Private Tour | 3 Days / 2 Nights Private Cheow Lan Lake Tour (Khao Sok)
Located between Khao Sok National Park and Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Cheow Lan Lake is known for its limestone karst scenery, calm waterways, and rainforest surroundings, it has one of the one of the most beautiful scenic views in Thailand.
Compared to a 2‑day/1‑night stay, which is often limited by check‑in and check‑out times at floating resorts, a 3‑day/2‑night tour allows more time for activities and a more relaxed pace on the lake.
Activities on Cheow Lan Lake
During this 3‑day/2‑night private tour on Cheow Lan Lake, activities may include sightseeing among limestone formations, short hikes to viewpoints, cave visits, jungle walks, canoeing, and boat trips near your floating resort for wildlife observation.
The tour includes two nights at a floating resort of your choice, a private licensed guide, and a private long‑tail boat with an experienced driver.
Why book a private tour?
Group tours on Cheow Lan Lake usually operate with larger shared boats carrying up to 18 guests and follow a fixed schedule. On a private tour, the boat and guide are reserved exclusively for your group.
Our private tours are flexible. Daily activities can be adjusted together with your guide based on your interests, weather conditions, and the location of your chosen resort.
Floating resorts on Cheow Lan Lake
500 Rai Floating Resort (high‑end)
500 Rai Floating Resort is one of the most established high‑end floating resorts on Cheow Lan Lake. It offers 15 floating units of various sizes and is located at the far end of the lake, between Phupha Waree and Krai Son raft houses. The resort is known for its open lake views.
500 Rai is the only floating resort on the lake offering 24‑hour electricity in selected room categories (some room types provide air‑conditioning for 12 hours per day).
Accommodation:
| Deluxe (4 pax) | 36 sqm. Master bedroom with double bed, loft with two mattresses. 1 canoe, 5 life jackets. A/C from 6 pm–6 am. Check‑in 2:00 pm, check‑out 9:30 am. |
| Villa (4 pax) | 42 sqm. Master bedroom with double bed, loft with two mattresses. 1 canoe, 5 life jackets. A/C 24 hours/day. Check‑in 2:00 pm, check‑out 9:30 am. |
| Family Villa (8 pax) | 72 sqm. Two connecting villas, two master bedrooms, two lofts with four mattresses. A/C 24 hours/day. 2 canoes, 8 life jackets. Check‑in 2:00 pm, check‑out 9:30 am. |
| Deluxe Suite (4 pax) | 72 sqm. Master bedroom with double bed, loft with two mattresses. A/C 24 hours/day. 2 canoes, 7 life jackets. Sofa beds available for up to 2 extra guests if required. Check‑in 4:00 pm, check‑out 1:00 pm. |
| Family Suite (10 pax) | 86 sqm. Two master bedrooms, two lofts with six mattresses. A/C 24 hours/day. 2 canoes, 7 life jackets. Sofa beds available for up to 2 extra guests if required. |
| Honeymoon Suite (4 pax) | 92 sqm. Master bedroom with double bed, loft with two mattresses. A/C 24 hours/day. 2 canoes, 4 life jackets, private swimming pool and jacuzzi. Check‑in 4:00 pm, check‑out 1:00 pm. |
Important: 500 Rai Floating Resort may apply BAR (Best Available Rate) pricing when limited rooms remain. In such cases, a surcharge may apply on top of quoted prices.
360° Issara Floating Resort (high-end)
360° Issara Floating Resort is a newly opened high‑end floating resort (January 2025). It is located in the Khlong Long tributary of Cheow Lan Lake, approximately 40 minutes by boat from Cheow Lan Pier, between Sai Chon and Laguna Cheow Lan.
Accommodation:
- 10 deluxe rooms for couples
- 10 triple deluxe rooms with one queen‑size and one single bed
- 4 villas with a king‑size bed and a sofa bed (suitable for 2 adults and 2 small children or 3 adults)
Deluxe rooms are air‑conditioned from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am. Villa units have 24‑hour electricity.
360° Issara applies three seasonal price levels: low season (May–June), mid season (July–October), and high season (November–April).
Important: BAR pricing may apply when availability is limited, resulting in a possible surcharge.
Panvaree The Greenery (high-end)
Panvaree The Greenery is located at the entrance of the Khlong Long tributary. With fewer floating units than most resorts on the lake, it remains relatively quiet even during busy periods. Electricity is available from 5:00 pm to 9:00 am.
Accommodation:
| Superior Room (2 pax) | Suitable for couples or two adults with a small child (child shares bed with parents, charged at half price). Bed type (double or twin) is subject to availability. |
| Family Section (4 pax) | Two‑storey unit with two bedrooms, one bathroom, and one king‑size bed in each room. |
Room rates vary depending on weekdays, weekends, and public holidays.
Panvaree Resort (high-end)
Located next to Panvaree The Greenery, Panvaree Resort offers similar quality and pricing, with different bed configurations. It also has a limited number of floating units, contributing to a quieter atmosphere. Rates can be slightly lower for groups of three or more guests.
Accommodation:
|
Garret House King (4 pax) |
King‑size bed with loft area containing two single mattresses. |
| Garret House Queen (4 pax) | Twin beds with loft area containing two single mattresses. |
| Private Garret (4 pax) | Stand‑alone unit with twin beds and loft area with two single mattresses. |
Prices vary depending on weekdays, weekends, and public holidays.
Laguna Cheow Lan
Laguna Cheow Lan is located in the Khlong Long tributary, roughly in the middle of Cheow Lan Lake. Rooms feature floor mattresses, a king‑size bed and one single bed, private bathroom, air‑conditioning, and a balcony. Maximum occupancy is three guests. Electricity is provided from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am.
Nine rooms designated as “sea view rooms” face the opposite mountain range and are charged at a higher rate.
Phupha Waree Raft House
Phupha Waree Raft House is situated in a sheltered inlet just inside Khlong Pey. Compared to most basic raft houses on the lake, it offers a slightly higher comfort level. Rooms include two joined queen‑size beds, private bathroom, air‑conditioning, and a balcony, accommodating 2–4 guests. Electricity is available from 6:00 pm to approximately 6:00–7:00 am.
Sai Chon Raft House
Sai Chon Raft House is one of the more affordable options on Cheow Lan Lake. While basic, it stands out among similar categories by offering private en‑suite bathrooms. It is located in the Khlong Long tributary, relatively close to the pier.
Smaller rooms feature one king‑size bed; larger rooms include two king‑size beds. Rooms are fan‑cooled, with electricity available from around 6:00 pm to 6:00–7:00 am.
Canoe use at Sai Chon is not included. Rental is available at 200 THB per canoe and is optional.
Itinerary
There is no fixed itinerary for this private lake tour. The outline below is an example only. Activities may change depending on resort location, weather conditions, and guest preferences. The first day morning session always starts with visiting of the 3 rocks and the cave.
Due to the steep limestone cliffs surrounding the lake, hiking options are generally short.
Wildlife activity is usually highest during early morning and late afternoon; therefore, boat safaris are scheduled during these times. The time spent between visiting attractions and boat safaris needs to be balanced. Although the boat will be at your service throughout the tour, it cannot be used for continuous wildlife safaris.
Note: From Sai Chon, Laguna Cheow Lan, Panvaree resorts, and the 360° Issara area, either the viewpoint trail or waterfall can be visited, not both. The Swamp Forest Trail is accessible from these locations.
Day 1
- 10:00 am: Board long‑tail boat at Rajjaprabha Dam (Cheow Lan Lake Pier)
- Scenic cruise past limestone karsts (Khao Sam Kloe / Three Rocks)
- Visit to Diamond Cave
- Check‑in at floating resort and Thai lunch
- Guided hike to Kri Sorn Viewpoint or Bang Hoi Waterfall
- Late afternoon leisure time or wildlife boat safari
- Dinner at the resort
Day 2
- Breakfast
- Early morning mist and wildlife safari by boat
- Free time at the resort (swimming, canoeing, relaxing)
- Lunch
- Guided hike to Kri Sorn Viewpoint or Bang Hoi Waterfall (from Phupha Waree, 500 Rai)
- Guided hike to Swamp Forest Trail (from Sai Chon, Laguna Cheow Lan, Panvaree T. G., Panvaree Resort, 360° Issara)
- Late afternoon leisure time or wildlife boat safari
- Dinner at the resort
Day 3
- Early morning mist or wildlife safari by boat, or canoeing near the resort
- Breakfast
- Return to Cheow Lan Lake Pier around 9:30–10:00 am
Where & When
The tour starts at Cheow Lan Lake Pier (Rajjaprabha Dam), approximately 65 km from Khao Sok National Park headquarters. Transfers can be arranged from Phuket, Khao Lak, Krabi, Ao Nang, Surat Thani, and Khao Sok village.
Nearest airports:
- Surat Thani (~1 hour)
- Krabi (~2 hours)
- Phuket (~2.5 hours)
It is recommended to arrive in the area at least one day before the tour. Starting the tour on the same day as arrival from islands or airports is not advised.
This tour operates year‑round.
When to book
Peak season at Cheow Lan Lake runs from November to mid‑April and mid‑July to late August. During these periods, bookings should be made as early as possible, primarily due to limited guide availability.
- Panvaree The Greenery: Superior rooms often require booking 6–12 months in advance during peak periods.
- Laguna Cheow Lan: 3–6 months advance booking recommended for high season.
- Phupha Waree: Typically 1–4 months in advance during peak months.
- Sai Chon: Usually more availability, some dates may get completely booked out by group tour operators well in advance
Tour details in short:
- Duration: 3 days / 2 nights
- Tour type: Private
- Group size: 2 or more people
- Difficulty: Easy
- Transport: Long‑tail boat
- Start: 10:00 am (Day 1)
- End: Around 9:30–10:00 am (Day 3)
What to bring:
- Rainwear (especially during rainy season; boats have no rain cover)
- Waterproof bag for electronics
- Walking shoes for hiking, sandals for caves and waterfalls
- Personal toiletries
- Swimwear and towel
- Hat
- Flashlight
- Insect repellent
- Sun protection
Pricing overview
The tour is operated with a private guide and private long-tail boat, meaning no other groups will join you during the lake activities. Tour prices depend on the selected floating resort and the number of participants. Please refer to the per-person pricing table below.
National park entrance fees are not included.
Price adjustments from 1 July 2026
Due to increased boat operating costs, revised rates apply to all bookings from 1 July 2026 onward:
- +2,500 THB per tour for smaller boats
- +4,000 THB per tour for larger boats (8+ guests)
These surcharges are added to the total tour price, not to per-person rates.
Resort-specific pricing notes
Phupha Waree Raft House – Lower rates apply to current rooms; higher rates apply to newly renovated rooms
360° Issara Floating Resort – Three seasonal price levels:
- November–April (high season)
- July / August / October (mid season)
- May / June / September (low season)
Panvaree The Greenery & Panvaree Resort – Prices vary by weekday, weekend, and public holidays
Optional activities and additional charges
Coral Cave rafting (optional)
- From 500 Rai Floating Resort or Phupha Waree Raft House:
- 2,900 THB per trip (fixed price)
- +200 THB per person Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary entrance fee
- From Sai Chon, Panvaree Resort, or Panvaree The Greenery:
- 1,400 THB per trip (fixed price)
- +200 THB per person Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary entrance fee
Wildlife-focused boat safari (optional)
The standard tour includes limited wildlife viewing during scheduled boat travel around the lake. While wildlife sightings cannot be guaranteed, this provides occasional opportunities to observe animals near the shoreline.
For guests interested in a more wildlife-oriented experience, an extended safari session can be arranged for an additional 2,500 THB. This includes one early-morning or late-afternoon session on Day 2 of the 3-day/2-night tour, conducted further away from the immediate resort area.
| Price per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pax | Sai Chon | Phupha Waree | Laguna |
| 2 | 10,850 THB | 13,500 to 14,700 THB | 13,700 THB |
| 3 | 8,550 THB | 10,400 to 11,100 THB | 11,200 THB |
| 4 | 7,400 THB | 9,300 to 10,000 THB | 10,100 THB |
| 5 | 6,700 THB | 9,100 to 9,900 THB | 9,400 THB |
| 6 | 6,250 THB | 8,250 to 8,900 THB | 8,900 THB |
| 7 | 5,900 THB | 7,950 to 8,550 THB | 8,500 THB |
| 8 | 6,200 THB | 8,000 to 8,500 THB | 8,700 THB |
| Price per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pax | 360° Issara | Panvaree Resort | Panvaree T. G. |
| 2 | 15,600 to 21,300 THB | 17,300 to 19,500 THB | 16,800 to 19,500 THB |
| 3 | 13,400 to 19,000 THB | 13,800 to 16,900 THB | 17,100 to 21,000 THB |
| 4 | 12,300 to 17,900 THB | 11,000 to 12,600 THB | 13,000 to 15,800 THB |
| 5 | 11,600 to 17,200 THB | 12,400 to 14,500 THB | 25,000 to 29,200 THB |
| 6 | 11,150 to 16,800 THB | 11,600 to 13,500 THB | 11,850 to 14,600 THB |
| 7 | 10,850 to 16,500 THB | 11,900 to 13,900 THB | 12,800 to 16,000 THB |
| 8 | 11,400 to 17,200 THB | 12,000 to 14,000 THB | 12,200 to 15,100 THB |
| Price per person | |
|---|---|
| Pax | 500 Rai |
| 2 | 32,300 to 63,500 THB |
| 3 | 25,700 to 42,900 THB |
| 4 | 22,300 to 33,000 THB |
| 5 | 28,000 to 29,200 THB |
| 6 | 22,900 to 26,800 THB |
| 7 | 21,500 to 25,000 THB |
| 8 | 20,500 to 23,800 THB |
Displayed prices are per person
What is included in the tour price
The tour rate includes:
- Accommodation at the selected floating resort (2 nights)
- Licensed private guide
- Private long-tail boat from tour start to tour end
- Boat tours around Cheow Lan Lake
- Meals:
- Lunch and dinner on Day 1
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Day 2
- Breakfast on Day 3
- Drinking water during the tour
- Canoe use at all listed resorts (except Sai Chon Raft House)
- Basic accident insurance during the tour (covering potential hospital expenses)
What is not included
The tour rate does not include:
- National park entrance fees
- Transfer to/from Cheow Lan Lake Pier (available on request)
- Parking fee at the pier (if arriving with your own vehicle)
- Canoe rental at Sai Chon Raft House (200 THB per canoe, payable locally)
Reviews from our guests
By: World Wild Hearts | posted Sun 16 Apr, 2023 | Sai Chon
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By: Corey Pomkoski | posted Sun 8 Feb, 2026 | Phupha Waree
Our two night three day tour with Bee was easily one of the best, highly organised and wonderful tours I’ve been on. The communication leading up to and during the tour were exceptional and our on site guide (Bee) was totally bilingual, humourous (especially for my two adolescents), and extremely knowledgeable about the park. I highly recommend this tour at Khao Sok
By: Jono Stuart | posted Tue 3 Feb, 2026 | 360° Issara
The 360 isarra hotel on Cheow Lan Lake is an excellent modern place to stay on the lake. The food was excellent as the accommodation was new, modern and stylish. The service was very friendly but maybe not experienced enough to manage the expectations of working in a 5 star hotel (plates turning up at wrong times etc).
The lake setting is simply breath taking and the range of wildlife is amazing.
However, what’s probably the most important is your guide and we were lucky to have a private guide and boatman for our 3 days/2 nights on the lake. Kitcha’s knowledge of the lake, as well as his passion for all things flora and fauna was what made the tour. We saw monkeys, tapirs, elephants, great hornbills, falcons etc etc. Nuu, the boatman, was quiet and efficient (but with a great sense of humour) and they worked beautifully in tandem to move the boat into the right position for us to witness some amazing wildlife.
Thai National Parks, who arranged the trip, were excellent throughout the process.
By: Timo Lange | posted Sun 1 Feb, 2026 | Phupha Waree
We booked the tour 3d/2n with a private tourguide and stayed at the phupawaree rafthouse. The phupawaree had some renovated floating bungalows and some older ones. The stay was good, the food aswell.
I want to point out the excellent service provided by our tourguide Su, who is a local from the countryside close to the Khao Sok Nationalpark. Her knowledge about local plants, animals and the environment is extraordinary. She was very kind, caring and dedicated, we had some amazing experiences and saw many special animals because of her knowledge. Our boatdriver, who took us on the drive through the nationalpark in these days was excellent aswell. We would recommend to stay for 3d/2n and get in touch with the nature and see as many animals as possible at the early morning and late evening safaris.
By: Fabian R | posted Wed 28 Jan, 2026 | Panvaree T. G.
We had an incredible time in Khao Sok! Our booking was easy, communication was excellent, and everything was organized super well, including transfers to and out of the park. We booked as a group of 4 and stayed at Panvaree the Greenery, which exceeded our expectations in every single way. Beautiful hotel, friendly staff, and really high quality food every day, much better than what we were expecting. Our guide Lek and assigned boat driver were both fantastic - both really friendly and clearly super passionate & knowledgable about the wildlife, pointing out so much wildlife we'd never have spotted on our own, including wild elephants on our first day. 5* experience!
By: Benny | posted Tue 27 Jan, 2026 | 360° Issara
Hej
Tack för en upplevelse som vi alla i sällskapet tyckte mycket om. Vår guide och båtförare var trevliga, kunniga och försökte hela tiden att tillgodose våra önskemål och att vi skulle få uppleva så mycket som möjligt.
Vårt hotell var också väldigt uppskattat, vackert beläget och med en hög och jämn servicenivå. Maten var extremt bra, speciellt med tanken på att vi befann oss en bit från närmsta samhälle.
By: Peter Lewis | posted Fri 23 Jan, 2026 | 360° Issara
Excellent experience from start to finish! Very well organised trip. The guide Junn and our boat driver were both excellent and friendly. Junn was so friendly and added so much to our boat trips with her in depth knowledge of the area and its animals. Also, the accommodation was brilliant and food and staff there excellent too.
By: Sandra Fausch | posted Tue 20 Jan, 2026 | Phupha Waree
Excellent Communication and well organised (fast, clear, fully information)
With June we had a great, kind and local Guide with humour and with good english skills. We enjoyed the time a lot.
By: Isabell Frank | posted Mon 19 Jan, 2026 | Laguna
Our trip was really awesome! We had a grate time and enjoyed every second of it.
Our Guide Bee was also wonderful - his English was great, he told us many things and his goal was to make us satisfied and happy. We told him at day 1 that we would love to see some Elefants - we saw some this night! Also our Captain - Son - was great. We used to call him “eagle eye” because he has seen animals from far away which he showed us.
The tour was worth every penny and we are glad we booked this tour with Thai National parks.
By: Anneke Geller | posted Mon 19 Jan, 2026 | Phupha Waree
Our Guide Au was Great! Always friendly, supportive, helpful and protective.
The national Park itself is just amazing and a once in a lifetime thing to see. Fingers crossed
The Park will continue to be spared by all the crowds of tourists. Accodomation was terrible though. We had to change our room 2 times. First time window was broken, second time toilet wasnt working. There was mold everywhere, visible on one of our pillows, even on the chairs outside. This is harmful to our Health. Just no words for the bathroom, pictures would speak for itself. Sleeping was Not possible because of loud noises from the Generator and the Air conditions from our neighboor rooms.
One positive thing: food was very good.
All in all accomodation waaaay overprized and not worth the money.