Even though only 200 kilometers from Phuket's famous beaches, Khao Sok National Park with its stunning lake and the surrounding shoreline of towering limestone cliffs is still one of Thailand's best kept secrets.
Khao Sok is a part of the largest area of raingorest in Southern Thailand. An area of outstanding natural beauty, with spectacular limestone mountains, cliffs, caves, rivers, and waterfalls. Much of the forest is still intact and home to a huge variety of tropical birds, animals, insects, reptiles and plant life. The highest limestone peak is 960 m high, but the normal height is 400-600 m.
Khao Sok Tours and Activities
Tours and daytrips are available from Phuket, Khao Lak or Krabi to Khao Sok National Park almost every day.
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 accommodation and bungalows on the lake
There are a number of very basic bungalow operations in Khao Sok, many of tehm reachable only by longtail boat. This gives your isit to Khao Sok its unique and romantic flair and the feeling, of beign alone with your loved one(s) in Thailand's great nature.
Khao Sok wildlife
The richness of the tropical forest flora, the abundance of fresh water and the shelter of the mountains combine to provide an excellent habitat for many species of wildlife - including elephant, gaur, banteng, binturong (or \"bear cat\"), langur (or leaf monkey), tiger, panther, leopard, malay sun bear, monkey, white-handed gibbon, porcupine, wild boar, snake, lizard, bat, butterfly and over 180 species of birds, including several kinds of hornbill.
It is also home to many varieties of orchid and the very rate parasitic Bua Phut (Rafflesia kerri meijer), a kind of wild lotus flower with a diameter of 80 cm - the World's largest flower.
Khao Sok Weather and Travel Season
Khao Sok National Park is located on the mountain ridge separating the east and west coasts of the Thai peninsula, just south of the Isthmus of Kra. Monsoon rains sweep into these mountains from the Gulf of Thailand in the east and The Andaman Sea in the west, making this Thailand's wettest area. Rainfall is heaviest from May to November, the dry season is from December to April.
There is no need to worry about malaria, because the disease was been eradicated from this area a long time ago. Even so, we recommend that you bring a mosquito repellent when you visit Khao Sok, because the mosquito can sometimes be a bit annoying, especially in the evening and after rain.
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