Day 1 Car to Khao Soke – Canoeing (L,D)
am Pick up Surat Railway Station or Surat Airport by air conditioned car/van to Khao Soke National Park, check into “Our Jungle House”. After lunch, enjoy canoeing on
Klong
Sok
River
, observe beautiful view on both sides of the river. Plenty of chance to swim in the cool clear waters. Dinner at the resort.
Overnight: at Our Jungle House or the same grade resort
Meals: Lunch/Dinner
Day 2 Khao Soke – Elephant Riding -
Chio
Larn
Lake
– Boat Trip (B,L,D)
After breakfast, travel by van to the elephant camp and take an elephant riding (about 3 hours in circle) into the jungle, through a rainforest crisscrossed with waterfalls and steams and teeming with thick bamboo, thorny rattan, pandanus and other tropical flora.
Take leisure and swim at the waterfall.
After that leave by car/van to
Chio
Larn
Lake
. Lunch at the food shop in the lake view restaurant. Boat through a fairyland of majestic limestone cliffs and caves to Chio Larn Jungle Raft. Swimming or leisure. In the evening the hornbills, other large birds, and monkeys emerge to feed. Dinner on the raft-house
Overnight: at Chio Larn Jungle Raft
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Day 3
Khao
Soke
National Park
- Nature Walk –
Surat
Thani (B,L)
Following breakfast, the morning is jungle trekking into the forest, learn about flora & fauna, and take a bamboo rafting to explore the
Coral
Cave
. Lunch.
After lunch, travel from the Jungle Raft with stop to observe beautiful cliffs by boat and then by car / van to Surat Thani.
Overnight at a standard Roi Koh Hotel in Surat Thani
Overnight: at Roi Koh Hotel in Surat Thani
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch
Day4 Khao Soke – Klong Noi & Leeled Villages (B,L,D)
Am After breakfast, travel to Klong Noi (1 ½ hrs. drive)
Arrival in
Klong
Noi
Village
, keep all luggage, and take leisure for a while.
Then continue traveling to
Leeled
Village
nearby.
-Arrive the CBT Group Office in Leeled
- Briefing on community history, CBT Groups, rules of tour group, tour program.
- Boat trip to observe the eco-system of mangrove forests (birds, crab-eating macague, variety of trees in mangrove forests) and observe traditional fishing
- Return to CBT Group office and have homemade lunch with villagers
Afternoon, transfer back to
Klong
Noi
Village
. At leisure at the host home and participate in home stay activity with host family such as preparing and cooking supper.
Get together in one house for a welcome dinner and socialize.
Night - Observe fireflies and its life cycle
Overnight: at the host home with a basic accommodation
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Day 5
Klong
Noi
Village
– Krabi (B,L)
Am Breakfast at the host home.
- Sightseeing ride to observe local livelihoods around the community by boat
with stops to see and visit some interesting places such as
· A community temple (the relationship of people and Buddhism)
· Boat building, the home factory that has been passed on to the youngsters for over 3 generation)
· Nipa Leaf Product Group (taste fresh Nipa Palm fruits and desert made of Nipa Palm fruits and wrapped by its leaves, Nipa leaf sewing to make strips of nipa palm roofing). Try your hands on sowing nipa leaf.
·Lunch with villagers in this house
Afternoon - Visit Uncle Pan House. Enjoy watching “tiger fishes” (Toxotes jaculator) and their amazing lifestyle of catching meals, and also seeing spotted doves
After that return to the host house. At leisure until time for the transfer to the airport/railway station for departure.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch