Published on Dec, 2019
This was the best experience we got at ko phangan! At first we ate delicious breakfast at a jungle farm: it was traditional thai food, tiny coconut pancakes, sweet rice and fried eggs from the chicken from this exact farm. And all of that with breathtaking view!
Then we went to coconut farm and learned how to peel and open a coconut :)
We traveled across the island, saw the oldest tree, waterfall and king pavilion, statue of king Rama V, but the best parts of the trip were the elephants and the jungle road.
As for the elephants, excursion included only feeding the animals (which was awesome as it was -- have you seen an elephant taking banana from your hand?), but for additional price we could actually RIDE the elephants. I mean 300 baht for sitting on the back of the living elephant? Just go for it. When elephant driver found out we're from Russia, he started singing in Russian and we laughed so hard :)
After that we went to have a lunch at a nice family-friendly resort (was a very good lunch).
The jungle road was a very exciting adventure: this little Jeep went through a very rough and steep road up and down for almost an hour and we were offered to ride on a rooftop: there were two seats with seatbelts so it was completely safe but better than roller coaster :) The journey ended on a beautiful beach where we could swim and chill before our journey back.
Our guides were a very nice people who showed us everything, explained it all in English and cared about us a lot :)
So if you're staying at ko phangan don't miss your chance and go for this adventure!