Khao Sok National Park

Located midway between the southern peninsula’s two coasts and hence easily accessible from Khao Lak, Phuket and Surat Thani, the stunning jungle-clad karsts and glittering waters of the giant Cheow Lan Lake make the 738 sq km Khao Sok National Park a magical rainforest experience for nature lovers. There are a multitude of ways to explore this incredible region, from hiking through one of the world’s oldest rainforests, gently gliding downriver river on a canoe looking for wildlife, birdwatching, whizzing across Cheow Lan Lake with its spectacular 100 islands and majestic limestone cliffs by long-tail boat, swimming and kayaking in the lake, participating in an intimate elephant project or simply enjoying a tasty southern Thai lunch in a local hamlet.

• Stay overnight in a Treehouse surrounded by the rainforest
• Wake up early morning to the sound of hooting gibbons and the sight of thick white mist curling around the karst formations
• Kayak on Cheow Lan Lake enjoying the vista of 100 limestone crags
• Bathe a rescued Elephant is a mud spa as well as meeting the mahout and his family in an intimate community based elephant project
• Hike through the rainforests in search of the soaring hornbill or gibbons