Phuket Off the Beaten Path Tips by joolssss

We arrived at Chieow Laan Lake to board a longtail boat for an hour before we reached the floating rafthouses. the trip there through a lake surrounded by jungle with Gibbons howling an fish eagles overhead was spectacular enough! When we saw the rafthouses they looked so cool!. We were welcomed with a drink and shown to our hut. We had one rght near the end with 4 matresses on the floor with a mossie net over them. At the back of the hut was a private jetty for us to dive off into the lake! The houses were connected to the eating "room" by a jetty. The los are off the jetty and up a hill...please take your own loo roll it is not supplied! These toilets are fine but can get a bit whiffy later on in the day and theres no flush, just a bucket of water to throw down!
Food here was great, fried fish/chicken with rice or thai noodles etc. The trip we took was an early morning boat ride to hear and see the gibbons which was one of the most truly breathtaking things I have done! And we took a walk through the jungle ( take waterproof sandals as you walk through rivers!) and through a cave which is a lot under water so make sure you can swim and its pitch black and full of bats and spiders, but at the same time quite safe, my 10 year old son did it!
We did this through Limestone lake tours who were brill and looked after us and Iat our guide really knew his stuff, cant rate them enough, Thanks guys!

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Along with the rafthouse visit we did , while in the Khao Lok national park we stayed in the most Fabulous treehouses in the jungle! This was also done with Limestone lake tours and was also brilliant! There are activities you can choose to do here and we chose the elephant trekking. Its about a 2 hour trek and you are taken to a waterfall with a pool of icy cold water which you stop and have a dip in , It was magnificent! The Mahouts will ask someone if the would like to "drive " the elephant, both of our kids did ( you ride in pairs) and they sit right on their heads, at times it seemed a bit precarious as some of the paths are really narrow with steep drops at the side and the path was wet and boggy! I was a little concerned about our elephant slipping and tumbling dwn the hill with me still strapped in its seat but fortunately it didnt happen! You then are left at the treehouse to relax or swim in the river, or go sit in the bar! At night there are the most wonderful fireflies, everywhere! I had never managed to ever see any before and it completely bowled me over they are GORGEOUS! Food and drinks delicious and staff even handed us out chocolate as we were there on easter sunday! The treehouses sleep 3 , all beds have mossie nets and each treehouse has an en-suite bathroom! which is beautiful!

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