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Try Khao Sok.

Try Um Phang National Park in Tak province, Western Thailand.

It's not easy to get to, but it's one of the best remaining jungle experiences in Thailand. Very remote and "pure".

If you tell me which part of Thailand you're going to I can give some other suggestions. Any chance you're going to Malaysia? Taman Negara is an excellent rainforest experience - it's the world's oldest primary rainforest.

koenoosterbroek

I see by your post #5 you have already got your itinerary planned. But, you originally wrote:

I'm going to thailand for 3 weeks for the first time and I'm really searching for an exciting rainforest experience, which one do you guys think is best and where is it organised? Where can you find the purest most beautifull thick rainforest experience?.

Can you understand how people responding to your original question can get annoyed after they put in time and effort to answer you, when you already know where you are going?

Had you indicated where you are going, and then asked whether that was the best forest, I suggest you would not have annoyed people, and maybe got better answers.

I hope others reading this will understand that it helps to ask questions with the responder in mind.

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idreamofdurian

Um Phang NP is really good vegetation, but it has been used for swidden farming, and is not jungle.

I looked at wikipedia to get the 'words':

Jungle usually refers to a dense forest in a hot climate, such as a tropical rainforest. The word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word jangala which refers to uncultivated land, among other meanings. The term jungle is generally used to refer a dense tropical forest or a swamp with an abundance of animal and plant life.

[colr=red]Cheers

"Can you understand how people responding to your original question can get annoyed after they put in time and effort to answer you, when you already know where you are going?"

I don't think the OP DOES know where s/he's going Bruce! S/he seems to think Kanchanaburi/Sangkhlaburi is in the north east of the country.

Here is a map of Thailand koenoosterbroek.
http://www.travelfish.org/country_map/thailand

Nevertheless everyone was a clueless newbie once (even you Bruce!). When you're going somewhere the information overload can be overwhelming and confusing and it's very easy to miss the best option. I know I like to have a few personal recommendations before I start looking for more detailed information. It's hard to know where to start otherwise.

In this case Khao Sok seems to fit all of the OPs geographical and time constraints which is why I suggested it... it's not necessarily THE most authentic experience in SE Asia but I doubt if many people actually want to trek for days through mud and cross torrents to see pure/unadulterated rainforest. If there's a road and it's easy to get to then it obviously won't be 100% "pure" (but for some reason people always hope they can have everything).

The OP is on a 3 week holiday in Thailand and is going to be near Surat Thani and s/he mentions wanting to stay one night in the jungle, not a week.

Obvious answer---> Khao Sok.

This said the other suggestions can be useful to other people so it's not a complete waste of time if the OP doesn't take your advice.

I made a mental note of Um Phang National Park and Taman Negara for example. Thanks idreamofdurian! :-)

you know what people;
i'll check out Khao Sok and maybe the Tak province.

nevermind this topic from now on.. i thought of it as a friendly question, to the travel community to get some fun and positive feedback, but some take this way too serious and negative for my taste. i'm out

SBE

I agree with you "I don't think the OP DOES know where s/he's going.

But, that wasn't obvious with the original post.

I recognised initially that 'k' probably doesn't use English as the 1st language.

Nevertheless, (and this comment also includes idreamofdurian) those that do a bit of homework and ask questions seriously targetted to their travel agenda generally get good answers. The clowns that ask open ended questions hoping that someone else will fashion an agenda for them are airheads.

It's not my website, it belongs to Stuart. That said, as a contributor, I believe that airheads ought be 'educated' to respect the time and effort the 'responders' expend to help those well intentioned people seeking answers to their real concerns. The alternative is that airheads control the agenda and good advice goes elsewhere.

Cheers

Bruce: When I see a dumb question and doubt that the OP will appreciate my carefully researched answer to their query, I don't answer it.

Yes, it obviously would have been helpful to know Koe's itinerary (even if it was just a rough outline)...

I think that questions with fuller details tend to get fuller responses. ex. "What's a good park in Thailand?" warrants a brief answer, while "What's a good park in the south of Thailand to see primary rainforest and fauna during the wet season?" gets a longer one.

here's a tip;

people dont seek negative people to have conversations with. people tend to be in an optimistic mood want the other person who talks back to be able to add to that mood and not bring it down. nobody wants help from a depressed and negative person. you might want to help others, but they might not want help from a person like you. change your act buddy

Ahhhh, K

You didn't go after all!!!

Oh, well, it must be the colour of in the site.

Shazam

John

Does too.

But, then, as you realise, buddy has connotations that don't apply to me.

Cheers