Every coffee and every jar of honey helps feed the herd.
The café and the shop sit at the center of the village, and they're both real working parts of the sanctuary — every dollar they earn goes toward keeping the herd fed and cared for.
Open from six, for early risers and sunrise yogis.
Coffee and loose-leaf tea, smoothies and cold-pressed juice, a short breakfast menu, and a lunch that changes with what came in that morning.
Most of it is grown within an hour of here. The eggs come fresh from Winnie’s Farm just down the service road, the greens, citrus and honey are local, and we tell you where everything comes from right on the board.
Guests eat here as part of their stay, and members enjoy member rates. And since the property is kept small, there's never a line.
CoffeeBefore sunrise practice, taken outside in the dark
BreakfastIncluded for cabin guests, served until ten
Long-table lunchOne menu, shared plates, no ordering
AfternoonTea, fruit, something baked that morning
DinnerFour courses under the Sky View Pavilion roof, booked at check-in
A little shop full of things made with care.
A single sunny room beside the café: linen, ceramics, blankets, books, honey from the farm, and prints made from our habitat camera footage. Everything is made in small batches, mostly by makers within a day's drive.
One thing you won't find: elephant merchandise. Our residents came here to retire from being attractions, so we don't put their faces on mugs or keychains. We think what you'll find instead is more beautiful anyway.
And every dollar of profit — all of it, not a percentage — goes to the care endowment.
- $18 — a jar of honey. Half a day of browse for one elephant.
- $60 — a wool blanket. A quarter of a voluntary foot care session.
- $140 — a habitat print. A week of hay.
- $320 — the field log, bound annually. A full veterinary visit.
Prices reflect what things cost to make plus what the elephants need — and we're happy to show you the split.
Two small businesses with one big job.
Together, the café and the shop cover roughly the annual cost of caring for one elephant. Think about that over your morning coffee: this little corner of the village carries a whole resident.