A La Carte menu: Activities around Khao Sam Roi Yod and Pranburi
The programme is flexible and can be tailored to your wishes.
We can provide a fully catered trip with transport and accommodation bookings, or you can choose just to enjoy our amazing activities and really make the most of your visit to one of Thailands most spectacular areas.
Option 1 Full day boat cruise from Pranburi Marina.
This will be on our own sailing catamaran or on a traditional converted fishing boat according to availability and the number of people. Includes lunch on board and snorkel and fishing equipment.
Option 2 Kayak through the mangroves. Half day, timing is tide dependant. (high tide). Kayaking in stable 3 person inflatable kayaks. Paddle yourself or have our guides transport you through the magical world of the mangrove forest. Long-tail boat option also available.
Option 3. You cannot miss out on this iconic monument if this is you first visit to the area. A 130 year old pavilion built in an enormous cavern where a shaft of sunlight pierces the gloom to illuminate the graceful, delicate structure (around 11 a.m. on a sunny day) Follow the links for more about this. Full or half day depending on the pace you choose. Lovely beach and restaurant en route. The length of the walk can be reduced by taking a long tail boat to the beach.
Option 4. An ideal complement to a morning hike in option 3. Afternoon wild elephant and gaur safari, Kuiburi. A royal project where degraded forest has been reclaimed to create a habitat for wild elephants and provide work for local pineapple farmers to run tours with the National Park and offset the losses caused by foraging elephants.
Option 5 Cave exploration. Half day. Khao Sam Roi Yod's limestone peaks contain some spectacular cave systems with impressive underground formations and bats. These are dry caves without streams so they do not flood.
Option 6. Coastal hikes and secret beaches. There are several spectacular and exciting hikes along the Pranburi coastline leading to remote beaches inaccessible by road.
Option 7. Rock climbing and abseil circuit. A high adrenaline option negotiating the granite formations within Pranburi forest park. Full day if combined with a mangrove walk or swim on the beach at the park. We use genuine climbing equipment and ropes with steel bolt belays. Guides are expert in managing the activity in complete safety. Trialed and proven with numerous school groups.
Option 8. Bueng Bua boardwalk and bird watching. A Ramsar Wetland Site: Recognized as an internationally protected wetland providing a critical habitat for over 300 bird species—including the purple swamphen, little egret, and various waterbirds. A roughly 1-kilometer wooden walkway stretching over the wetlands, offering flat, accessible paths with covered rest gazebos and dramatic backdrops of limestone karst mountains. Famous for its massive seasonal display of pink and white lotus flowers between January and March. Boat tours on the marsh available.
Weekend fixed itinerary trips
Friday evening:
16.00 to 17.30 Collect from airport/hotels
20.00 Arrive at the accommodation. Meet the team. Welcome drinks and snacks. information
Saturday program.
08.30 Tham Phraya Nakhon visit
12.30 Lunch at Hat Sam Phraya National Park Restaurant
13.30 Leave for Kuiburi
15.00 Elephant and Gaur safari
18.30 Return to accommodation.
Sunday program.
Kayak in the mangroves
Coastal scramble/hike to a secret beach and swim
The timing for these activities depends on the tides with the mangrove kayaking at highest daily tide and the coastal hike at the lower tide.
4 day fixed itinerary trips
Day 1:
06.00 to 08.00 Collect from airport/hotels
11.30 Arrive at the accommodation. Meet the team. Welcome drinks and snacks. information
12.15 Leave for Bueng Bua wetlands. Lunch at Hat Sam Phraya National Park Restaurant en route
14.30 Leave for Kuiburi
15.30 Elephant and Gaur safari
18.30 Return to accommodation.
Day 2
8.30 Tham Phraya Nakhon visit
13.00 Lunch at Ban Poo
14.00 Kheow cave exploration
16.00 Beach and swim
17.00 Return to accommodation.
Day 3.
Kayak in the mangroves
Coastal scramble/hike to a secret beach and swim
The timing for these activities depends on the tides with the mangrove kayaking at highest daily tide and the coastal hike at the lower tide.
Day 4.
0830 Leave for Pranburi forest park.
0915 Choice of activities; either
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Mountaineering circuit for those who want the adventure - or
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Mangrove boardwalk and longtail boat ride at the park and beach/mountain walk and swim
Box lunch provided.
1400 return to accommodation before returning to Bangkok.
Important: These itineraries are liable to change at short notice due to factors beyond our control.
With all trips, operational constraints, weather conditions or other safety factors may require us to alter timings or substitute alternative activities for the ones on the programme. The itineraries described here are therefore not binding on the company. We will do our best to provide the activities as described and will explain the reasons if we are unable to do so. In booking the trip you are accepting this.