Khao Pu Khao Ya National Park, Southern Thailand

Level: very easy hiking
Season: all year
Best Season: middle of December through March
Feature: lovely trails and an easy cave

This small national park offers extremely easy trails and a very nice cave. The main trail is a dirt road. The thick jungle on either side is full of life. A vareity of barbets, trogons, pittas, bulbuls, sunbirds, tailorbirds, flowepeckers, woodpeckers, malkohas and many more species are common in Khao Pu Khao Ya National Park.

The main trail loop that we hike, leads to an easy cave. The cave allows you to stand straight up most of the time. There are a couple places where you have to bend a bit. It's a nice way to see the limestone cave formations. After the cave, we take a different cave back to the park headquarters/bungalow area.

Late afternoon walks around the headquarters usually offers some last-minute bird sightings. The park officials are very friendly and they truly like having birders visit their well-maintained park.

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No experience is needed for any of our trips. The majority of our guests have never paddled before. No problem, we'll teach you proper paddling technique. Our hikes range from very easy to mildly stenuous.

Our trips are all-inclusive. This price includes: all transfers (airfare not included), all equipment, accommodations once on the trip, all meals, all snacks, all non-alcoholic drinks, a complimentary PaddleAsia shirt and insurance.