What'z up Thiland

Have you ever heard about Little Amazon of Thailand?

At Takuapa, Phang Nga, a place where you can canoe through the simulated amazon and mangrove forest. You might see plenty of snakes and lots of trees over 100 years old like Banyan Tree along the river.

Little Amazon or Sangnae Canal is a small river situated at Bang Nai Sri, Takuapa in Phang Nga Province.
It will be convenient if you come with your own transport because the Little Amazon is located far from the main road. You take a drive for a little while, then you can see the signboard and the car park.

I observed and found that not many people known about Little Amazon even Thais or tourists, I only found out about this place from an old small brochure at the Hotel's lobby in the morning. Luckily I made a call directly to the company and the tour was available.

When we arrived, there were several boats around. If you want to get close to the nature, you might choose the canoe and ask the rower to let you paddle just a little bit for your experience.

Here you go, I let the elders of my family to ride on the first canoe.

The sightseeing tour of Little Amazon took approximately 1 hour according to the length of the river which was not long ( 2. - 2.5 kilometres ). We took a ride on the boats which carried only 2 passengers each due to the safety. It cost THB 700 per boat.

This amazing canal is surrounded by the nature and connected to the ocean, sometimes it has high tide and some period of time has low tide. When I visited Little Amazon, the level of water was very low.

The rain forest is really suitable its name Little Amazon ,because you will find many species of the plants and the animals especially snakes. Tourists often see green snakes and mangrove snakes. Somehow you may (un)lucky to see cobras and pythons as well.

The rower stopped the boat from times to times when he found snakes.

There were no crocodile in this river but some of monitor lizards.

This place is a bit boring after the trip has started for a while, as I expect more exciting. It is suitable for family whom travel with children and it's not a good idea to take the people with disabilities there.