Ao Thalane Eco-system
March 11, 2018 by admin
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Touching base in Krabi, one must not missed out kayaking in Ao Thalane, which will allow visitors to paddle through pristine nature at its best setting.
Ao Thalane is a small fishing village, located in the heart of a well established natural network of intricate mangrove channels surrounded by towering limestone canyon formations complete with lovely sandbanks where navigation is possible only during low tides.
This participating kayaking day tour provides the perfect way to explore the natural eco-friendly environment of Ao Thalane, known in Thai as Muddy Bay.
Enter and explore this fragile environment that is unique as a life-ecosystem with its beautiful bay of matured mangroves surrounded by thousands of crickets playing their brand of orchestrating echoing music around the high limestone formations as their performing theatre. A serenading world by itself, peaceful refreshing, enjoyable experience and possible only with kayaks and canoe, a must do for anyone visiting here.
The bio-diversity complex system supports various wildlife such as birds, reptiles and mammals. Of the birds frequently sighted in the mangroves, there are brown-winged kingfishers, Pacific reef egrets, swallows and white-bellied sea eagles. The most commonly sighted mammals and reptiles are otters, monkeys, gibbons and swamp monitor lizards. In the muddy shallow waters, fiddler crabs and mud-skippers are also commonly found. Very often visitors experience close encounter with the monkeys splashing, swimming and playing among around the water edge. Some with their young one closely slung across their stomach. Don’t panic when they jump straight into your kayak and check for food………….
To cruise this fragile and rich ecosystem with it’s pristine surrounding away from city life is a rare moment to enjoy. What makes the experience even more unique is the fact that the bay was only recently discovered, so it is almost unspoiled and relatively unexplored in its entire life-ecosystem.
On the way to the main mangrove forest try to stop by on a sandy beach and visit the few hidden sea caves along the way. Ao Thalane dazzles all eyes with its scenic coastline and in-land seas. By paddling a canoe or kayak through the intricate waterways, you can penetrate the diverse swamps and limestone karsts, highlighted by a lagoon and canyon. Rest yourself here in supreme tranquility, where you and Nature breathe in perfect harmony.
Taking this unique kayaking excursion allowed me to appreciate the rich natural resources of Krabi province, especially on this trip without damaging the environment surrounding.
Deal or no deal for the man in the kayak:-
“After socializing with so many monkeys for the day, I wanted to live there with them and become a monkey man, but too bad they don’t have steak there, so I decided not to. However, this is one memory that I will love and for the moment, got swollen thumbs and ached body pains, time for another massage when I get back to the hotel room.”
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