FRESH and GREEN

Let’s escape from hot season to feel the cool breeze of forest at Khao Phra Taew Wildlife Conservation Development Area located in Khao Phra taew, the last evergreen forest of Phuket.

This verdant forest is the home of rare wild plants such as Garjan, Hopea avellane, Gymnacranther, Wild banana, Burmese fishtail palm, bamboo, rattan, Adiantum sp., vines and etc. But the most famous one is Thalang Governor Palm or Kerriodoxa dransfield firstly found in this forest.

Walking along the natural trail, if you are lucky, you can sometimes see the wildlife such as langurs, monkeys, gibbons, wild boars, lesser mouse deer, and 100 kinds of wild bird like Zebra Dove, wild pigeons and bulbuls. Furthermore, Khao Phra Taew forest is also the origin of Bang Pae Waterfall and Ton Sai Waterfall, the main water resource for residents in Thalang District. Khao Phra Taew Wildlife Conservation Development Area covers the area of 13,925 Rais of Phra Taew Mountain and some area of Thepkrasatri Rd., Srisoonthron Sub-district, and Pa Klok Sub-district.

Ton Sai Waterfall

Ton Sai Waterfall is a small waterfall origin from Khao Phra Taew. It’s the starting point of 3 kilometers natural trail to Bang Pae Waterfall led by the office staff. It takes approximately 4 hours to walk through the trail surrounded by wild plants. Natural lovers and bird watchers would love walking along this trail since there are lots of birds and wildlife bob up and down all the way.

Bang Pae Waterfall

Bang Pae Waterfall sizes smaller than Ton Sai Waterfall. It is located on the other side of Khao Phra Taew Wildlife Conservation Development Area. It is rocky waterfall with natural stream all year long. In the same area, there is the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project where volunteers from all over the world join together to look after and generate money to help threatened gibbons before release them back to the forest.

For more information about Khao Phra Taew Wildlife Conservation Development Area please contact : 

Khao Phra Taew Wildlife Conservation Development Area
254 Moo.2 Thepkrasatri Sub-district, Thalang District, Phuket Tel. 076 311 998