the prize draw you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you have any questions relating to these Terms and Conditions, please email marketing@woburn.co.uk.

The winner will win a VIP Elephant Encounter & Safari for up to four people. Closing date is midday 18th August.

***VIP Experience Prize - Restrictions, Terms & Conditions:***

Unfortunately, VIP Land Rovers are not wheelchair accessible. Participants of the VIP Experience must be able to enter and exit a land rover.

Transport is not be provided outside of your VIP tour, so you will need your own transport to drive to and from Woburn Safari Park, and if you wish to visit the rest of the Safari Park on the day of your experience.

The VIP Safari experience is not suitable for children under the age of sixteen.

This experience must be booked for the available dates, from April to September each year.

The prize is valid for dates up to 30th September 2025, and is subject to availability.

For health and safety reasons the VIP experience is not suitable for children under the age of 16. On the day, if it proves that someone does not meet the age criteria for an experience, they will not be permitted to take part.

***Competition Entry Terms & Conditions***

The Terms and Conditions below apply to entering the prize draw running in aid of the Mahouts Elephant Foundation.

Each donation will act as an entry into the prize draw, additional multiple donations from one person will not be counted. One entry per person.

To qualify for the prize draw you MUST NOT donate anonymously, as we will need contact information to contact the prize winner.

The prize draw will close at midday on 18th August. Donations made after this time will be gratefully received, but will not be eligible for the prize draw.

The winner will receive a VIP Elephant Encounter & Safari for four people.

The winner will also receive an overnight stay with breakfast at luxury four-star hotel, The Woburn.

The winner will be randomly selected through a draw performed by a computer process on or before the 20th August and notified via email within three working days.

The prize draw is open to all aged 18 years or over, excluding Woburn Safari Park and associated partner’s employees and their families, Woburn Safari Park board members, or any third party directly associated with the administration of the prize draw

Entry can also be made by submitting a request to enter the prize draw for free, by sending a letter by post to World Elephant Day Prize Draw, Marketing Dept, Woburn Safari Park, Woburn, Bedfordshire, MK17 9QN, including your contact details

The VIP Experience prize is valid to claim for dates, subject to availability, until the 30th September 2025.

The Woburn hotel overnight stay will be subject to availability for the requested date, full information is supplied to the winner.

Donations will not be refunded under any circumstances - the prize is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative

Woburn Safari Park is only accessible by car. No travel expenses are included in the prize

We reserve the right to suspend, cancel or modify the prize draw and/or the Event if circumstances beyond our control make this unavoidable at any time (and for any reason) without notice

The winner will be announced on the JustGiving page, on the Woburn Safari Park website and on Woburn Safari Park's social media channels, unless they have specifically requested for their name to be kept anonymous

Prize winners will have 14 working days from the initial communication to acknowledge their prize entitlement

In the event that the promoter does not receive any communication from the winner within 14 working days of the initial notification, the promoter reserves the right to cancel prize entitlement and award that prize to an alternative randomly selected entrant, in which case the promoter is under no obligation to the previous winner

We must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid prize draw took place. It is therefore a condition of entry that the winners agree to their name and county of residence being made publically available if they win. If you object to any or all of your surname, county and winning entry being published or made available, you should contact marketing@woburn.co.uk. In such circumstances, we must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request

You are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. We reserve the right to refuse to award the prize, anyone in breach of these Terms and Conditions

Regular terms and conditions of entry apply when visiting the Park - please read these ahead of visiting

Insofar as is permitted by law, Woburn Safari Park will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize. Your statutory rights are not affected.