Cheow Lan Lake Explorer 2 Days 1 Night KSL2 T From Khaolak KSD

Day 1: Your guide meets you at your hotel for the drive by air-conditioned van to the forest. On arrival in Khao Sok, join the elephant bathing programme: give the elephants a refreshing bath, scrub them and play with them. Afterwards you can buy bananas to feed them. A Thai buffet lunch follows at a restaurant with views of the nearby limestone mountains.

After lunch, take a peaceful canoe ride on the Sok River, floating beneath limestone mountains towering above the jungle. Spend the night in a tent at Khaosok Boutique Camp on the hill, with a comfortable bed, reading lights, hot water and a western-style toilet. Doors and windows have mosquito netting, and blankets keep you warm when the temperature drops at night.

Day 2: In the fresh morning, cruise the turquoise water of Cheow Lan Lake by local long-tail boat. Then set off on a jungle walk, looking out for plants, flowers, butterflies, birds, squirrels and reptiles, before a short walk to 500 Rai Lake. Cross the lake by bamboo raft to a small cave whose stalagmites are shaped like coral, which gave the cave its name, and spend 30 minutes exploring its great formations.