You're never too old or too young to start kayaking. Kayaking is a gentle sport that suitable for all who have a sense of adventure. If you wish to explore and enjoy the rare and tranquil beauty of Thailand's natural wonders in comfort, kayaking is for you. If you can trek, you can paddle! It's that easy. We offer the most efficient kayaks available in Thailand.

PaddleAsia offer a variety of Thailand adventure vaction packages. You can combine kayaking with mountain biking, rock climbing, birding, river kayaking or you can do any of these activities separately. PaddleAsia has the most highly skilled and highly trained guides in the region. Here is proof of our kayaking and first aid certification. We take safety seriously.

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Khao Sok National Park - Bird watching & Wildlife-spotting Vacation Package

Level: very easy (our easiest)
Season: all year

Khao Sok vacation package Our Khao Sok National Park trips are the best wildlife spotting trips available in southern Thailand. They are also the easiest. Just about anyone can join this trip. We spend most of our time watching monkey's playing in the trees and spotting tropical birds. This is a soft adventure. The pace is slow and easy as the main focus of this trip is spotting southern Thailand's wildlife. Khao Sok also offers some of the highest limestone karst mountains in the world.

The birding superb; the wildlife sightings are unbelievable. Hornbills are actually common. We frequently see several species of hornbills. We see Great Hornbills, Bushy-crested Hornbills, Wreathed Hornbills, and Helmeted Hornbills on almost every trip. If you’ve never seen a hornbill, this will be a very special treat! Dave has sighted and is familiar with most of birds in southern Thailand. You don’t have to be a seasoned birder to enjoy the pleasures of birding in this tropical wonderland. Dave’s enthusiasm will make your birding time both educational and fun. Long-tailed macaques, pig-tail macaques, dusky langurs and even gibbons are seen on most trips. Khao Sok National Park vacation package

One thing is inevitable, you’ll see and/or hear monkeys! We’ve had numerous wild pig sightings. Elephants can still be found in the park and we see them fairly frequently.

Check out this video of elephants playing in the water. Here's a video of various animals in Khao Sok.

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Phang Nga Bay - the Most Famous Vacaction Destination in the South

Level: very easy
Season: all year

Phang Nga Bay is a large, lovely body of water that seems different in every change in weather and light. There are many secluded islands that can be explored at your leisure in comfortable touring kayaks. In these areas, where only the occasional fisherman is seen, wildlife is plentiful.

Phang Nga Bay is one of the most popular tourist destinations in southern Thailand. Every day over a dozen canoeing companies and countless independent operators take tourists to a few well-known locations in the Bay. The result is similar to road traffic in Bangkok. It's noisy, congested, and chaotic. The tourists see the famous "hongs", or inner island lagoons in some of the islands, and make the obligatory trip to see "James Bond Island". We avoid these places. Our goal is to show you the bay in all its splendor without seeing other tour groups.

Paddling at your own pace, you'll quickly learn the difference between White-belly Sea Eagles and Brahminy Kites (another large raptor) by the wing configuration while in flight. Other frequent sightings include Pacific Reef Egrets, a wide variety of Kingfishers, Little Herons, Frigate Birds, and Blue Rock Thrushes. Sometimes we catch sight of Oriental Pied Hornbills or Southern Pied Hornbills perched in trees or in flight.

We frequently come upon monitor lizards sunning on rocks, and often see Crab-eating Macaques on the beach or moving in trees near the water. Sometimes we see Dusky langurs in trees high on a cliff face. Monkeys are common in the bay.

We stay in bungalows on an island with a wonderful view of limestone karst formations spread out before us. We enjoy the laid back quality of island life. We aren't too interested in tent camping, which we find very uncomfortable in the tropics. A proper bed and a restaurant are our choice. However, we do offer kayak camping trips during the winter months too.

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Trang - Tropical Islands Vacation Package

Level: moderate to fairly strenously
Season: seasonal - experienced paddlers only from mid April through October

Another multi-day destination, south of Krabi, is Trang province. Journeys from one island to another. Relax in comfortable bungalows set in garden environments. This is soft adventure far from the crowds.

Most of these islands are visited by very few tourists during the 'low' season. That's the only time we visit these islands. During the winter months, mass tourism makes the entire area unappealing. During the summer months, the area is fantastic!

Due to the beauty of the islands, especially the limestone karst cliffs and headlands, and their near proximity to one another, these crossings are appropriate for active intermediate to advanced paddlers.

Crossing lengths vary according to each customized itinerary.

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