Itinerary

• Transfer from the hotel or villa
• Elephant trekking 15-20 min, elephant and monkey show (only for Jungle Safari tour with elephant trekking)
• Chinese Lady Monk and Big Buddha temple
• Grandfather and Grandmother rocks
• Namuang Waterfall 1 (photo with the tiger at an extra charge)
• A trip to the mountaintop by 4×4 jeeps
• Thai lunch at the restaurant
• Buddha’s magic garden
• Big Buddha
• Panoramic viewpoint
• Coconut plantation
• Transfer back to the hotel

Tour description

• You will visit a fabulous corner of Thai nature – the famous rocks on Lamai Beach with a strange name Grandmother and Grandfather and will learn the legend about the place. At the market near this ‘joke of nature’, you can taste or even buy a Thai dessert made of coconut milk – the famous Sesame Coconut Caramels.
• You’ll see how the short-tailed macaques, which are trained at special ‘school’, gather coconuts on palm trees, and you will learn how many coconuts they can pick per a day.
• You and your kids will be able to ride on a real Asian elephant in the jungle, make friends with it through banana treats, get acquainted with the second “mother” of each elephant – its mahout. You will be told how much food and drink is necessary for each elephant per day, the age at which the Thai elephants retire, and amount of pension paid to them by the King of Thailand, when a national holiday – the day of the Elephant – is celebrated, and much more information about the life of these land giants.
• You will swim in the highest waterfall of the island and will be able to slide down the 70- and 20-meter waterslide constructed in the jungle.
• You will visit five viewpoints and take the most impressive photos at the most beautiful places in the mountains.
• You will see a real ‘Magic Garden‘ that is created in the jungle owing to the amazing power of the spirit and the titanic work of ordinary Thai farmer Nim Thongsuk. You will meet numerous magical “residents of Paradise”: celestial dancers Apsaras, celestial musicians Gandharvas, Asuras, Buddhist monks, mysterious animals, and plants …
• You will be faced with the mystery of natural mummification that cannot be explained by scientists: the mummified body of the monk Luang Pho Daeng in Wat Khunaram temple remains the same for nearly forty years. You will learn the history of his life and his amazing transition to nirvana that he predicted to the day. And also you will be able to tie up magical string around your wrist given by the local monk who will hold the ceremony to attract good luck. You can have your fortune predicted using coconut sticks.
• You will enjoy lunch at the local restaurant not only due to its delicious traditional Thai cuisine and hospitality of the hostess but also because of the most beautiful views of the jungle and sea coast from Lamai to Bophut. You will see three golden Buddha statues at a viewing point, a local plantation of pineapples, papaya trees, and a beautiful flower garden.
• Driving down from the mountains, you will make a stop to see how rubber is gathered from the rubber trees.
• You will taste Thai fruits.
• And finally, at the end of the day, you will admire the Big Buddha statue in the rays of the setting sun. You will circle Big Buddha clockwise striking all the bells with a bamboo stick, and in such a way to clear your karma. Be sure to find your Buddha image to specific days of the week, and find your planet, color, and animal.

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Description

This tour is special because of driving on jeep up to the highest point of the island with the stunning panoramic view. Besides, like in other tours, we will visit such sights as Grandmother and Grandfather rocks, the mummified monk in Khunaram temple, the island’s highest waterfall Namuang 2, and Magic Garden. You will ride through rice plantations and will see the oldest and highest tree on the island. Elephant trekking, three animal shows, and delicious Thai tea are waiting for you.

Itinerary

• Transfer from the hotel
• Big Buddha temple
• Grandmother and Grandfather rocks
• Elephant show
• Monkey show
• Crocodile show
• Thai lunch
• Elephant trekking (15-20 min)
• Visiting waterfall Namuang 2
• Wat Kunaram, amazing Buddhist monks’ mummy
• Mountain Viewpoint with Buddha image in walking posture
• Transfer to the hotel

Tour description

Full-day tour on all-wheel-drive jeeps runs each day with English-speaking and Chinese-speaking guide (daily) and with Russian-speaking and German-speaking on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. The tour lasts about eight hours.

You can choose the option with or without elephant trekking in a small family safari park with nine elephants.

At first, you will visit the temple at Plai Laem – the temple with the statue of the Goddess of mercy Guan Yin. Next, you will see the Big Buddha (Pra-Yai Temple), a 12-meter statue which was installed in 1972 on the bulk island of Fan in the Bangrak region in the north of Samui.

Then you will travel to the south of the island where you can enjoy the Grandmother and Grandfather rocks. In the Muslim village, you will visit the coconut processing farm. You will see how trained monkeys gather the coconuts. By the way, the Latin name of the palm tree is Cōcos nucifēra, it comes from the Portuguese word coco (“monkey”) and is given because of the holes on the nut that make it look like a monkey’s face. After a short show, the monkey will pose with coconut and you can take a photo with it. On the farm, you can taste the coconut. If you wish, you can buy organic coconut oil of the first (cold) pressing, made on the farm.

After coconut farm, you will have a long panoramic jeep ride along the jungle roads to the plantations of a village called Phutboon. You will be fascinated by one of the most unusual, impressive and very romantic places on Samui – a private viewpoint located at 615 meters above sea level, with a view of 360 ° degrees around and a very nice local restaurant – Jungle Route 360 °. This place can be called a small eco-settlement since the source of electricity here is solar energy, waste is sorted, organic waste is turned into compost for growing organic vegetables and fruits. If there is no fog, you will see Koh Pangan and Koh Tao, Bophut, Chaweng, Samui airport, the islands of the Angthong marine national park (primarily Paluai) and the coast of Khanom.

Lunch is very tasty, with a large selection of traditional Thai dishes, including the famous Tom Yam, Pad Thai, and fresh fruits. You will have time to enjoy the wonderful atmosphere and make magical photos.

The guide will acquaint you with the famous rubber tree and tell about the traditional method of rubber extraction and the production of all kinds of latex products.

The next point of the tour is the famous Magic Garden. You can write a lot about it, but it’s better to see it. The creations of Mr. Nim, who lives here, are impressive and at times seem alive.

You will go to a local family farm where nine elephants are treated with awe and gentleness and fed ripe bananas (you can do it too). After fifteen minutes of jungle trekking and chatting with animals, you will travel to the last point of your journey – Namuang 2 waterfall, located on the territory of Namuang Safari Park, where you can refresh and swim in a cool waterfall. At this time on the waterfall, there is practically no one, and you can fully enjoy the beauty and sounds of the jungle.

After bathing it is time to go to the hotel! The staff will be very happy if you fill out the questionnaires by answering a few questions to improve the service.

If you want to ride a zip line, please inform us in advance, and we will stop at Sky Fox, where you can pass 4 or 7 stations. At lunchtime, vegetarian and vegan dishes are offered.