Khao Sok National Park, Thailand Travel Blogs

A stumble in the jungle
Jul 9, 2005 (4 photos)

... down... however was fixed within 25 minutes) we arrived in the unspoilt, jungle-clad and mountainous paradise of Khao Sok National Park. Here, jagged limestone hills rise steeply from the sea of emerald green forest... breathtaking. Our accommodation at ...

Back to my Caveman Roots!
Mar 14, 2003 (2 photos)

... , then I saw on the bus, in bold letters Khao Sok, as a stop. I inquired and sure enough, the bus went through Khao Sok. This was excellent. I upgraded my ticket, bought some biscuits and water, and took my seat. The Lonely Planet told me to get off ...

Lakes and Rafthouses!
Feb 21, 2005 (4 photos)

Our power snorkelling instructor told us about a little place called Khao Sok National Park located just south of Surathani back on the mainland and from the pictures he showed us we thought it was definitely worth a look so we decided to by-pass the other ...

Khao Sok National Park
Sep 15, 2006 (27 photos)

Khao Sok National Park was a holiday within a holiday. I'm staying in a simple dwelling. A bamboo shack alongside the Cheow Lan lake, with a backdrop of magnificent limestone karsts. The Baan Khao Sok Resort as it is called, (however, the word 'Resort' ...

Jungle Adventures
Jan 5, 2006 (6 photos)

... other creatures around the grounds including very small srtipy squirrels and a very big frog. Interestinglyenough on our treks into the national park we saw no animals at all- unless you count spiders or leeches- but did some interesting activities. Went ...

Lost in the jungle
Dec 20, 2006 (10 photos)

... top quality numbers ( they stopped clapping after the second and sent us packing after the third!) Great. The next day the park had it's 26th Birthday celebrations..the officers invited us back to join the locals in the party...So we did..and drank more ...

Thailand
Jul 6, 2008

... , but figured I'd meet some more people or have some time to myself to read and write a bit.  Next stop, Khao Sok National Park, which came highly recommended.  I met Claire and Aaron from Australia and have been hanging out with them.  Very ...

The Jungles of Thailand
Jan 15, 2004

... sounds never cease. Our Jungle House is the name of the place Ellen and I are staying on the edge of Khao Sok National Park in southern Thailand. Earlier in the day we'd asked Kris, the woman that runs the place, if we should keep our shutters closed ...

Butterfly Guide through the Jungle
Aug 3, 2009 (4 photos)

... before we booked anything. When we arrived to Bangkok our travel agent at the TAT office suggested we do a trek in Khao Sok National Park, a park Michael read about and according to our Rough Guide, was considered a place that could not be missed  by ...

Jungle trekking and an unexpected proposition...
Jul 23, 2007

... sleep" didnt seem to have much effect! So we chatted for about 2 hours, and he told me lots of things about the jungle, and thailand, adn showed me some cool photos of monkeys. Anyway, by 11pm I decided that it really was bedtime, so stood up adn said I ...

Jungle Lovers
Jun 21, 2004 (5 photos)

Up crazily early. We all piled into a pickup truck for the long and windy drive to the lake. On the way we stopped at a local market to get fruit and water, and some sticky rice things. At the rickety jetty we climbed into a longtail boat and ...

The Jungle - Never Again!!!
Jan 19, 2006 (5 photos)

Wednesday 18th January 2006 Woke up around 6.30am and got ourselves ready for the bus to pick us up at 7am to Khao Sok National Park. It only turned out to be a minibus there and only had a few passengers on it, so was quite a comfortable ride for once. ...

Tubing in Khoa Sok
Feb 3, 2007 (7 photos)

... are getting out of hand. Had breakfast just outside the station, before jumping in songthaews to our accommodation just out side Khoa Sok National Park. Got there in time for lunch and then off to the river for tubing, which was great fun even if the water ...

Off on safari!
Jul 20, 2007

... ;a place called Takua Pam 3 hours north. there I had a rather tasty chicken noodle soup for lunch adn then got on the bus to Khao Sok, which is where I am now. Having pinched someones rough guide to read on the bus (the problem with the LP guide to SE ...

Welcome to the Jungle
Jun 26, 2008 (11 photos)

... (than snorkeling). With this in mind and only the recommendation of many other travellers, we headed inland to Khao Sok National Park, apparently "the oldest evergreen rainforest in the world". Our time at Khao Sok was relatively brief but enjoyable, ...

Khao Sucks!
Sep 26, 2006 (6 photos)

Wanting a change of scenery and to break up our overland adventure to Indonesia we headed to Khao Sok National Park. I very nearly didn't make it at all having yet another near death experience. Only in Thailand could the emergency exit of a coach, which I ...

Khao Sok National Park
May 3, 2007

Khao Sok National Park

Back to the Jungle
Nov 15, 2006 (6 photos)

... machine (which is actually more expensive and terribly inconvenient to escape) that takes us en route to the lush jungles of Khao Sok National Park. There we get to stay in an awesome little treehouse bungalow, where we meet a little frog on the porch at ...

Another one bites the dust...
Jul 21, 2007 (7 photos)

... , other than that downer I have had a fantabulous 2 days :oD We started off early with a drive to a large lake in the national park called Chaio Lan, it was formed when they built a dam, and its up in the mountains, surrounded by limestone peaks ...

The Oldest Rainforest in the World
Apr 5, 2007 (13 photos)

We spent about four days enjoying the fresh, clean air the rainforest of Khao Sok had to offer.  There were beautiful plants, flowers and animals everywhere you looked here, and we were greeted with an amazing thunderstorm almost every night around ...

Khao Sucks
Jan 25, 2009 (5 photos)

             So we left Ton Sai and headed up to a national park called Khao Sok. It is known for being the largest area of never developed rain forest in Thailand. There is a great lake there ...

Nature calls
Jun 3, 2006

... got into Thailand, our stiffened legs were in need of movement in the form of a 14km hike through the rainforests of Khao Sok National Park. Much wildlife was on show, including snakes, huge lizards, growling monkeys and we're sure we heard the roar of a ...

Politics and Relaxation
Jan 30, 2006 (6 photos)

... memory sticks) -sleep sack -tiny towel -first aid kit Thats the big stuff. Ill give you the full update on Khao Sok NP after I have left and started snorkelling on thailands west coast. If you want an email reminder whenever I update my ...

Khao Sok National Park
Jan 22, 2007 (5 photos)

... to turn around and scamble down again. I was was not amused (Kate). Safe to say we were slightly dissapointed with the actual National Park itself when we ventured into it, but we loved where we were staying and the peacefulness of it all. We went ' ...

RAINforest
May 12, 2005

... of the places from my desely detailed prose. Trang was alright, we went to the night market and saw an elephant. Khao Sok National Park is about five hours away by a combination of busses (the local ones are chromed inside and out!!) and comprises ...

The unquiet woods
Jan 14, 2007 (15 photos)

... to Surat Thani, then caught a series of buses and personal vehicles to the lodge I was staying at out in Khao Sok National Park.  I've probably mentioned this phenomenon before, as it seems to be quite common practice throughout s/e Asia, but there's ...

Khao Sok National Park
Dec 17, 2008

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Rainforest
Apr 18, 2007 (25 photos)

Khao Sok has been one of my favourite places in Thailand.  It is definately an amazing alternative to the beach scene, keeping with the laid back atmosphere alongside spectacular scenery. Our good friend Ryan hooked up with us at our bungalow a ...

Enter the "Tropical Evergreen Forest"
Jan 17, 2007 (1 photos)

...  fruit shakes were also great; the garnishing was colourful and inventive.  We were within walking distance to Khao Sok National Park where we did hiking for 3 straight days. Even though we referred to it as rainforest (it apparently ...

Khao Sok Rainforest
Feb 22, 2009

... travelling alone. We got on well and we arranged to go hiking with her the next day. We met Suzan and then walked to the National Park entrance where we had to pay the fee which had gone down that day to 100B and only 50B for students so me and Nick ...