Are thinking about booking holiday to la flora, khao lak for 2 weeks end of june /july, any advice please?
Weather in june/july
June/July is in the Wet Season which doesn%26#39;t mean that it will be raining all the time, just more than in the Dry Season when it still rains. It will still be hot though. The ocean will be rougher and tours to the Similan or Surin Islands do not run. It will aloso be quieter with some restaurants/bars closing but less so than in previous years as Khao Lak tries to become more of a year round destination. New programmes like Khao Lak Active (see http://www.khaolakaktiv.net/english/index.html) provide activities during the Green Season, as it is called. Activities like batik making, thai dance and sing, bamboo crafts, Tai Chi, yoga are all available.
La Flora is a fine resort on a lovely stretch of Bang Niang Beach - great for walking in either direction and fabulous for sunsets. There are restaurants and bars within walking distance with plenty more a 10 minute taxi drive away in the main township of Bang La On. The better restaurants tend to stay open all year round.
If you hire a car for part of your stay there are plenty of places to visit or, if not, there will still be tours to such as Khao Sok National Park. I would think a raft or canoe trip would be more 2white water'; at this time and the various waterfalls in the area better to visit when the rivers are full.
Weather in june/july
Summer in Khao Lak, copied from Khaolak Active
Interview with Richard Doring.
Khaolak Heute: Mr. Doring, you spent the last 8 summers in Khao Lak. What is it that makes you love this time of the year so much?
D:I am constantly fascinated by the intensive green of the natural surroundings and the ever changing colours of the sea which vary between azure blue and steel grey. And the clouds – sometimes cotton like feathery features, sometimes heavy snow white figures, and at other times also frightening, nearly black sculptures.
Khaolak Heute: And what about the rain?
D: One summer we had guests, who experienced only 2 nights of rain. The sea was ideal for bathing, and I saw them swimming every day. They couldn’t understand that summer is not the main holiday season. But you are right, there are also days, where the sea roars, the wind screams in the palm trees and the rain doesn’t stop. But it is still nice and warm all the time.
Khaolak Heute: What can you do in Khao Lak when it is raining?
D: Many guests appreciate it when they can find the time they were looking for all year to read their books. Others like to watch the natural play of a tropical rain. You know, it is really special, when you are still standing in the dry and you see the rain sweeping in over the ocean. Suddenly a strong wind starts and after 2 minutes the downpour is here bucketing down with awesome power.
Remember also that it is still hot and you can get a tan even when it is cloudy. More importantly you can still get sunburn so a good high factor sunscreen is still necessary.
Khaolak Heute: Is it not boring, only reading books and watching the rain?
D: Certainly, there are guests who would like to be more active during their holidays. For them, the joint initiative, Khao Lak Active, has created something really special. Khao Lak Active offers, in the so called green season from July to October, leisure activities and courses, where the holiday makers not only will have fun but also will learn from them. They will take something useful and interesting home. Some of them will continue with this newly learned activity. For others it was only a taste of a new unknown field. What the guest will be able to tell back home, will fascinate and appeal to their friends much more, than boring stories from a simple beach holiday.
Khaolak Heute: You are making us curious, Mr. Doring. Let us know, what activities you are speaking about?
D: You can learn Thai cooking or Thai boxing. Tai Chi and yoga will be offered as well as an introduction to diving. For kids computers will be available where they can use the internet free of charge. Competitions in computer games will be organised. Painting and handicraft will be included. Those, who want to get more involved in Thai culture can from professional teachers receive an introduction into Thai music or Thai dance. And during fair weather, elephant riding, biking, boating and much more will be on the program.
Khaolak Heute: These are really fantastic activities. Can you still tell us how to join the courses and how much they will cost?
D:That’s the unique part of our summer programme. The 8 hotels, which participate, offer the activities 3 times a week as an included item. That means free of charge. The guests will be picked up at their hotel, driven to the place of their chosen activity and after 3 hours brought back.
Khaolak Heute: Mr. Doring, thank you very much for the interview.
