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Khao Yai National Park is in the western part of the Sankamphaeng Mountain Range, at the southwestern boundary of the Khorat Plateau. The highest mountain in the area of the park is 1,351 m (4,432 ft) high Khao Rom. This park lies largely in Nakhon Ratchasima Province (Khorat), but also includes parts of Saraburi, Prachinburi and Nakhon Nayok ...
The Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex spans 230 kilometres (140 mi) between Ta Phraya National Park on the Cambodian border in the east, and Khao Yai National Park in the west. The site is home to more than 800 species of fauna, including 112 mammal species (among them two species of gibbon ), 392 bird species and 200 reptile and ...
It is largely in Ta Phraya District, Sa Kaeo Province, district after which it is named, although the park also includes sectors of Ban Kruat, Non Din Daeng, and Lahan Sai Districts of Buriram Province. The park, with an area of 371,250 rai ~ 594 square kilometres (229 sq mi) [ 1] is east of Pang Sida National Park. It was established in 1996.
Location of World Heritage Sites in Thailand. Gold dots indicate cultural sites and green dots are natural. Numbers 1-5 mark the locations of Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex: 1. Khao Yai; 2. Thap Lan; 3. Pang Sida; 4. Dong Yai; 5. Ta Phraya; and numbers 6-9 mark the locations of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex: 6.
Khao Laem Ya–Mu Ko Samet (Thai: เขาแหลมหญ้า-หมู่เกาะเสม็ด) is a Thai marine national park in the Gulf of Thailand off the coastline of Rayong, approximately 180 km southeast of Bangkok. [1][2] In 1981, the Royal Forest Department declared the archipelago of Ko Samet, along with nine other small ...
Queen Sirikit's Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex includes Thap Lan and five other related areas: Khao Yai National Park, Pang Sida National Park, Ta Phraya National Park, Phra Phuttha Chai National Park, and Dongyai Wildlife Sanctuary. [5] While elephant hunting is common in the Dangrek Range, elephants are better protected in Thap Lan.
Saritphong Dam or Thamnop Phra Ruang (Thai: เขื่อนสรีดภงค์ หรือ ทำนบพระร่วง) is an ancient dam, now restored by the Irrigation Department, comprises earthenworks that stretched between Khao Phra Bat Yai Mountain and Khao Kio Ai Ma Mountain. There was a spillway and pipes to carry water ...
The non-hunting area consists of a larger northern part, including Khao Yai 647 m (2,123 ft) and Khao Na Pha Tang 370 m (1,210 ft) and a smaller southern part, including Khao Ta Phrom 311 m (1,020 ft) and is neighbouring Ton Sak Yai National Park in the north and east. Streams, such as Huai Phaniat, Huai Pladuk and Huai Taew, flow into Khlong ...