Adventure & Sports: Khao Yai
Khao Yai or “Big Mountain” sprawls over parts of Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachinburi and Nakhon Nayok. It is the most popular national park in the country, attracting one million visitors a year with its scenic beauty and abundant plant and wildlife.
Khao Yai has four vegetation zones, spanning elevation from 100 metres to more than 1,400 metres: evergreen rainforest, semi-evergreen, mixed deciduous and hill evergreen forest. It is also home to a large array of birds and animals.
Adventure in Khao Yai
- Hiking and Animal Spotting
Fifty trails follow the migratory paths of wildlife to beautiful waterfalls. Commonly spotted animals include gibbons, langurs, deer, and rhesus monkeys. You can join a night time safari in which rangers shine spotlight onto night-feeding herds, making them easier to spot.
- Birdwatching
Khao Yai is a major birdwatching hub, being home to rare species including all four species of hornbill: the great, wreathed, Oriental pied and brown.
- Rafting
Kaeng Hin Pueng in Prachin Buri is a stretch of river in Khao Yai National Park noted for its wild beauty. The water is very vigorous during the rainy months (June-October), and some stretches are designated Level 5, the uppermost limit to whitewater rafting.
