We were picked up at the hostel at 9 AM after a great breakfast. Only carrying the necessary stuff to do a single night at the floating village we left the big back packs at the hostel knowing we would return before going to Khao lak.
Going with a group of seven other guys the mini bus headed down the main road for about an hour before stopping in a busy village close to the pier where our boat would depart for the floating village. It was super busy here in the morning with hundreds of tourists all doing the same - shopping for their trip on the lake. Quite a big contrast to Nicaragua.
Eventually we made it to the pier, paid the National Park entrance fee and left in one of the long tail boats sailing across the lake and down the canyons towards our floating village. We got there around 12 and were told to be ready for lunch at 1 PM. In the meanwhile we could swim in the lake - which we did. Nice and refreshing and very close to the entrance of out small floating bungalow.
After lunch we went back to our boat and sailed a few minutes up the river to begin our 40 minute trek in the jungle. The goal was to reach the Nam Talu cave. Crossing small streams all the guide our somewhat quiet guide suddenly said: "No wet, no fun". And that was true for the rest of the afternoon as we hiked towards the cave entrance and inside the cave.
The first part of the hike is dry and straightforward with the options to look at bats, spiders and other things hiding in the dark. Then it gradually becomes more and more wet while hiking in the middle of the stream going through the cave system until at the end we were waist deep in water, squeezing through a couple of narrow sections before returning to daylight again. A bit busy with lots of other groups in there but quite impressive.
We headed back to our boat the same way we got there, and were dropped off at our bungalow and had an nice swim in the lake. At 5 PM there was the option to go for a sunset boat ride, which Malene turned down and Mikkel joined. It was also very tempting to stay at the bungalow since it was a quiet afternoon, the sun was setting, the nocturnal animals were coming to life and basically you could have the whole place to yourself. Which Malene had, once the rest of us left.
Going with a super noisy long tail boat to look at wildlife is probably not going to increase the chances of actually seeing any animals but the scenery was quite stunning, mountains and jungle reflecting in the water of the lake and it was only us 7 out there. Eventually we spotted a few birds including a nice Toucan before heading back to camp and dinner.
We went to bed early, just getting a glimpse of the moon as it was rising above the lake. Wonderful.
Going with a group of seven other guys the mini bus headed down the main road for about an hour before stopping in a busy village close to the pier where our boat would depart for the floating village. It was super busy here in the morning with hundreds of tourists all doing the same - shopping for their trip on the lake. Quite a big contrast to Nicaragua.
Eventually we made it to the pier, paid the National Park entrance fee and left in one of the long tail boats sailing across the lake and down the canyons towards our floating village. We got there around 12 and were told to be ready for lunch at 1 PM. In the meanwhile we could swim in the lake - which we did. Nice and refreshing and very close to the entrance of out small floating bungalow.
After lunch we went back to our boat and sailed a few minutes up the river to begin our 40 minute trek in the jungle. The goal was to reach the Nam Talu cave. Crossing small streams all the guide our somewhat quiet guide suddenly said: "No wet, no fun". And that was true for the rest of the afternoon as we hiked towards the cave entrance and inside the cave.
The first part of the hike is dry and straightforward with the options to look at bats, spiders and other things hiding in the dark. Then it gradually becomes more and more wet while hiking in the middle of the stream going through the cave system until at the end we were waist deep in water, squeezing through a couple of narrow sections before returning to daylight again. A bit busy with lots of other groups in there but quite impressive.
We headed back to our boat the same way we got there, and were dropped off at our bungalow and had an nice swim in the lake. At 5 PM there was the option to go for a sunset boat ride, which Malene turned down and Mikkel joined. It was also very tempting to stay at the bungalow since it was a quiet afternoon, the sun was setting, the nocturnal animals were coming to life and basically you could have the whole place to yourself. Which Malene had, once the rest of us left.
Going with a super noisy long tail boat to look at wildlife is probably not going to increase the chances of actually seeing any animals but the scenery was quite stunning, mountains and jungle reflecting in the water of the lake and it was only us 7 out there. Eventually we spotted a few birds including a nice Toucan before heading back to camp and dinner.
We went to bed early, just getting a glimpse of the moon as it was rising above the lake. Wonderful.
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| Morning outside our Bungalow |
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| Great breakfast |
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| Going through a beautiful gorge |
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| No water - no fun |
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| At the cave entrance |
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| Nice sun set |
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| Toucan eating nuts |
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| Back at the floating village |
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