4942 x 3294 px | 41,8 x 27,9 cm | 16,5 x 11 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2 maggio 2011
Ubicazione:
Thanyamundra Resort, Khao Sok National Park, Thailand
Altre informazioni:
Thanyamundra is a boutique, sustainable 5 star organic resort located overlooking Khao Sok National Park in Southern Thailand, which is an amazing place. It is covered by the oldest evergreen rainforest in the world, huge limestone mountains shooting straight up in the air, deep valleys, breathtaking lakes, exciting caves, wild animals and much more. Keep an eye out for the plethora of wildlife the park shelters – wild elephants, leopards, serow, banteng, gaur, dusky langurs and, if you’re really lucky, tigers and Malayan sun bears, not to mention more than 180 species of bird. The Khao Sok rainforest is in fact a remnant of a 160-million-year-old forest ecosystem that is much older and richer than the forests of the Amazon and central African regions. Khao Sok is connected to two other national parks, Kaeng Krung and Phang-Nga, as well as the Khlong Saen and Khlong Nakha wildlife sanctuaries. Together, these reserves form the largest contiguous nature preserve – around 4000 sq km – on the Thai peninsula. A major watershed for the south, the park is filled with lianas, bamboo, ferns and rattan, including the wǎi tào phráw (giant rattan) with a stem more than 10cm in diameter. A floral rarity in the park is the Rafflesia kerrii Meijer, known to the Thais as bua phút (wild lotus), one of the largest flowers in the world.
