The Park's bungalows are set within a jungle complete with spectacled langurs living all around you. In recent years, the restaurant reached SeaCanoe quality, and the park grounds are well maintained. The best part is kayaking directly from the sand beach, which also makes an excellent kayak classroom. The following longtail-support days offer plenty of paddling options in limestone completely different from Phang Nga Bay, filled with excellent coral gardens. There's up to a week of good kayaking before you have to repeat a paddle.
Dinner is followed by a good sleep in the above-standard National Park bungalows.
On Day Two you continue paddling the Tarutao coastline, with pristine tropical hardwood forests on the island side, and coral gardens stretching off your other shoulder. There's an excellent, seemingly endless mangrove estuary with unafraid wildlife next to the Park dock that's good for at least a full day's paddle. Tarutao's interior also hosts some great trekking, including a cross-island hike to the old WWII prison colony. Tarutao is good for up to a week of varied paddling.