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- 50% discount on menù for lunch and dinner
- Transfer from/ To Krabi Airport
- Daily Beach Towel
- One Thai Massage Treatment
For centuries, the healing powers of natural herbs has
been the closest man can get to nature and these ancient
remedies and treatments are still very much at the
forefront of Thai society and culture. With a stunning
backdrop of Emerald Garden Resort combines these beliefs
with ancient cultural techniques. Special treatments
found only the re, to offer you a resort that is unique
in anyway.
- Krabi Rainforest Discovery Tour : A full day out at Khao Nor Chu Chi National Park to admire and appreciate
some gifts of nature. Go walking along the shaded,
wooden walkway of a fascinating nature trail and stop at
a “Hot Spring Waterfalls”, rubber plantation and
freshwater “Emerald Pool”. Finally a visit to Wat Tum
Seua or “Tiger Cave Temple”, krabi’s famous forest
temple.
Description :
1st stop “Hot Spring Watefall”: thermal spring pools
enriched by natural mineral salts in shaded rainforest.
Ideal for bathing and soothing aching muscles.
2nd stop”Rubber Plantation”: demonstration of a
rainforest product. See how rubber is tapped and
produced into latex sheets by local workers.
3rd stop Lunch: delicious Thai lunch and break.
4th stop” Nature Trail”: informative jungle walk in
Thung Theo, the last major area of lowland rainforest
left in Thailand, and rich in bio-diversity.
5th stop” Emerald Pool”: spectacular river’s source, a
warm water crystal clear pool, 1.2 metres deep in the
middle of the rainforest.
6th stop” Tiger Cave Temple”: cultural and meditation
center, a unique forest temple with caves, 1000 years
old trees and the best hilltop view of Krabi.
- 4 Island Tour
It’s an amazing tour across to one of the most beautiful
place in the world, where you can find more than 150
little islands sheer above the see enriched with caves,
beautiful white sand shore, coral barrier and coloured
fishes, that is the best way to enter in contact with
nature.
Description :
-Travel from Ao Nang by long-tailed boat
-Swimming and snorkeling at Koh Poda
-Coral reefs at Koh Ta-Loo
-To Koh Tab, the white sand strip long 400 m.
SAFARI DAY: YEEHAW! (by a
traveler guest
diary)
At 3am, fuelled by
laughter and
prodigious amounts
of local Chang beer
(or Ella-fun, as it
is known to the
locals), I was
whisked away by an
ugly white mini-van
that was so loud it
would have woken the
dead.
Only 14 hours ago, I
had landed at the
airport to be
greeted by a short,
stout man holding a
placard with my name
on it -upside down!
That is how my local
guide Roj and I
began our adventure
together on the
soon-to-be-feared
white mini-van.
Drive often enough
in Southeast Asia,
and every place
begins to resemble
another. Oddly, the
southern Thai
countryside looks
suspiciously like
its neighbour,
Malaysia's. Same
trees, same plants,
same horrible old
geezer peeing by the
roadside in full
view of passing
traffic. The only
difference is that
all the signboards
are in noodly
squiggles that
somehow make this
place terribly alien
yet exciting.
■ Ruenmai-Thai
Restaurant
An air of hunger and
anticipation hangs
in the air of the
otherwise lovely
Ruenmai-Thai
restaurant where I
get treated like a
VIP by the Police
Inspector, the
Chairman of the
Krabi Tourist
Association and the
Chief of the Krabi
Tourism Association,
while we tuck into
delicious
finger-licking
strange food with
jaw-breaking names.
After the meal, I
discover that
instead of one
guide, I now have
two. The new guy is
a dude named Nava
(who had such a
high-pitched voice
and a limp wrist
that I nearly keeled
over upon
discovering he was
married with two
kids. Readers, make
no assumptions in
this beautiful
land!). He possessed
all the necessary
credentials to begin
the Cowboy Krabi
Safari 2005, and so
we decide that
checking into the
hotel can wait, but
our safari can't.
■ Klong Thorn Hot Springs
There are always two prices to pay in
Thailand. The first price is cheap and
only for locals. The second price is always
at least a 200% increase over the first
price, and is charged to foreigners.
With my copper-coloured hair and Chinese
descent, I am able to pass easily for a
local. So my guides Roj and Nava do all the
talking whilst I pretend to be their
deaf-mute cousin. In this devious manner, we
manage to avoid paying ridiculous entrance
fees to most attractions.
Our first stop is the Klong Thorn Hot
Springs, where gazing at the clear blue sky
while hot waters gush about me as I lay
there is amazing. My heart aches for some
female attention.
It suddenly hits me how questionable it
looks to be in a hot spring with two other
men. "Gentlemen, it's time to move on to our
next destination," I promptly declare.
■ Sa Morakot
Just 10 minutes away from Klong Thorn is the
romantically named Sa Morakot or the Emerald
Pool. Reaching the actual pool is a pain -
you either trek through heavy jungle or walk
up a steep slope for about 20 minutes.
One look at Sa Morakot, and I feel like
Dorothy when she first laid eyes on the
Emerald City of Oz. There is nothing more
amazing than a huge body of shimmering,
clear turquoise water.
Since there is no changing room, I jump in,
fully clothed - much to the amusement of the
other locals bathing there. (Note to
readers: It may be a good idea to bring a
towel and a change of shorts in Krabi - in
case you're seduced, like I was, by the
lovely ponds that beckon to be enjoyed!).
(by a guest
diary)
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