• Everyone rises early for a “dawn safari” by bicycle in search of song birds. More than 400 species of birds can be found in and around Kaeng Krachan National Park including the rare Ratchet-tailed treepie, found nowhere else in Thailand. Student teams will challenge one another to see which can spot and identify the most species as well as the rarest sightings.

• Following a big breakfast, there will be time to enjoy the resort’s magnificent pool before setting off by mini vans to Kaeng Krachan National Park.
  
  
• We will eat a picnic lunch on the shores of the scenic Kaeng Krachan Reservoir and visit the very informative Park Interpretation Centre before driving deep into the park interior.
  
  
• Our first stop will be the Bankrang butterfly grounds where naturally occuring minerals attract huge swarms of butterflies from March to June. From here we transfer to 4-wheel drive trucks for the 38km drive to our remote jungle camp.

• The truck trip offers an adventure in itself as the single lane dirt track, used by wild elephants and gaur more than vehicles, crosses streams multiple times.

• Reaching Panoerntung Camp by late afternoon, we settle into our tents and enjoy a good dinner before our last activity of the day – a “night safari!”

• Many of Kaeng Krachan’s animals are nocturnal and we will set off with a local park ranger and strong torches in search of some of these night-active animals. If the weather is clear, there will also be an opportunity to study constellations in the night sky.

Overnight: Panoerntung Tent Camp, Kaeng Krachan N.P.