Discovery of stunning Cheow Lan Lake in Khaosok National Park, Thailand
Today I am happy to share my trip to Cheow Lan Lake, which is located in Surat Thani province, Thailand. Cheow Lan Lake is a part of Khaosok National Park, which contains one of the largest rainforests in the world and is a remnant of the larger rainforest which is older, than well-known Amazon rainforest. The lake was man-made by flooding the valley during the construction of the Ratchaprapha Dam.
The Khaosok National park is a unique conservation center, which has more than 5% of the world's species! It's amazing, but just 16 years ago the world's only known amphibious centipede - Scolopendra cataracta, was found in the park by a scientist named George Beccaloni. A patient and curious explorer might find here such rare species of wild mammals as white handed gibbon, tiger, bear, Malayan Tapir, Asian elephant etc. There are few elephant trekking in this area, attracting foreign tourists,It's sad to see how such mighty and noble animals are used to serve tourists and stay chained most part of the time :(
Gorgeous sandstone rocks can rise up to 550m above the sea level, creating an unbelievable landscape, this area is estimated 160 million years old built through many factors, such as climate changing, erosions, tectonic movements. Landscape formation has finished around 1 million years ago by ice melting which created wonderfuly rich sceneries with a lot of waterfalls.
If you are going to visit Cheow Lan Lake you would probably be interested in staying in small bungalows built on the rafts floating on the lake's surface. Conditions are pretty rough, but this is the closest you can get to the Lake and the wonderful nature that Khaosok National Park can offer. I strongly recommend you to wake up earlier to meet the sunrise from the middle of the lake
If you are tired of the big city life or just want to be closer to nature, you should definitely pay a visit to Khaosok National Park
where peaceful waters of Cheow Lan Lake will make you chill and happy :) Just like this cat!
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Nice! post and beautiful picture.
Thank you, Maya!
Interesting has more than 5% of the world's species. And I agree it's sad about the elephants. Thanks for sharing this. Resteemed
Yeah it's an amazing place, so much life there!
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The waters look so calm and peaceful, great place! Resteemed!
Thank you so much! It's very deep as well, and there is a city at the bottom of it :)
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Makes a massive change from the weather in Ireland ehh????:)
Omg fabulous!!! Looks so tropical!!! Living the life x if i close my eyes can just imagine myself at that lake :]
I lived in Ireland a while ago, can't remember much:) I'd say we have a lot of unexpected rains here when the sky is blue and all of a sudden it starts raining, the same way it can stop immediately and the sun goes out, and in 15 minutes it's raining again. Very similar to Ireland :) Luckily we usually have around half a year without any rains, so called "high season". And the weather is around 30°C all year round:) Thank you for your comment, Ann! Nice to meet you!
Youre welcome you are the first i met here with some kind of irish connection xD ahaha love the pic ! It pretty much sums it up perfectly !
Although i have to admit we are not getting a bad summer its been fair enough!:)
Happy to connect also!
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