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We did four trips with Khao Lak Land Discovery.Koh Tachai 01/04/15 – this was our first trip and a bit of a taster as we were worried about sea sickness. We need not have worried as we both took Sturgeon and it worked perfectly. An amazing trip overall. Early start to the companies’ own pier, then a short wait while the last passengers arrived. We were offered food and drink and they have great toilet facilities here.The boat took about 1H15 to get to Koh Tachai and we were the first on the beach, so had it to ourselves for quite a while. A real bonus. Then a quite tour through the forest on a circular track to see any wildlife such as chicken crabs and monitor lizards and if you are luck a nicobar pigeon.Then we were given an option to stay on the beach or go to the first snorkel session. We came to snorkel so were went. Visibility was good and once again the first boat there so brilliant.Saw loads of fish, octopus, lobster and a reef shark.Back to the island for lunch, which was cooked by the island staff – good food and lots of it.After lunch we walked to a view point on the other side of the island, worth the walk as we were alone for a lot of it. Then a 1pm pick up went wrong as I think the captain of the boat fell asleep – this moved to 2:30pm when he woke up! Funny in hindsight and at least we were on a beautiful island!Second snorkel was just as good, bit more crowded as we were late! Then one more stop at a sandbank on the way back. Overall a brilliant day out, the guide was good and spoke both German and English in equal measure without any concern.Khao Sok – Tree & Rock House and Boathouse 03/04/15 – 05/04/15.The highlight of our holiday. Day one was a decent time pick up by Julie and Sophon. Both these people are a credit to the organisation and made our tour. Elephant rides, lunch and check in at the tree house, canoe rides and trips to supermarkets to stock up.Throughout the day Julie gave us information about Thailand and it’s history and nature as well as handy hints such as putting electrolytes in the water. The Treehouse was an amazing experience we had room 8 which was one of the best as it was at the back and had great outlooks across the forest.We saw many bats coming out the caves and a squirrel type animal several times. Food was great with lunch being a particular favourite of my wife.In the free afternoon we walked to the temple down the road and fed the monkeys with peanuts and bananas. As with feeding any wild animal – be very careful and watch your kids, especially with bananas. We also walked down to the river, but as it was dry season and a very dry season it was very low. And night was coming with the mosquitoes!Day two we went on a rather tame jungle walk, but it ended up at a nice waterfall which you can climb if you have a head for heights, more so on the way down.Then a jungle BBQ, with rice and chicken cooked on the BBQ in an interesting way, as well as other Thai dishes. After lunch the other people in our party returned to their hotels as they were scared by the night on the boathouse!We went back to the Treehouse for a quick shower that Julie arranged for us and then we drove off to the Lake. Wow, just wow! If you can do this trip do it! Or even just the boathouse or the day trip! We loved in there and would return in an instant.The boathouse was amazing, basic with two mattress on the floor, but had it’s own internal toilet! A bonus. (Smiley Lakehouse). It was well run and the food was the best food we had on the whole holiday! A great afternoon spent swimming and canoeing and then a sundown boat ride where we saw hornbills – also just wow!No aircon so was warm, but a 6am canoe to watch the sun come up and then a swim followed by an amazing breakfast made it all worthwhile.Off on a early morning jungle walk, early was best as you heard all the noises of gibbons etc in the jungle. Although the route is well treaded it was fun and good to be out of the sun. Ended in a cave, with cave spiders and loads of bats! You can go through, but we did not.Back to a different boathouse for lunch. The Smiley Boathouse had 12 houses and was quiet and peaceful. This one had 40+ houses and catered more for the backpacking scene, so was noisy and busy. But lunch was okay. Great to swim off and relax.Then we travelled back to Khao Lak.Best time ever! Thanks Julie and Sophon.Phang Nga Bay with Sea Canoe. 08/04/15An easier trip with a decent pick up time. About an hour to the dock in Phang Nga, followed by an hour to the sea canoe. Dock at big ferry type boats and then canoe though caves and around some Karsks. Fun time, spoilt a bit by being asked for a tip, but not really an issue.Then on to James Bond Island, which is very scenic, but very busy! Worth it though and got some good photos.Lunch was at Koh Panyee – the food and service was great and interesting to wonder around the “island”.Back home via the mangrove.Similain Islands 09/04/15Early pick up and transport to the same pier as Koh Tachai. Similar briefing, but as the only English speaking family we did feel a bit left out as most of the information given was in German and then one sentence in English. So most of the time we did our own thing and just found out the times we needed to be back at the boat.1H15 to our first stop at “Donald Duck” Bay, Wow and Amazing all in one! Scenic and white so white sand. Walked up to the rock and as we were early we were virtually alone!Then a short swim in the sea and then off to first snorkel stop. It turns out that they did not have enough flippers – bad organisation as they knew how many people were coming – I was annoyed as I had my own, but after the Koh Tachai trip I thought I would not bring them as they had loads!Finally found a pair stuck in the corner. Once again when handing them out it was only in German so we did not know the sizes so could not get any.The snorkelling was great, better than Koh Tachai, visibility was better and we saw much more.Off to lunch, we were offered a choice between a deserted beach or the naval area which would be busy, up to us, to tell the guide later. But when it came to it there was no choice – we went to the busy spot. The food was food bought with on the boat so was not very warm, but it was okay, worst food we ate on the whole holiday though. Disappointing after seeing what they could do on a boat house in the middle of nowhere.Second snorkel session made up for it all though as we dived with Sea Turtles – what an experience. First boat there again. Which was brilliant.1H20 back, got a bit rougher, but the captain tried his best to make it less rough.18H00 back at hotel – loads of drop offs!I would recommend all four trips that we did. They were all worth it. But I would triple recommend the Khao Sok trip with Julie! Thanks you helped make our holiday!

We did four trips with Khao Lak Land Discovery.Koh Tachai 01/04/15 – this was our first trip and a bit of a taster as we were worried about sea sickness. We need not have worried as we both took Sturgeon and it worked perfectly. An amazing trip overall. Early start to the companies’ own pier, then a short wait while the last passengers arrived. We were offered food and drink and they have great toilet facilities here.The boat took about 1H15 to get to Koh Tachai and we were the first on the beach, so had it to ourselves for quite a while. A real bonus. Then a quite tour through the forest on a circular track to see any wildlife such as chicken crabs and monitor lizards and if you are luck a nicobar pigeon.Then we were given an option to stay on the beach or go to the first snorkel session. We came to snorkel so were went. Visibility was good and once again the first boat there so brilliant.Saw loads of fish, octopus, lobster and a reef shark.Back to the island for lunch, which was cooked by the island staff – good food and lots of it.After lunch we walked to a view point on the other side of the island, worth the walk as we were alone for a lot of it. Then a 1pm pick up went wrong as I think the captain of the boat fell asleep – this moved to 2:30pm when he woke up! Funny in hindsight and at least we were on a beautiful island!Second snorkel was just as good, bit more crowded as we were late! Then one more stop at a sandbank on the way back. Overall a brilliant day out, the guide was good and spoke both German and English in equal measure without any concern.Khao Sok – Tree & Rock House and Boathouse 03/04/15 – 05/04/15.The highlight of our holiday. Day one was a decent time pick up by Julie and Sophon. Both these people are a credit to the organisation and made our tour. Elephant rides, lunch and check in at the tree house, canoe rides and trips to supermarkets to stock up.Throughout the day Julie gave us information about Thailand and it’s history and nature as well as handy hints such as putting electrolytes in the water. The Treehouse was an amazing experience we had room 8 which was one of the best as it was at the back and had great outlooks across the forest.We saw many bats coming out the caves and a squirrel type animal several times. Food was great with lunch being a particular favourite of my wife.In the free afternoon we walked to the temple down the road and fed the monkeys with peanuts and bananas. As with feeding any wild animal – be very careful and watch your kids, especially with bananas. We also walked down to the river, but as it was dry season and a very dry season it was very low. And night was coming with the mosquitoes!Day two we went on a rather tame jungle walk, but it ended up at a nice waterfall which you can climb if you have a head for heights, more so on the way down.Then a jungle BBQ, with rice and chicken cooked on the BBQ in an interesting way, as well as other Thai dishes. After lunch the other people in our party returned to their hotels as they were scared by the night on the boathouse!We went back to the Treehouse for a quick shower that Julie arranged for us and then we drove off to the Lake. Wow, just wow! If you can do this trip do it! Or even just the boathouse or the day trip! We loved in there and would return in an instant.The boathouse was amazing, basic with two mattress on the floor, but had it’s own internal toilet! A bonus. (Smiley Lakehouse). It was well run and the food was the best food we had on the whole holiday! A great afternoon spent swimming and canoeing and then a sundown boat ride where we saw hornbills – also just wow!No aircon so was warm, but a 6am canoe to watch the sun come up and then a swim followed by an amazing breakfast made it all worthwhile.Off on a early morning jungle walk, early was best as you heard all the noises of gibbons etc in the jungle. Although the route is well treaded it was fun and good to be out of the sun. Ended in a cave, with cave spiders and loads of bats! You can go through, but we did not.Back to a different boathouse for lunch. The Smiley Boathouse had 12 houses and was quiet and peaceful. This one had 40+ houses and catered more for the backpacking scene, so was noisy and busy. But lunch was okay. Great to swim off and relax.Then we travelled back to Khao Lak.Best time ever! Thanks Julie and Sophon.Phang Nga Bay with Sea Canoe. 08/04/15An easier trip with a decent pick up time. About an hour to the dock in Phang Nga, followed by an hour to the sea canoe. Dock at big ferry type boats and then canoe though caves and around some Karsks. Fun time, spoilt a bit by being asked for a tip, but not really an issue.Then on to James Bond Island, which is very scenic, but very busy! Worth it though and got some good photos.Lunch was at Koh Panyee – the food and service was great and interesting to wonder around the “island”.Back home via the mangrove.Similain Islands 09/04/15Early pick up and transport to the same pier as Koh Tachai. Similar briefing, but as the only English speaking family we did feel a bit left out as most of the information given was in German and then one sentence in English. So most of the time we did our own thing and just found out the times we needed to be back at the boat.1H15 to our first stop at “Donald Duck” Bay, Wow and Amazing all in one! Scenic and white so white sand. Walked up to the rock and as we were early we were virtually alone!Then a short swim in the sea and then off to first snorkel stop. It turns out that they did not have enough flippers – bad organisation as they knew how many people were coming – I was annoyed as I had my own, but after the Koh Tachai trip I thought I would not bring them as they had loads!Finally found a pair stuck in the corner. Once again when handing them out it was only in German so we did not know the sizes so could not get any.The snorkelling was great, better than Koh Tachai, visibility was better and we saw much more.Off to lunch, we were offered a choice between a deserted beach or the naval area which would be busy, up to us, to tell the guide later. But when it came to it there was no choice – we went to the busy spot. The food was food bought with on the boat so was not very warm, but it was okay, worst food we ate on the whole holiday though. Disappointing after seeing what they could do on a boat house in the middle of nowhere.Second snorkel session made up for it all though as we dived with Sea Turtles – what an experience. First boat there again. Which was brilliant.1H20 back, got a bit rougher, but the captain tried his best to make it less rough.18H00 back at hotel – loads of drop offs!I would recommend all four trips that we did. They were all worth it. But I would triple recommend the Khao Sok trip with Julie! Thanks you helped make our holiday!

My girlfriend and I had a great day in the jungle on our Jeep Safari. Pick up from our hotel was on time and although the drive into the National Park was quite long, it was comfortable and we did stop for refreshments. There was also a cool box full of ice cold drinks on board.Once in the jungle our guides were very good at stopping and pointing out different things from lizards, birds, butterflies and spiders. They even managed to coax a big tarantula spider out of its nest.The stop at the waterfall was beautiful. We had a short walk down a fairly steep slope to get to it but once safely down we were rewarded with cool water from the falls. We spent about 30 minutes there, which was probably about enough.Then it was back in the jeep, out of the jungle and on to our lunch stop. This took about an hour but again we stopped for snacks on the way. Tip for you, if you buy packets of crisps at the road side shops, buy 3 or 4 packs as each pack only has about 8 crisps in.Lunch was in the companies Tree House Resort which looked very nice. The food was very good and plentiful. There was a also a shower which was nice to wash off the dust from the jungle.After lunch we drove for a further 30 minutes or so to the river where we were to be kayaking. Apart from having to stop on various occasions as the river wasn't deep enough, this was great fun. And to be fair, the guides did a great job of helping everyone who got stuck. They we're also very good at spotting various types of wildlife, including making a fairly large snake fall out of a tree we were all underneath. This they found very amusing while all of us tourists were screaming.At the end of the kayaking there was time to dry off, get changed into dry clothes (if like us you had them) and enjoy some refreshments on the river bank, before getting back in the jeep for the long drive back to the hotel.All in all we had a great day and we have no problem recommending this trip. Be prepared to spend a lot of time in the back of the jeep, so make sure you have good sun screen and comfortable clothes.Tips -Take a spare set of dry clothes in a waterproof bag. This will make the long drive back to your hotel much more comfortable.Start the day wearing trainers or walking shoes/boots, you'll need these for the walk down to the waterfall.Where flip flops or shoes you don't mind getting drenched for the kayaking, as there will be times you have to get out of the kayak and the river bed is uncomfortable for bare feet.

Beide Touren sehr zu empfehlen, wird mit max. 6-8 Personen durchgeführt! Fanden wir sehr angenehm! Sind beides Ganztagestouren inkl. Mittagessen und den ganzen Tag über mit Getränken gewesen. Deutschsprachige Guides möglich.

Nous sommes allés à Khao lak fin mars et nous avons effectué quatre excursions avec Khao lak Land Discovery. Tout était parfaitement organisé et sérieux et nous avons été pleinement satisfaits. Mention spéciale à Hugues guide francophone qui nous a accompagné pour trois de ces excursions. Très sympa , drôle et surtout très compétent , il a contribué à ce que notre voyage soit parfait. Il s est même fait grignoter les doigts par un iguane pour qu on puisse le prendre en photo... Chapeau bas M. Hughes !