Khao Sok National Park \u2014 one of the oldest rainforests on earth and home to the emerald Cheow Lan Lake \u2014 is an easy inland trip from the coast. Here’s how to get to Khao Sok from Khao Lak, and what to know before you go.<\/p>\n
Khao Sok lies about 60\u201365 km inland<\/strong> from Khao Lak \u2014 roughly a 1 hour 15 minute drive<\/strong> on a good road through rubber and palm country. That makes it comfortably doable as a day trip, or as a one- or two-night stay on the lake. There is no train or convenient public bus from Khao Lak; the practical options are a private transfer or a guided tour.<\/p>\n If you have your own accommodation booked at a jungle lodge, a private Khao Lak to Khao Sok transfer<\/a> is the simplest way \u2014 one fixed price for the whole vehicle, door to door, and we can drop you at a riverside lodge or at the lake checkpoint for your boat.<\/p>\n If you want the park itself \u2014 the longtail boat, the limestone cliffs, the wildlife \u2014 a guided day trip bundles the transfer, the boat and a local guide into one. The lake boats leave from Ratchaprapa Dam<\/strong> (also called Rajjaprabha), at the head of Cheow Lan Lake about 95 km from Khao Lak.<\/p>\n A Khao Sok Lake day trip<\/a> gets you onto Cheow Lan Lake and back in a single day \u2014 longtail across the water, a swim beneath the cliffs, and a forest walk. To wake up to mist on the water, the floating bungalows overnight tour<\/a> adds a night in a raft house on the lake \u2014 the experience most people remember most.<\/p>\n Unlike the Similan Islands, Khao Sok is open year-round<\/strong>. The rainforest is at its most dramatic in and just after the green season, while the drier months (roughly December to April) make for easier walking and calmer boat trips.<\/p>\n Book your Khao Lak to Khao Sok transfer:<\/strong> The easiest way to get to Khao Sok is a private minivan from your Khao Lak hotel. Book a private transfer to Khao Sok<\/a> \u2014 door-to-door pickup, comfortable air-conditioned vehicle, and no shared shuttle stops. Enter your hotel and \u00ab\u00a0Khaosok National Park\u00a0\u00bb for an instant price.<\/p>\nGetting there: transfer vs guided tour<\/h2>\n
Day trip or overnight on the lake?<\/h2>\n
When to go<\/h2>\n