The 5 Best Khao Sok & Cheow Lan Lake Tours

1.Khao Sok: Private Waterfalls and Wildlife Half-Day Trek

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 337 reviews · 4 hours · from $48Our pick

Spend four hours walking Khao Sok National Park with an English-speaking guide such as Aek, June, Diamond, or Big Boy. Look for monkeys, gibbons, snakes, lizards, spiders, and insects, then cool off at Bang Hua Raet and Wing Hin waterfalls. Private and small-group options are available, with hotel transfers in the Khao Sok area.

“Fun tour, saw a lot of animals and walked a nice route. As me and the other person were both young the guide chose a more difficult route which was a lot of fun.”

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2.Khao Sok: Private Night Safari Adventure w/ Hotel Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 207 reviews · 2h 30m · from $48

Join a 150-minute night safari in Khao Sok National Park, with hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide, drinking water, and the park fee included. Guides such as Diamond, Aunnie, June, and Bam are praised for spotting snakes, scorpions, tarantulas, monkeys, frogs, and other night creatures. Choose a private or small-group walk.

“Our guide June was lovely. We saw what we wanted to see and she knew where to spot them.”

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3.One Day Tour Khao Sok Cheow Lan Lake from Krabi

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 151 reviews · from $116

Travel from Krabi to Khao Sok with a guide such as Tuk Tuk or Aoo, then cruise Cheow Lan Lake by longtail boat. You’ll photograph Khao Sam Kloe, eat at a floating raft restaurant, swim or kayak, and hike through the jungle to a cave. Hotel pickup, lunch, park fees, and insurance are included.

“The pick up should have been at 7.30 am and we were picked up at 8.00. They did not clarify the exact meeting point.”

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4.Khao Sok: Ethical Elephant Sanctuary Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 109 reviews · 2 hours · from $41Best value

Spend two hours at an elephant conservation center near Khao Sok, preparing food from local orchard and forest ingredients, feeding elephants, and watching them at their own pace. Dan, the owner, explains his family’s connection to elephants and the center’s goals. You may also help scrub an elephant, but hotel pickup from Phuket is not available.

“Amazing time at this Elephant sanctuary, the elephants are well taken care of and the staff is really friendly. Total time should be adjusted from 2 hours to 3.5 hours.”

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5.Khao Sok: Full Day Bamboo Rafting Tour from Khao Lak

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 49 reviews · from $114

Spend about nine hours moving from Khao Lak’s Takuapa market to an elephant rescue camp, Monkey Temple, and a quiet bamboo raft ride on the Khao Sok River. Feed and bathe elephants, stop for coffee served in a bamboo cup, enjoy lunch, and travel with an English-speaking guide in a group capped at 15.

“What can I say about this experience… and it WAS an experience! Small group (which is always a bonus) weather fantastic and our guide for the day Run, was excellent. Food at lunch outstanding and there was plenty of water etc to drRead more”

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