We took a trip to Khao Sok National Park and spotted the best wildlife in southern Thailand. The trip was the easiest also, we aren’t in that good of shape, but my husband and I found the trip quiet enjoyable. We spent most of our time watching the monkeys play in the trees, we even spotted some tropical birds. A very comfortable adventure. We found the pace was slow and the main focus of our trip was truly the spotting of wildlife in some of Thailand’s highest mountains in the world called the Limestone Karst Mountains.
We were staying at a Beach Resort Thailand which was accessible to all the trips we wanted to take. Like south of Krabi, is Trang province. The journey is from one island to another. It’s relaxing and we noticed most of the tourist stayed in comfortable bungalows along the coast line. We found this to be another soft adventure and far from the crowds. Most of the islands are really not that visited by Westerners. It’s fairly underdeveloped, so it’s not much of a tourist attraction which suited us fine. The beauty of the islands, especially the limestone Karst cliffs and the headlands is well worth the trip even though it is underdeveloped for tourist.
But we were most please with the the bird sighting. Unbelievable and a very special treat. We spotted Hornbills, which are common here, but it’s the amazing amount of species of the Hornbill that we found astonishing. Like the Great Hornbill, the Bushy-breasted Hornbill, the Helmeted Hornbill and the Wreathed Hornbill. We didn’t have to be seasoned birder to enjoy the pleasure of birding in this tropical wonderland. But, not only did we spot birds, we heard and saw more monkeys, had numerous wild pig sightings, an elephant here and there, which we heard is uncommon to sight.
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