Thailand Birding 2023: Day 21: Sunday 12 March 2023

Khao Sok National Park in Southern Thailand is an amazing place. The park website describes i as being covered by the oldest evergreen rainforest in the world (I thought the Wet Tropics held that record), huge limestone mountains shooting straight up in the air, deep valleys, breathtaking lakes, exciting caves, wild animals and much more. With 48 mammal species, 311 different species of birds, more than 30 species of bats and countless reptiles and insects the animal kingdom in Khao Sok is varied and plentiful.

View from our Accommodation

Map of the trails - Khao Sok NP Headquarters

Family shrines

Closer detail of family shrines

Our itinerary today involved a full day birding inside Khao Sok National Park. Once more in bamboo and evergreen rainforest punctuated by huge limestone mountains shooting straight up in the air. We are seeing mammals again now which is a welcome experience. Many reptiles were seen and photographed here too. After two weeks of having birded so many of the locations with so few other people around it came as a bit of a shock to see so many tourists here enjoying what this national park has to offer. Bird watching on busy trails however was always going to be a challenge. Then some of the local children enjoying the school holidays, offered to show us a snake that they had found, a Golden-banded Cat Snake. Mr Par our guide gave them a tip for the information and it was refreshing to see that they then bought a picnic lunch with the money and shared it together.