Our restaurant where we enjoyed a lovely selection of Thai food, fruit juice and coffee
Pathway leading down to the river bank
River embankment where we started our canoe trip
Canoes waiting for us to arrive
The start of the river into the jungle area
A frog hiding in the hollow of the log
The river got very shallow in places due to the drought being experienced in Thailand. This has been the hottest and driest season in 50 years in Thailand. The canoes had to be manhandled through some of the very shallow areas
A beautiful spit in the river
Deep water here
Shallow water here
Jungle leading up to the high mountains
Popular river spots
A bit of O,H & S here
A lovely shady spot on the river
One of the beautiful coloured birds we spotted along the way
River bank
Birds in the trees
Thus is one way of crossing the river
Rafting across the river
Fish swarms in the deep part of the river
Arriving back at the restaurant area
The only waterfall we saw
River bank
Accommodation for river bank, mountain fans
We enjoyed our canoe experience in the Thailand Mountains. The canoe trip took an hour and a half and at times it got very hot out on the water with no shade. The country has been in drought with very little rain which was obvious in the river where at times the canoes had to be dragged manually through the shallow areas (we got a good bottom massage on the pebbles).
The tour took us through the jungle areas leading up to towering mountains which was beautiful. Our guide did all the work paddling us in and out of many of the little creek areas and getting us up close and personal with any wildlife we could find. The guide could only speak a little bit of English so had to guess the history of the place.
The guide took us into shady areas along the river to give us some relief from the heat but also got us into areas where there were a lot of fish teeming around the canoes.
This was a good experience ( if a little hard on the back) and we were happy to have seen this area in its natural state.
This tour was booked through our "Beyond Resort Khaolak" Resort tour desk and was combined with an Elepnant Trekking and monkeys.
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