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Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park Situated in the Phitsanulok Province, 377 km north if Bangkok, this national park has several slabs of smooth, rounded cobbles which are moulded from sandstone by centuries of wind and rain. The inaccessible Mon Daeng Waterfall crashes down the 32 steps it has chiselled into the mountainside over many hundreds of years. Communist rebels used this area as their hideaway in the 1970s. popular activities here include trekking to view the numerous orchids and lichens on the wooded slopes and deep ravines. Doi Inthanon National Park
Thung Salaeng Luang National Park
Mae Surin National Park
Khao Yai National Park
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The
highest peak in the country at 2,565 metres, Doi Inthanon is also a national
park forming the southerly and of the Shan mountain range and the source
of several rivers. Located in Chiang Mai province, the park has flora
and fauna not seen in other parts of Thailand. Two Hill Tribes, the Karen
and Hmong have settled here. Trekking is recommended to observe the fauna
and flora. Some 364 different species of birds can be found here, also
butterflies. There are camping grounds and the best time to visit is between
November and February.
Another
national park of open fields surrounded by dry oak forests and stately
pines. Thung means “field” in Thai, though the fields in this national
park lying in the Phetchabun Range are neither fully cultivated nor totally
wild. Kaeng Sopha waterfall, one of three spectacular staircase waterfalls
in Thung Salaeng Luang, thunders down a series of steps before reaching
the calm Savannah forest below. The meadows at Non Son and Nang Phaya
are fully of interesting flora and fauna. This pride of the Phetchabun
Province offers visitors the opportunity of trekking as well as biking.
A
national park in Mae Hong Son Province on the Doi Mae Ukor, Mae Surin
National Park is blessed with waterfalls and a vast field of wild sunflowers
(bua thong) which bloom in November. You can visit a Hill Tribe in Khun
Yuam district. However getting to this national is in itself a challenge
as Mae Hong Son Province is over 900 km form Bangkok and can be reached
by air and then by road to Khun Yuam district and on a further 90 km to
Doi Mae Ukor.
Covering
Saraburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri and Sra Kaeo provinces,
this is the largest north-eastern forest in Thailand. The park’s mountains
are watersheds for several waterfalls. It is one of the best refuges in
Thailand for animals and birds sin the wild and remains the most likely
spot to see wild tiger or elephant. Visitors can avail themselves with
trekking, bird and butterfly watching, animal spotting (elephants and
tiger), raft riding and camping.