Day 1
Phuket - Khao Sok National Park
After pick up from your hotel or Phuket Airport, should you arrive with an early morning flight (please advise time), cross the bridge to the mainland and drive through the beautiful landscape of Phang Nga Province. You will pass bizarre rock formations covered by lush tropical vegetation, rice fields and mangrove forests on your way to the man-made water reservoir that covers almost 10% of Khao Sok National Park, one of the most important connected areas of tropical rain forest in Southern Thailand. A boat trip across the huge lake, will bring you to a floating ranger station hidden in a small bay amidst rain-forest covered hills one hour later. Have lunch on the raft and go on a trek in the afternoon. Depending on weather conditions and the water level of the lake, the walk will take about one and a half hour in one direction. The trail is not difficult, does not have any steep inclinations, but some climbs over fissured rocks are necessary and the river has to be crossed several times. Your destination is a cave in the rain forest, where you will have time to explore the subterranean river. You can even decide (depending on weather conditions, the water level and the advise of the accompanying ranger) to return part of the way back through the cave. Otherwise, you will return back on the same way to reach the raft houses in time for dinner. Accommodation in one of the small floating bungalows, that are equipped with thin mattresses on the ground. The communal toilet and bathroom are built on the shore.