Raksa Warin Hot Springs

Raksa Warin Hot Springs in the Surat Thani province of southern Thailand are situated within the buffer zone of Khao Sok National Park, one of the oldest and most biodiverse rainforests in the world — older than the Amazon and the Congo, with a species count that includes Asian elephants, tigers, tapirs and gibbons. The sulphurous springs emerge at temperatures comfortable for bathing amidst the primeval forest, and the facility is relatively simple, allowing the extraordinary natural environment to remain the primary focus. The nearby Cheow Lan reservoir, with its limestone karst islands rising from emerald water within Khao Sok itself, provides one of Thailand's most spectacular landscapes as a backdrop to the thermal experience. This combination of ancient rainforest, megafauna and geothermal springs is genuinely extraordinary.