The Thailand You've Never Heard Of (Khao Sok National Park)

The Thailand You've Never Heard Of (Khao Sok National Park) | Thailand Travel Vlog

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This is Khao Sok National Park in Thailand, one of the oldest rainforests in the world and often overlooked for Thailand travels! We hang with an elephant, share some nice hotels and explore with Our Jungle House. Book your Thai tours here: geni.us/Z8ZAO6T - ⬇ See below for Thailand recommendations⬇
Our Thailand travels have finally taken us to somewhere completely new! This is Khao Sok National Park, one of the oldest evergreen rainforests in the world, even older than the Amazon Rainforest, covering close to 740 square kilometres. The national park is home to caves, waterfalls, dense rainforest and animals like elephants, leopards and tigers - though you'd be lucky (or unlucky?) to come across them all. What we did do, is book two of the best things to do in Khao Sok National Park - the elephant sanctuary tour and bamboo raft tour!
We booked our elephant tour through Our Jungle Camp, it was pricey, but turned out to be a fun day. From what we can tell, the elephants were well looked after but we were pretty hesitant to be honest, worried that they weren't going to be cared for or we'd see some kind of abuse - but it was an amazing day and they looked free range AF!
The bamboo cruise is one of the other best known things to do, but it's honestly pretty random! We'd still recommend it, but not sure it's quite worth as much money as we paid. Either way, cruising down a river, local coffee, crazy nature, monkeys and all sorts - it was a chill arvo.
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@travelertrome8449 Жыл бұрын

Bravo to you guys for making sure that elephant sanctuary was legit. Looks like they were treated well there. 👍

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

They appeared to be, it would have been a tough video and some tense moments if not 🤯

@jennifervonzemmrich4837 Жыл бұрын

We were in Koh Lanta in March and went to the Lanta Elephant Sanctuary, where we fed bananas to the elephants, gave them their mud spa, then washed them off in the river. We were able to make medicine balls and feed them. Then we made paper out of elephant poop! Oh one of the elephants was expecting so of course she got extra treats from me!❤️🐘❤️

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

Yay - glad you loved it as well!!

@cindy-ml7vo Жыл бұрын

The putting mud on/washing of elephants is still ethically questionable, but many do it for the tourists. Your elephant seemed OK, but I'm no expert, so I'm hoping for the best. The smaller groups must be better than being surrounded by 20 tourists throwing water on them. I'm planning a trip to Thailand, I'm trying to learn as much as i can. Thanks for your info.

@patriciapaynter1267 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. Regardless of how they've been 'trained' to let humans come near them, any activities that require elephants to go against their natural instincts to avoid humans is unethical, which includes bathing them. A truly ethical elephant sanctuary will encourage visitors to observe elephants, rather than directly touch them.

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

We hear you 1000%. As I'm sure you've figured out from your research, there really is no perfect solution. Elephants eat too much, cost too much and otherwise will be all over farmers lands (who legitimately just kill them if they are eating/hurting/stomping their crops). So the touristy side of this with the mud etc is mostly for show, but you're right, this seemed more calm and less intense for the elephants just being one-on-one rather than lots of hectic yelling and hands of food everywhere. But Patricia makes some good points below as well, lots to consider.

@isabellamcdougall4888 Жыл бұрын

I would really recommend elephant nature park in Chang Mai, if you would like to do an elephant experience. I t’s a hands off experience where you just observe the elephants and it was one of the most amazing things I’ve done in Thailand. Do your own research and do what feels best for you. 💕💕

@costasworldofmusicmemories5792 Жыл бұрын

A great video guys. Harriet and I have been to KhaoSok National Park and visited the elephant sanctuary. We had a fun experience there as you guys did. We like to go again and check out the hotel you stayed in . As always, great stuff. Looking forward to the next video. Love you guys dearly ❤❤❤ Harriet, Jim and Yuki. Richmond, Va.

@168KDW Жыл бұрын

Okay, I’m not complaining about the sixpack situation 😂💕 thumbnail is a click bait winner for a good reason

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

Haha glad it's not just clickbait this time aye 😂

@georgevergis9528 Жыл бұрын

Wow what an experience guys, its just magical❤

@user-sp3cc4yx5r 10 ай бұрын

Natural spa,do not forget cream skin care.😊

@atticablack Жыл бұрын

Can very much confirm, staying in the national park near the little walking street and renting a bike is the way to go. There are some mind-blowing views coming in from the Khao Lak side. I drove from Krabi to Khao Lak, and then up and over into Khao Sok. Stayed in the valley, saw the lake for a day, and did hiking from the National Park and had an incredible time. The driving was a big highlight!

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

Nice one, thank you for confirming my suspicions! Sounds like a fun trip

@gwynethglas-brown9171 Жыл бұрын

Wauw the views 😮 lovey experience the place you stayed in looked nice and the pool. Hope your Both doing well have a Good weekend 🥰

@viceieva Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video 😍🥰❤❤❤

@Love_rainy_days Жыл бұрын

Guys, Glad to see you care about the humane treatment of the Elephants.🐘🐘 The Elephants seem to enjoy the bath. The river trip looked like fun, love your channel, thanks for sharing. Cheers 🍦🍦🤠

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

It's definitely not THE best option for them, but we're not sure there really is a situation that can solve all the problems in Thailand!

@user-sp3cc4yx5r 10 ай бұрын

Have fun.

@mikedezo424 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!! Love love love the elephant experiences. Chang actually means elephant in Thai.

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

Oh sh*t you'd think we'd know that by now, amateur hour over here sorry Mike 😂

@mikedezo424 Жыл бұрын

Lol I did not know that for a long time either.

@kiwislovetotravel Жыл бұрын

great video guys chur

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! chur

@theexplorationcontinues Жыл бұрын

Another place highly recommend is Koh Chang. Close to the Cambodian border and a short ferry. Real people and real life. Love the videos

@universoulhealing Жыл бұрын

You guys are cute...thank you

@nikkilogan7726 Жыл бұрын

Hey guys! My favorite part of this trip was the bathing of the Elephants. They are gentle giants yet so adorable. Love this vlog of you guys! Thanks D&S 😎💖🇹🇭

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

You nailed it - gentle giants for sure!

@AlbertoGarcia-qr7qg Жыл бұрын

Super great❤!!

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@AlbertoGarcia-qr7qg Жыл бұрын

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@mikedezo424 Жыл бұрын

They already did

@AlbertoGarcia-qr7qg Жыл бұрын

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@TJ-yr5yd 11 ай бұрын

Hi guys thank you for your content, I would like to ask you if at the end your great suggestion is to do a simple 4 h tour in the khao Np and sleep outside, I really get bored very quickly.. Do you know if there are accommodation nearby the Pier so I can fly in fly out the day after

@ThaiTeaBKK Жыл бұрын

💗🐘

@TravelonlineWalk Жыл бұрын

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@leomcevitt5612 9 ай бұрын

What was the name of the hotel at the end would like to stay there

@bm09ttc 3 ай бұрын

It's called 'Belong Jin The Dam Resort'

@teamatheavenscent1863 Жыл бұрын

is the water in the pool freezing cold?

@DanegerAndStacey Жыл бұрын

It was so hot outside it was a relief! But fairly cold yeah

@naominieuwp00rt 9 ай бұрын

In my opinion, no elephant sanctuary is legitimate. It is not natural for Elephants to be continuously washed by humans. And have no say themselves whether they feel like this or not. Realize that they have to do this repeatedly for months just because the tourist wants to tick this off their list or because they think they are making a good contribution to the welfare of the animal. The video illustrates as if a good deed is actually being done by humans. Please try to look at the bigger picture and see that promoting this exacerbates animal suffering and thus it backfires. Don't get me wrong but I hope this post helps to broaden your view.