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We went on the half day elephant trek with Khao Lak Land Discovery tours in November 2014 and I cannot recommend it enough.We initially had to call the tour to ask to move our trip to another day (my boyfriend was in bed with food poisoning all morning - stay away from fried chicken) and a man (who spoke very good English) said it was no problem to change dates. Good start.We were actually staying in Patong, Phuket and so had to pay 3500 baht (around £70) extra to include transfers (which is reasonably priced - it was around a 1.5/2hr drive to Khao Lak). On the morning on the trip our driver arrived on time in a pleasantly air contioned mini bus and began the drive to Khao Lak. When we arrived at the tour office everyone seemed to go out of their way to ensure we had the most enjoyable trip possible after hearing we had travelled quite a way for it. Our tour guide was incredible, her name was Nuut/Noot (forgive me for the spelling) and she was brilliant. In the office she told us about the most playful elephant at the camp and promised she would try to arrange for us to ride her as we had travelled up to Khao Lak. We then got back in the taxi to pick up the other parties. As we had a short wait inbetween picking up a few other people, Nuut asked the driver to stop at a local Buddhist temple/monastery, which was a lovely time-filler for us! We then eventually got to the elephant camp which was just amazing. I was a little worried about the treatments of the elephants in these places (which is why we chose to travel to Khao Lak rather than the camps in Phuket) but to me at least, the elephants looked like they were well taken care of, and it seemed the elephants and their mahouts (keepers) genuinely had a lovely relationship. True to Nuut's word, me and my boyfriend got to ride on the youngest most playful elephant - Booy (again, spelling). It was amazing, after a few minutes the mahout jumped down and offered me to slide down onto the elephants head - which I of course did! He then took our camera and took 20 or so photos of us on the elephant. We went on a short trek (20 mins or so?) before arriving at the lake. This really was the highlight of our day, swimming and playing in the water with these beautiful elephants was a one-of-a-kind experience! Nuut had our camera ready snapping away taking wonderful photos of the whole thing! Perfect! After a short swim and some more photo ops, we trekked back to the elephant base camp where we could feed the elephants bananas, had some snacks, and if you would like to there was the option to buy extra photos. We also used this as an opportunity to tip our mahout (quite generously, but I really enjoyed the trek and was delighted to see the treatment of the elephants.) Now, I thought this was where the trip ended but I was wrong! We then jumped back in the minibus and took a short drive to a beautiful waterfall where we ate lunch and went for a swim - we loved it, it was a brilliant surprise and really added to the day. We then made one last stop at the Tsunami memorial (at the request of someone in our group) which really was amazing. The whole day was brilliant and I cannot recommend it enough, Nuut our guide was absolutely amazing and I would do the whole thing again if I could! Thank you Khao Lak Land Discovery!!

Im Lonely Planet wurde das Khao Lak Land Discovery empfohlen und das war goldwert. Sie bieten unzählige Touren für jede Altersklasse an. Beraten wird man in bestem Thai, Englisch, Deutsch oder Französisch. Die Preise lassen sich gelegentlich verhandeln. Wir brauchten spontan einen privaten Transport zum Khao Sok NP und später nach Ko Lanta. Das hat beides äußerst zuverlässig geklappt! Die Transportmittel waren top ausgestattet und man wurde an den Schnittstellen fast schon bevorzugt behandelt (schnelle Transfers, wenig Wartezeiten). Wir hatten hier ein gutes Gefühl, sicher von A nach B zu kommen und gleichzeitig etwas zu erleben für unser Geld. Jederzeit gerne wieder!

Wir haben schon von Deutshcland aus 3 Touren mit KLLD vereinbart und hatten 3 unterschiedliche Erfahrungen. Zuerstmal: Buchung via Emil ging problemlos und und auch die Beratung war ok.Die erste Tour war dan Ko Tachai mit Schnorcheln. Tourguide und Boot waren super, die Schnorchelplätze dagegen weniger, und das "wir servieren Lunch am einsamen Beach" war dann ein Reinfall, denn an dem einsamen Beach laen 11 Tourboote und das Mittagessen fand in einem festen Camp statt und nicht am Beach. Dafür war auf dem Boot immer was zu trinken und frisches Obst (Ananas und Melone) vorhanden. Insgesamt 4 von 5 Punkten.Der zweite Trip war Phuket Shopping und Sightseeing und das war der Griff ins ... Unsere Führerin war sehr nett, aber außer einem Touristen Shop, eine Gemfactory, einem Temple waren noch zwei Malls. Punkt. Kein Markt, kein Fingerfood, kein "Strandstop" (wie zugesichert), auch das Sunset-Kap wurde wegen Zeitmangel gestrichen. Und um eine Mall zu besuchen brauch ich keinen Guide, das kann meine Frau alleine auch. Also nur 1 von 5 Punkten.Und schließlich hatten wir noch den trip nach Surin Island. Das Highlight. Tolle Schnorchelplätze, ein wunderschönes Nationalpark Camp, tolles Mittagessen, ein Traumstrand, ... alles super, bis auf die Ankunft im Hafen, wo wir dann erst mal 30 Minuten warten mußten, bis unser Minivan kam und uns aufsammelte, aber das hat uns den Tag nicht vermiesen können. Hier also 5 von 5 Punkten.Insgesamt war KLLD gut, wir können die weiter empfehlen, aber wir haben dann später auch noch einen Tour vom Hotel organisieren lassen, das war dann doch noch mal etwas besser. Und Finger weg von der Phuket Tour.

Ein Tagesausflug mit River-Rafting, Kanufahren, Dschungeltracking und Quadfahren. Super Betreuung - Preisleistung stimmt. Wir waren schon zum zweiten Mal bei Discovery Tours. Immer gerne wieder.

Tour was very well run and organised. They handled the mixed languages on the trip really well. The island was extremely busy at Ma ya Island but the tour company made sure everyone got the tourist photo opp and that we all made it back on the boat. Food at lunch was surprisingly good considering the environment they have to work with. They offered 4 differnent Thai dishes and plenty of water and softdrink throughout the day. Overall the whole day was managed and delivered really well.