Day 2: Khao Luang
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.69 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,064 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 1,302 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,636 ft
- TrailRank
- 23
- Min elevation
- 2,610 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 7 hours 32 minutes
- Coordinates
- 5061
- Uploaded
- September 28, 2020
- Recorded
- September 2020
near Ban Khiri Thong, จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช (ไทย)
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Itinerary description
Highly recommend hiring a guide for this walk as the paths are over grown and easy to mistake for animal trails. Machete was useful up-front to take out any stinging/barbed plants. It was hot, humid and slippery. Leeches abound, and we wore knee-length leggings purchased online for ~50THB that did a great job.
Steep walk for much of the day, the leeches mostly disappeared at the higher altitude. Some great views from the top - although you had to climb a tree. Campsite at summit seemed well protected from wind but we descended to the site below which was closer to water. Tapir's could be heard during the night. April-May is the recommended time to undertake the hike. We had great weather but that is unusual for this time of year (September) but were willing to risk it in order to explore Khiriwong during the mangosteen and durian harvest.
Try Ban Wang Lung Nature and Environment Conservation (Tel. 08 7885 9167) and Tarzan
Adventure Tour (Tel. 08 9909 8533, 08 1824 8880) if seeking a guide.
Steep walk for much of the day, the leeches mostly disappeared at the higher altitude. Some great views from the top - although you had to climb a tree. Campsite at summit seemed well protected from wind but we descended to the site below which was closer to water. Tapir's could be heard during the night. April-May is the recommended time to undertake the hike. We had great weather but that is unusual for this time of year (September) but were willing to risk it in order to explore Khiriwong during the mangosteen and durian harvest.
Try Ban Wang Lung Nature and Environment Conservation (Tel. 08 7885 9167) and Tarzan
Adventure Tour (Tel. 08 9909 8533, 08 1824 8880) if seeking a guide.
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