After a 22-hour, 1300km journey, Zoos SA is excited to announce that Pak Boon and Tang Mo have arrived safely at Monarto Safari Park.

The trip was a smooth and comfortable one for both girls, who are now resting in the elephant barn and acclimatising to the sights, sounds and smells of the Mallee Plains. Both Pak Boon and Tang Mo walked calmly out of their crates and into the barn, where their keepers are now settling them in with a bath.

This is a huge milestone for the Monarto Safari Park Asian Elephant program, with all four of the herd’s founding females now here on site.

The dedicated elephant keepers from Monarto Safari Park and Taronga Zoo Sydney will work with all four elephants, reading their signs, signals, behaviours and mannerisms, to know when they are ready to slowly begin introductions to their new herd-mates.

We will be sure to keep you updated as the next chapter for the herd begins!