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3  DAYS / 2 NIGHTS JUNGLE SAFARI
ELEPHANT HILLS – KHAO SOK NATIONAL PARK
Accommodation in Luxury Safari Tents
Validity : 1 November 2006 – 31 October 2007
Departure : Every Monday & Wednesday with minimum 2 persons
Starting Phuket, Khao Lak or Krabi & Ending Phuket

Visit Khao Sok National Park Rainforest. Trek on elephant back, forest walks, jungle river canoeing, swimming and unique luxury tented accommodation. This area is one of Thailand most beautiful, rugged and spectacular areas with limestone mountains and cliffs.

Day 1
Pick up from you hotel. Drive to elephant camp through tropical, rural areas, Arrive at the elephant camp, where you will learn about the life of Thai elephants, the role of the mahout and the elephant breeding conservation project. Take a trek on elephant in the rainforest. Retuming from the jungle a Thai buffet lunch is served. After lunch take a jungle river canoe trip down the Sok river passing limestone mountains and cliffs covered with tropical vegetation. Some times hornbill can be seen flying high overhead or other wildlife may be seen, After all this activity, return for a hot shower and relax in your luxury safari tents. You can have a pre dinner drink at the “Jungle explorers club bar” sleep to the jungle orchestra.Safari tents include comfortable beds with blankets, reading lights, hot water and western style toilets. The tents doors and windows have mosquito netting as well as canvas flaps so insect and reptile cannot enter.

Day 2
Wake up to the sounds of nature and birds calling. Gibbons may start to make their morning territorial calls that echo down the valley. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the tent for early risers; breakfast is at your leisure. The activity planned fot today is to explore a lake in the jungle by local boat. The lake is surrounded by limestone karst mountains and cliffs covered in tropical rainforest that rise up from the shore of the lake and disappear into the far distance. The scenery has been compared to Guilin in China or Halong Bay in Vietnam. There are over one hundred island in this huge lake. In the 70's the area was a hide out for students opposing the military dictatorship. We will see some spectacular scenery from the boat, have time for a swim and may be able to trek and explore some caves depending on the weather. Please bring swimwear and a towel. A packed lunch will be provided. In the late afternoon return to Elephant Hills for dinner and Accommodation in your luxury tents where a good nights sleep is assured after all your jungle exploring activities. The jungle bar will be open for people wanting to exchange stories of their day's experiences on the lake.

Day 3
After a good nights rest, it's time for breakfast before exploring the jungle it on foot. It is an opportunity to explore the ecology of the rainforest, to see a great variety of p;ants, tropical hardwood trees, orchids, palms, ferns. Bamboo and mosses, the variety is unlimited. Birds such as the hornbill live high up above, gibbon can often be heard calling, a macaque or leaf monkey may be heard swinging through the branches. Every day is different, but it is truly wonderful to discover the great variety of life forms that co-exists together. Weather permitting lunch will be served in the rainforest cooked in bamboo, a tradition of jungle explorers for centuries past. In the afternoon its time to return to Elephant Hills then transfer to your hotel or the airport but you will always know how it feels to be close to nature in the jungle.

PRICE INCLUDES
— Transport from Phuket, Khao Lak or Krabi — Accommodation in Luxury safari tents— Meals as specified — English Speaking guided — Activites as mentioned in the program

NOT INCLUDES
— Items of a person expenses Exact departures time from hotels will be reconfirmed locally