It is not often someone gets the chance to have a cuddle and a sing-song with an elephant but one woman in Thailand has been filmed doing just that.

An adorable baby elephant curled up on its friend's lap as she sang a lullaby at the Chai Lai Orchard Nature Bungalows in the Chaing Mai mountains.

Elephants are often used as transport for tourists in Thailand and work long and hard hours, but this little one enjoyed some quality rest and relaxation.

Catching 40 winks: The baby elephant drifts off on the woman's lap at the sanctuary in Thailand

Baby Asian elephants weigh up to 91kg at birth and luckily this little one is only resting its head on the woman

Chai Lai is a sanctuary that promotes kindness to elephants and sustainable tourism. It has 11 elephants in its care, four of which are babies like the one in the clip.

It was a good job that the baby only laid its legs and head on the woman as Asian elephants can weigh around 91kg at birth.

If the pair want to continue their nap-time tradition as the animal grows up they will have to be careful as an adult Asian elephant can weight up to 5.5 tonnes.

It is not clear what tune the woman is using to send her pal off to the land of nod, but one viewer suggested that it could be a song from the Disney animation Prince of Egypt.

Well, if elephants like Disney surely Dumbo would have been more appropriate?

The baby elephant enjoys some pampering as the woman strokes the tuft of hair on its head