| Khao Sok National Park Thailand |
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Located in Surat Thani Province in southern Thailand, Khao Sok National Park, Krabi, is positioned just a 90 minute drive from Phuket Island. A locale of exceptional natural loveliness, with impressive limestone mountains, cliffs, caves, rivers, and waterfalls, it is a part of the major area of the Southern Thailand Rainforest. Much of the forest is still intact and houses a huge diversity of tropical birds, reptiles, insects, animals and plant life, and a wide variety of animals, including gibbons and barking deer.
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| The limestone mountains (known as karsts) are the remains of an ancient coral reef dating back some 225-280 million years ago. This coral reef is said to have been five times longer than Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, stretching from China to Borneo. Some of the karsts rise up to almost 1,000 meters high, making them three times the height of those in nearby Phang Nga Bay and Halong Bay in Vietnam. The nature here has more in common with the Malaysian forest than the forest in the north of Thailand. Compared to those of the north, the forest in Khao Sok is taller, darker, more humid and evergreen. |
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| Things to do |
Khao Sok is a fantastic place to go on vacation. Elephant trekking, trekking on foot, canoeing and jeep safaris are all possible activities, which will give you the experience of a lifetime. Khao Sok is perfectly situated on the mainland between Phuket, Krabi, Khao Lak and Koh Samui, the most popular destinations in southern Thailand.
Jungle Safari
Jungle safaris are available from Phuket, Khao Lak or Krabi to this park almost every day. Get indulged in activities like elephant trekking in the jungle and canoeing down the Sok River. You can canoe noiselessly down the Sok River in a steady canoe which has to be obviously paddled by an skilled guide. Keep watching birds and other small creepy animals that shall remain unnamed. You may also hold on as the amazing elephants take you on a trek straight into the forest. You will be astonished when you seeing the elephants magnificently making their way up the tiny steep trails. |
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| Climate |
| Khao Sok is actually the wettest area in Thailand. But don’t let that put you off. After all, you are visiting the rainforest! This is due to its location; Khao Sok sits at the mountain ridge separating the west coast from the east coast. Winds from both the Gulf of Thailand in the east and the Andaman Sea in the west blow monsoon rain into the area; it can rain as much as 3.5 meters in one year. |
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