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Wild Elephant watching:

Code: (WT.WL 03
Duration: 2 days 1 night
Departure from Bangkok to Kui Buri
Minimum passenger : 2 persons)
Difficulty: easy/moderate

Activities : Trekking - Whitewater Rafting - Elephant Riding - Tribal Villages & Culture

During this 2-day wildlife tour, you will be given the unique opportunity to monitor wild elephants in the forest of which there are only a few hundred left in Thailand . Our specialized guides and park rangers will tell you many things about the area's ecosystem, and especially about the elephant. With a little bit of luck, you will also get to see some other wild animals. During the walks and from the monitoring area, you can enjoy absolutely beautiful views and sceneries. About the area Kui Buri National Park is located next to one of the largest national parks of the country, Kaeng Krachan. Both parks are rich in flora and fauna and offer habitat to animals like the tiger, elephant, gaur, deer, porcupine, monkey, wild boar and an incredible number of bird species. Kui Buri is most famous for its wild elephant watching. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of deforestation around the park, which forces the elephants to move from the primary forest to secondary forest and plantation areas for feeding. The owners of the fruit plantations areas have tried many ways to chase away wild elephants and some have even been poisoned or killed. Fortunately, these days the local people have cooperated with the park rangers in monitoring the wild elephants and to take them back to the forest without harming them. In this way, the local people can benefit from tourism and the elephants have a chance to survive in this park.

Program

At 8 o'clock in the morning you will be picked up from your hotel in Bangkok (Transfer from and to other cities in Thailand is also possible). We will travel to Kui Buri National Park and have a snack along the way. The road towards the park can be a little rough when it has rained and we may need to change to a local jeep for the last 20 kilometers. When we arrive at the park at 11 o'clock in the morning, we will put our luggage at the campsite (accommodation in lodge is optional) and have some time to relax.

Day 2 (B, L)

We wake up early on the morning and head towards the wild elephants monitoring area again. We will wait for the elephants to come for feeding and with a little bit of luck we can also see some other wildlife. We will head back for breakfast and afterwards, we walk along a nature trail to a natural salt lick. During this walk, we can see many animal footprints and have the opportunity to study the parks ecosystem. Lunch will be taken in the forest after which we return to the campsite to pack our luggage.¦nbsp; After lunch we travel to Khao Sam Roi Yot Marine Park (about 45 minutes drive), nature walk to observe langur (around ½ - 1 hr. walk).

After that we will travel with a local boat along the mangrove forest (about 1 hr. boat) and visit a gorgeous lake and resting area where King Rama V used to come to relax. Departure to Bangkok is around 15.30-16.00 hrs. in the afternoon and we should arrive back at the hotel at 18.30-19.00 hrs. in the evening.
(Instead of returning to Bangkok , guests can also extend their stay in Hua Hin for a beach recreation/holiday.

Please see the hotel rates below) A portion of the trip's revenue will support to a wild elephants conservation project in Kui Buri National Park.

The special promotional tour price in December 2004 = US$297/ person

The price includes :
Additional accommodation in Nature Lodge (instead of Camping) = 400 Baht/person The price includes:All transportation, 1 night accommodation at the campsite (accommodation in lodge is optional), entrance fees, camping gear, all meals (4 meals), coffee, tea, water and soft drinks, English speaking guide and guidance of park rangers, equipments to study the animals, insurance: 1 million baht/pax
The price excludes :Other meals than mentioned in the program, alcohol drinks, accommodation at a hotel in Bangkok , personal expense, vat7%

Itinerary :
Due to the nature of the tour, the weather, road condition, local circumstance, prevailing safety factors, the route & itinerary may vary to those published but the content of the tour will remain similar. The final decision of the actual itinerary will be made by the tour operator?s staff on the day of the tour.

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