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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Things to Do in Koh Chang - Top Three Activities Waiting For You!

Are you thinking to pack your luggage to some favorite holiday destination? If so, then visit Koh Chang, Thailand! This has been termed as the best places that can bring you lots of activities. Certainly, there are lots of things to do in Koh Chang and it is a place filled with eco-tourism. Lots of people from all around the world prefer to move for Koh Chang in order to spend some pleasant moments. This is a wonderful place that can bring you popular pastime and all set to offer you lots of joy.

There are good numbers of activities those are simply waiting for you. And yes, these are the activities for which you have anticipated with your previous tours to other parts of the world. Koh Chang is also known as "Elephant Island", because it is shaped like a sleeping elephant. Here below are some important things to do in Koh Chang:

• Thai Cooking Schools: This is a great opportunity for travelers to create their own tasty Thai foods. You can easily get lots of Thai cooking schools those are offering training on different types of cuisines. Just spend few hours a day and learn all types of vegetable and fruit carving.

• Elephant Trekking: This is a great activity that will help you to explore different parts of Koh Chang. It will cost you 500 Baht for one hour; you can glace mountains, rivers and forests. You can see forests those are packed with coconut tress and banana plants.

• Water Sports Activities: If you have planned your trip in the month of April, October and November, then surely you can spend time doing water sports activities. Snorkeling and diving are one of the most favorite pastimes of many travelers. Here you can see eel, myriad reef fish, coral reefs and anemones. Closed to Hin Phrai Nam, you can see white sharks those are rarely seen in other parts of the Globe.

• Tan Mayom Waterfall is the biggest waterfalls on island. The White Sand Beach is the longest beach on island and inland from beach are lots of coconut trees & thick jungles of the fauna to get exploring in. The Bang Bao Fishery Village is fascinating community of the stilt like houses that are planted in sea interconnected with the bridges. Also, there are lots of outer islands that you can visit as well. Ko Ngam is south of the Ko chang and daily trips are scheduled by boat and ferry to these islands. Naval Battle Area is located in south near to Salak Petch Bay and this is where battle between French and Thai soldiers happened in the conflict over east border at 1941. There is the Naval War Memorial at Laem Ngob Beach.

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By Dennis Kjaergaard

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Eco-Tourism In Thailand

Eco-tourism has become popular all over the world with people demanding that countries do more to preserve nature and environment. Thailand is not far behind in eco-tourism and many activities popular in Thailand fall under that category.
Thailand is very popular with tourists looking for adventure in the wilderness, and is mainly because of the abundance of natural resources that Thailand has to offer its visitors. Mountain biking, whitewater rafting, camping and trekking, scuba diving, bird watching and rock climbing have become the done thing in natural tourist areas. All these activities are available all over Thailand, especially in the south, west and the mountainous regions of the north. The most popular of all these activities being offered to tourists are trekking, bird watching, scuba diving and mountain biking.
The government and private organizations are making sure that there are many back-to-nature activities for eco-tourism seekers. Most national parks in Thailand come under the purview of the Royal Forest Department and they have trekking trails for nature lovers. Many camping sites are also present in these national parks.
Neither trekking nor camping is a new activity in Thailand. They have been present for decades. However, eco-tourism has ensured that the activities are better managed now than before. Thailand is paying more attention to preserving its natural resources as it has come to realize that the tourists will come as long as the natural resources are unspoilt and off-the-beaten areas are better equipped to cater to tourists without disturbing the environment and the natural flora and fauna.

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