Southern Thailand is the peninsula that leads down to Malaysia and holds some of the most visited areas of Thailand. With lush tropical islands, palm-fringed beaches and coral reefs teeming with colorful marine life, Southern Thailand is a very sort after tourist destination. Most popular are the islands and beaches of Phuket and Koh Samui.
The limestone of the region has gradually been eroded to form steep rock pillars known as karsts. During the last ice age many of the karts were submerged, forming amazing and unique islands like Koh Phi Phi (where the movie 'The Beach' was filmed) and Koh Tapu, otherwise known as James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay, which featured in the movie "The Man with the Golden Gun".
Leam Phak Bia Environmental Research Project is a mangrove forest that the Thai Government uses to study and preserve the life associated with mangrove forests that are shrinking in size throughout the world due to man's development... READ MORE
A big part of the park is a reservoir which is used for recreation and to produce electricity at the damn. Below the damn is an Eco-Adventure area. Here are camps that offer fun times in the river leading away from the damn as well as throughout the park... READ MORE
Ban Puen Palace, also called Phra Ram Ratchaniwet, is located at Ban Puen sub-district of Muang District in Phetchburi about 2 hours drive south of Bangkok and an hour noth of Hua Hin... READ MORE
Hua Hin is located about 200 km south of Bangkok or about a three hour drive from the center of Bangkok. Hua Hin is on the west coast of the Gulf of Thailand and has a population of around 80,000 people. The King of Thailand, King Rama IX, has his summer palace in Hua Hin called Klai Kang Won, which means "Far from Worries", in the center of the northern beach area... READ MORE
This popular beach destination, about 2 hours south of Bangkok and one hour north of Hua Hin, was made famous by the number of sculptures from the well known Thai literature Phra Aphai Manee. It is a clever story of Prince Phra Aphai Manee who plays a magical flute that brings sleep to those who hear his music... READ MORE
Mu Koh Surin is located on the northern rim of the Andaman Sea, and only 8 km. from the Thailand-Myanmar border. Getting to Mu Koh Surin isn't easy, being 50 kilometers off the coast of Thailand, you have to catch a ride on a fast moving ferry which takes a full two hours from the mainland. The ferry leaves from a pier in Khura Buri, more than 700 kilometers from Bangkok, which is also the mainland headquarters for the park...READ MORE
Phuket is Thailand's biggest island and is located on the southern Pensula on the Andaman Sea and is one of Thailand's most popular tourist destinations. Most people fly here from Bangkok's international Airport Suwannaphum and you are greeted on the main road into the island by a monument, commemorating two women, who historically took arms to defend their king...READ MORE
