- One of then most fascinating places in Thailand has to be the Khao Sok national park.Khao Sok is the largest area of virgin forest in Southern Thailand and is the remains of a rainforest which people claim to be older and more diverse than even the Amazon Basin rainforest.With Surat Thani situated to the east, Phuket to the south and Ranong to the north, Khao Sok can be easily accessed. And there lies the beauty of Khao Sok, tourists head for Koh Samui, Koh Tao, and Koh Phuket in the south and Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai in the north, and very rarely have the time to explore Khao Sok. It is therefore unspoiled and still offers outstanding natural beauty. Personally, I would get in the car, travel from Bangkok via Ranong, possibly staying there for the night, and then head down Khao Sok. Going by this route you can see the beauty of both western seaboard of the Gulf of Thailand and also the spectacular scenery alongside the Andaman Sea.On settling into my riverside bungalow …