Cheow Lan Lake Sunrise Boat Tour

Set an alarm: by 06:30 you are out on Cheow Lan Lake. A local driver steers the wooden longtail out from Ratchaprapha Dam Pier, with an English-speaking guide aboard to explain what you see. The boat heads first for Khao Sam Kloe, a set of three limestone pinnacles whose English name is the Three Brothers. The engine drops to an idle beside them so you can frame your photos while the morning light builds on the limestone. What the morning looks like is up to the weather: you might get low cloud on the hills, a glassy surface or plain open daylight, and each one photographs differently. Next the longtail motors over to a raft house anchored on the reservoir, where fish usually gather near the surface and you can throw them some food. You step back onto the pier at 08:30 with breakfast still to come. Pickup at about 06:00 is included from the Cheowlan-side hotels listed for this tour; if yours is not listed, meet us at Ratchaprapha Dam Pier at 06:20.