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We booked the full day Khao Sok safari with canoeing and elephant trekking via a combination of telephone and email the day before the tour. The day started off on a not so great note with a fax underneath our hotel door changing our pickup time 20 minutes earlier than we had been told the day before. It left us a bit rushed as we had not been expecting this but we were ready on time for pickup. Our guide was good and conducted the tour in both French and English for the 11 of us on the tour. The driver was safe and we were picked up in a very nice mini van with working seat belts. The first stop was a food market. We could have done without this as it's very similar to other outdoor markets in SE Asia. I guess it would be a good stop if you've never been to one before. We went on the canoe trip first. We absolutely loved it. You just had to sit back and relax while the paddlers did all the work. They were a very friendly bunch and spoke a little English,stopping and pointing out snakes and birds we otherwise wouldn't have noticed. One of the paddler guides made a sort of bamboo whistle for the kids in his canoe which was a big hit as you can imagine. The company provided life jackets if you wanted but the river was low and not very fast in most places so you really didn't need them. The sky looked perfectly clear as we set off, however, it started to rain about 5 minutes after we started and hadn't bothered to get ponchos from our guide. Our butts would still have been sitting on the wet bottom of the inflatable canoe so ponchos wouldn't have helped anyway. Didn't matter we still loved it so quiet and peaceful... They suggest bringing an extra shirt but I would suggest also bringing an extra pair of shorts, or bathing suit bottoms or wear quick drying shorts. We never did fully dry off for the rest of the day. Lunch was a buffet at the Khao Sok Rock and Treetops restaurant. They had non fish options for my allergic daughter. The food was good but not enough for my very hungry husband. The elephant trekking came next and was the absolute highlight of our vacation for my 10 year old daughter. Three of us on one elephant was a tight squeeze so my husband got to ride on the elephant's neck/head. They said my daughter was too young to do it and we were OK with their decision. There was another girl in our group who looked about 13 years old and she was allowed. Just mentioning this so you can manage your expectations. At the end we bought bananas for 50baht to feed the elephants. There was instant coffee and tea available before the trip back to the hotel. Our mahout was great and made a grasshopper sitting on a branch out of foliage he picked up along the trek for our daughter.. how sweet. In between the canoeing and lunch we made a short trip to a rural temple filled with hungry monkeys. Our guide had picked some small leafy branches so that we had something to feed the monkeys. You just need to hold the food low and let them have it otherwise they will literally jump on you to get the food.. The kids in our group got a bit of a scare from this..wish the guide had warned us better in that regard. Overall a really enjoyable trip and would recommend it.

Je tenais juste a remercier notre super guide durant trois jours Hugues qui est franchement top :) Les excursions sont très bien organisées et quel plaisir d'avoir des visites en français lorsque l'on parle pas un mot anglais lol. Merci

Our day trip with KLLD a was a wonderful and memorable experience. Annie was our very friendly and informative tour guide and she ensured that we had a beautiful day. The trip from Patong into Khoa Lak was an enexpected 1 hour drive but when we got there we felt that it was totally worth it. We thoroughly enjoyed the bamboo rafting and elephant trekking plus there were a few extra stops along the way like to the turtle project, fruit stalls, pineapple farm etc. A very memorable part of the day was stopping at the Tsunami Memorial Park.I would advise anyone looking for a day trip into Khoa Lak to book with KLLD. Their service was efficient, professional and personalized.

Rund um Khao Lak gibt es so viel tolles zu sehen. Mit den Tages - und Übernachtungstouren von KLLD Discovery ist man in den besten Händen von Proffesionelen und mit Herz arbeitenden Tour Guides die in Deutsch, Französisch, Schwedisch und Englisch über Land und Leute Informieren und einem die schönsten Plätze Zeigen,Erläutern und Erleben lassen.

Nous rentrons de Khao Lak où nous avons passé un séjour inoubliable ! Notamment grâce à Khao Lak Land Discovery et à Hugues notre guide francophone . Nous avions choisis 3 excursions : baie de Phang Gna avec James Bond Island , Khao Sok avec trek en éléphant et canoë, et enfin iles PhiPhi . Tout fut parfaitement organisé, transferts, repas ... Et tout cela dans la bonne humeur . Boissons à volonté toute la journée ..... Bref ... Ne pas hésiter à faire confiance à cet organisme . Encore merci Hugues pour ta disponibilité, ta bonne humeur et tes explications claires . Nous garderons un excellent souvenir de notre premier voyage à 2 ;-) Dany et Thierry