It is interesting to compare the different reactions to the Tented Camp experience both on this forum and with my fellow guests. I'm getting ready to leave tomorrow and it has been one of the best trips of my life and I'm mesmerized by the experience. Interestingly, I somewhat agree with the negative comments too. The service is below that of many Four Seasons resorts, the tents are gimmicky, it is hotter than the hinges of Hades, the prices are obscene and the air con can't keep up in the tents and is non-existent in the rest of the resort.

Despite that, I feel a sense of wonderment that I am far too jaded to experience in most of the rest of my life. The interactions with the elephants are entrancing and I'm trying to experience as many of them as I possibly can. The intimate size of the resort results in a complete different kind of service experience and philosophy than you usually find in a Four Seasons. Everyone knows me and everything on my schedule, they are teasing and playful in their interactions and, for me, the tone is perfect. There have been 7 or 8 tents occupied the entire time I've been here, so you get to know all of your fellow guests if you are that kind of person and I'm finding most of them people I'm interested in talking to. One group of four has been quite openly miffed that the experience is not up to their sense of Four Seasons resorts and that they really don't have much interest in any of the elephant interactions. I understand it, but if they just wanted to be pampered by the pool, they chose unwisely. To me, the whole point of the resort is the elephants.