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( 0 3955 2000;
www.kayakchang.com
;
Amari Emerald Cove Resort, Khlong Prao)
For more serious pad-
dlers, KayakChang rents high-end, closed-top kayaks (from 1000B per day) that handle
better and travel faster. They also lead one-day and multiday trips (from 2200B) to other
islands in the archipelago.
Salak Kok Kayak Station
( 08 1919 3995; kayak rentals per hr 100B)
On the east side of the island, explore the mangrove
swamps of Ao Salak Kok, while supporting an award-winning eco-tour program. Salak
Kok Kayak Station rents self-guided kayaks and is a village-work project designed to pro-
mote tourism without affecting the traditional way of life. They can also help arrange vil-
lage homestays and hiking tours.
KAYAKING
Hiking
Ko Chang is unusual for a Thai island in that is has a well-developed trekking scene. The
island is blessed with lush forests filled with birds, monkeys, lizards and beautiful
flowers. Best of all there are a handful of guides who know and love the forest and can
speak English so that it can be shared with tourists.
08 9247 3161;
www.jungleway.com
)
lead one-day treks (700B to 1400B) through Khlong Son Val-
ley. The trip works up a sweat and then rewards with a waterfall swim and a stop at the
Ban Kwan Chang elephant camp organisations. Multiday trips can be arranged through
both. Mr Tan also has family-friendly treks and a hike that heads west from Khlong Son to
Hat Sai Khao.
Koh Chang Trekking
( 08 1588 3324;
www.kohchangtrekking.inf
o)
Bird-watchers should contact Koh Chang Trekking
which runs one- and two-day trips (1200B to 1500B) into Mu Ko Chang National Marine
Park and hikes to the top of Khao Chom Prasat, two nearby rocky tipped peaks. Prices are
for a group of four people.
HIKING, BIRDWATCHING
Salak Phet Kayak Station
( 08 7834 9489; from 1500B)
Guides overnight treks on Khao Salak Phet, Ko Chang's highest
peak, which rises 744m into the heavens and provides a sunrise and sunset view. This is
one of the few places in Thailand where you can combine such serious exertion with a
coastal landscape; you can choose to sleep in a tent or under the stars.
HIKING
