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Koh Lanta Island Rainforest Trekking
The last patch of lowland rain forest in Thailand is located around Khao Nor Chuchi mountain at the border of Krabi and Trang provinces opposite of Koh Lanta Island on the mainland. An exciting nature trail of 2.7 kilometres length has been set up several years ago and leads through the forest and shows the exciting bio-diversity of this region. It will take approx 2 hours to reach the "Emerald Pool", that invites to a swim in the clear water. The Khao Nor Chuchi lowland rainforest is really the last patch of virgin tropical rainforest left in Southern Thailand. The park is located in the Khlong Thom district just opposite Koh Lanta Island on the mainland. It is the the only place in the world where birds of the species 'Pitta's Gurney', known in Thai as Taew Raew Thong Dam, can still be found These birds were believed to be extinct for some decades. An extensive story about Khao Nor Chuchi can be found in the 2007 edition of the "Lanta Magazine". Please click here.
Tropical rainforest is the scientific term for a specific type of ecosystem which includes a unique range of plant and animal species. This is in direct contrast to a jungle which has no similar system of organization. Southeast Asian rainforests date back as far as 60 million years. Unfortunately, the forests are much smaller due to the human presence. Tropical rainforest is as rich in variety of flora and fauna as no other ecosystem on earth. Up to 250 different species of trees can be found in a hectare of virgin rainforest, as opposed to European mixed forest, in which one may find perhaps twelve different species. Worldwide, tropical rain forests are home to more than 3,000 different species of trees, many as yet, unnamed and undocumented.
As recently as fifty years ago, about 65% of Thailand was covered by virgin tropical rainforest. Today, that figure is around 10% with most of the remaining rainforest existing in protected areas.
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