We were picked up by the Tonton travel tour guide Beer and driver at 8am. Our day started with a quick stop at the visitor's center where there was a museum of the park and animals there. I learned about the Asian elephant and how it was different from the African one.
Before starting out, I told Beer that I wanted to see wild elephant, preferable with a baby elephant. He said he couldn't promise and that he hasn't seen an elephant in a week.
Before boarding our safari truck, or guide showed us a couple Oriental Pied Hornbill birds. As we were walking back to the truck, one guide started to run towards the road and then everyone was running.
What was on the road? A large wild elephant just taking a stroll.
Amazing!!
After this fantastic start, we head off on our safari. We drove up into the heart of the park. We stopped at a viewpoint where we saw a pigtail monkey walk by our truck. After the ride, we took a jungle walk, after we put on our leech socks. This wasn't like the leisurely walk along paths like we did in the Amazon. Instead, we were walking between trees and vines which made it so much cooler. We found a whole family of gibbons including a black haired mother with a white haired baby. Adorable!! We stuck around to watch them for a long while and got a bunch of pictures of them playing in the trees.
Next was lunch of yummy coconut milk and some stir fried veggies with chicken. After lunch we visited a waterfall (featured in the movie Beaches) and then a scenic viewpoint from the top of the mountain. As we were heading to a second waterfall, we noticed another elephant in the road. We drove up to it but it had ventured into the trees along the road. We watched him for a while and then came along another larger elephant. The two play-fought for our amusement. It was so cool!!
After that fantastic second elephant sighting, we headed to dinner. Around the restaurant, we saw a family of pigtailed monkeys and stayed to take a bunch of pictures of them, including when two mated.
Finally we drove around for our night safari where we saw a monkey relative in the trees, many deer, and 2 porcupines.
What an amazing day!!
My trip to Thailand has been worth it already.
Before starting out, I told Beer that I wanted to see wild elephant, preferable with a baby elephant. He said he couldn't promise and that he hasn't seen an elephant in a week.
Before boarding our safari truck, or guide showed us a couple Oriental Pied Hornbill birds. As we were walking back to the truck, one guide started to run towards the road and then everyone was running.
What was on the road? A large wild elephant just taking a stroll.
Amazing!!
After this fantastic start, we head off on our safari. We drove up into the heart of the park. We stopped at a viewpoint where we saw a pigtail monkey walk by our truck. After the ride, we took a jungle walk, after we put on our leech socks. This wasn't like the leisurely walk along paths like we did in the Amazon. Instead, we were walking between trees and vines which made it so much cooler. We found a whole family of gibbons including a black haired mother with a white haired baby. Adorable!! We stuck around to watch them for a long while and got a bunch of pictures of them playing in the trees.
Next was lunch of yummy coconut milk and some stir fried veggies with chicken. After lunch we visited a waterfall (featured in the movie Beaches) and then a scenic viewpoint from the top of the mountain. As we were heading to a second waterfall, we noticed another elephant in the road. We drove up to it but it had ventured into the trees along the road. We watched him for a while and then came along another larger elephant. The two play-fought for our amusement. It was so cool!!
After that fantastic second elephant sighting, we headed to dinner. Around the restaurant, we saw a family of pigtailed monkeys and stayed to take a bunch of pictures of them, including when two mated.
Finally we drove around for our night safari where we saw a monkey relative in the trees, many deer, and 2 porcupines.
What an amazing day!!
My trip to Thailand has been worth it already.
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