10 Best National Parks in Thailand
A friend, two cameras and a battered notebook, following elephants at dusk, sleeping under mist and listening to the old stories that still live in the trees.
It began with a line my friend scribbled on the back of a bus ticket, somewhere between Bangkok and the first green hills. Ten places, one long season, no schedule that a sensible person would defend. We wanted the Thailand that does not appear on postcards, the one that wakes before the sun and speaks in hornbill wingbeats and distant gibbon song.
What follows is what we kept. Not a ranking, because a forest cannot be ranked, but a route, a mood and a handful of stories that rangers, drivers, villagers and late night forum threads gave us along the way. If you are searching for the best national parks in Thailand for wildlife, consider this a map drawn in lamplight. Several rules and timings below come from travellers and rangers rather than a single official page, so confirm them at the gate before you rely on them.
1. Kui Buri National Park
Where the Giants Walk Out of the Dusk
We left Hua Hin in a rattling songthaew just after lunch, windows open to the smell of pineapple fields and hot tar. Everyone online warns you about timing, and for good reason. The elephant viewing zone does not follow normal park hours, and travellers report that the checkpoint opens at about 2 pm and closes at about 6 pm. Arrive at nine in the morning and you will find an empty staging area and a very patient dog. We rolled in at half past three, which forum regulars call the sweet spot, when the late afternoon heat pushes herds out of the thick brush toward the open reservoir margins to drink, dust bathe and feed before twilight.
We climbed into an open truck with a spotter whose grin never left his face. He told us, over a thermos of sweet tea, a story most blogs skip. Kui Buri was once a flashpoint of human and elephant conflict. Farmers grew pineapple right up to the park edge, elephants raided the crops, and retaliation was often fatal. Today the drivers and spotters are local people, many of them former farmers, who earn a direct income from visitors. In a quiet way, every ticket is a vote for the elephants.
A wild elephant is the quietest large thing you will ever hear arrive.
Kui Buri sits roughly an hour south of Hua Hin, and the grass began to move just as the sun turned copper. We counted eleven elephants before the sky bruised to violet, and gaur, the enormous forest bison, grazed the far meadow like dark boulders. The tip that circulates in expat forums is to book the afternoon ranger truck, sit on the left side and keep your lens cap in your pocket rather than on your lens. That night we ate grilled river fish and sticky rice at a roadside stall and watched the stars come out over the pineapple rows, my friend still whispering about the matriarch who had looked straight at the truck and then simply walked on.
2. Khao Yai National Park
The Forest of the Lord of Fire
Thailand's first national park wears its age gracefully. Long before it was called Khao Yai, meaning big mountain, the surrounding jungle was known as Dong Phaya Fai, the Forest of the Lord of Fire. Stories say its fevers and spirits frightened travellers so badly that the name was later softened to Dong Phaya Yen, the Forest of the Lord of Cool.
Even renaming a forest could not quite persuade the spirits to leave.
We drove up from Bangkok in three slow hours, stopped for coffee in Pak Chong and reached the gate by mid morning. The first lesson is that Khao Yai is not one forest but several. The grassy plateau around Nong Phak Chi belongs to sambar deer, wild boar and, in the late afternoon, the occasional solitary bull elephant. The deep evergreen valleys toward Haew Suwat and Pha Diao Dai belong to white handed gibbons and great hornbills, who feed high in the canopy at sunrise. Dholes, the Asian wild dogs, are reported most often on the paved curves near early morning salt licks, not deep in the jungle.
We pitched our tent at the campground and cooked instant noodles over a borrowed gas stove while the light thinned. At dusk we sat outside Khao Luk Chang cave and watched millions of wrinkle lipped bats pour into the sky in a living ribbon that took nearly an hour to unspool. Then came the rule that surprises people. Driving your own car around the park hunting for wildlife after dark is not permitted, and travellers report on the spot fines. We booked the official ranger night truck at the visitor centre before six, and the roof mounted spotlights swept the grass until eyeshine flickered back, civets, a porcupine, the green coin glow of a deer. Back at camp we lay on a tarp and watched the Milky Way rise over the ridge while something heavy moved through the trees nearby.
3. Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary
The Sanctuary Few Travellers Dare to Name
Phu Khiao lies in Chaiyaphum, a province most itineraries skip, and that is its quiet gift. The hills are green in the way old paintings are green, and the forest here is a corridor for wild elephants that have never heard of a tour bus. The first thing we learned is that you cannot simply turn up at the gate. A wildlife sanctuary is a different category from a recreational national park, and visitors are generally told to request permission through the Department of National Parks or the sanctuary office. Private vehicles without clearance are sometimes turned back at the outer checkpoint, so we wrote ahead and waited.
Chaiyaphum means the city of victory, and locals still honour its founder, Phraya Phakdi Chumphon, at a shrine in town. We lit incense there before heading into the hills, partly out of respect and partly because it felt wrong to enter his country uninvited. Rangers described the central meadow, Thung Kamang, where reintroduced hog deer are said to graze alongside sambar, a sight that has vanished from much of Southeast Asia. Daily visitor numbers are capped to protect research and breeding work, so ask the office about current limits rather than trusting a map pin.
We ate khao niao and spicy grilled pork in town that evening, planning by phone light, and the next dawn we walked a rutted track with a ranger who read the forest like a newspaper. We saw few animals and many tracks, which taught us that a sanctuary is first of all a promise to the animals.
4. Kaeng Krachan National Park
A Sea of Mist Above the Last Tiger Country
This is Thailand's largest national park, and since 2021 its forest complex has carried UNESCO World Heritage status. The park is hard to visit without a car, and the ridge road rewards those who accept being slow. Rangers run it as a strict one way system with timed windows. Travellers report uphill traffic to Phanoen Thung in the early morning and early afternoon, downhill traffic in the mid morning and late afternoon, and no motorbikes beyond Ban Krang, so only high clearance vehicles go up. Miss a window and you wait on the mountain for hours.
We drove in from Phetchaburi and camped near Ban Krang, where the river runs shallow over pale stones. At dusk we boiled rice on a camp stove and swapped stories with a Thai birding group over thermos tea, hornbills crossing the pink sky in heavy beating lines. The lower camp is a world famous hub for several hornbill species, broadbills and dusky langurs, which stare from the treetops with tragic spectacles of white around their eyes.
Some mornings the mist does not lift, and the forest keeps what it knows.
At four in the morning we joined the queue of 4WD vehicles, headlamps swaying on the switchbacks, and reached Phanoen Thung as the sun cleared the ridge. The valleys filled with white and the peaks became islands in a milk coloured sea. Rangers speak of tigers moving through these ridges, and some travellers report daytime sightings of black leopards crossing the high tracks, though we saw none. Birders on specialist forums rank Ban Krang highly for pittas and hornbills, so pack patience, a good pair of binoculars and a headlamp for the dark drive.
5. Khao Sok National Park
A Rainforest Older Than Memory
Scientists often describe the rainforest of Khao Sok as hundreds of millions of years old, among the most ancient evergreen forests on Earth. The park is really two experiences about an hour apart by road. The headquarters side is the terrestrial rainforest of hiking trails, night walks for river tarantulas and pit vipers, and the trek to the giant Rafflesia. The other side is Cheow Lan Lake, behind the Ratchaprapha Dam, reached by longtail boat. Many visitors do not realise they are different worlds until they have booked the wrong one.
We spent the first afternoon on the jungle side, sweat running under our shirts, then slept in a bamboo bungalow listening to the river. The next morning a longtail carried us across glassy water to a floating raft house on the lake. The lake was created when the dam was completed in 1982, drowning valleys and forest, and old guides say that on still nights you can feel the old valley under the boat. We swam from the raft at sunset, then ate fried rice and tom yum cooked on a gas ring, while a monitor lizard patrolled the pontoon beyond the lantern light.
The standard day trip runs through the busy karst corridor, where noise keeps large animals away. Serious wildlife watchers go for a dawn boat into the western arm toward Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary, which carries a separate conservation fee and is the best place to look for serow on the cliffs, tapirs near the mud banks and elephants coming to drink. We did it in the cold grey before sunrise, engine cut, hearing only dripping water. Forum veterans advise visiting between December and February for Rafflesia, and asking guides about recent blooms rather than relying on a calendar.
6. Pang Sida National Park
Where a Princess Lends Her Name to the Butterflies
The name Sida echoes Sita, the heroine of the Ramakien, Thailand's own telling of the Ramayana. Whether the park truly takes its name from her depends on who you ask in Sa Kaeo, but nobody disputes the magic of the place. We drove east from Bangkok through flat farmland and arrived with the afternoon rain still dripping from the leaves, and the road was alive with orange and yellow wings.
Not far away stands Prasat Sdok Kok Thom, a Khmer sanctuary famous for an inscription that historians use to trace the lineage of ancient priests, and we paid it a visit between park hours. The butterfly show is not random. Travellers report that between about 9 and 11:30 on sunny mornings after light rain, staff spread mineral rich silt in selected clearings, and hundreds of species, some say up to four hundred, gather in glittering carpets for mud puddling before the sun dries the soil. Reports place the busiest weeks between May and July, near kilometre markers 11 and 20.
Pang Sida also belongs to the same UNESCO listed forest complex as Khao Yai, so the wildlife corridors run unbroken. Rangers mention a restricted upstream area used for Siamese crocodile reintroduction, kept well away from visitors, a hopeful note for a species once feared lost. In the evening we cooked on a small stove at the campground, kept our food sealed against macaques, and watched fireflies rise from the stream like a slow moving constellation.
7. Doi Inthanon National Park
The King Who Wished to Be Buried in the Clouds
At 2,565 metres, Doi Inthanon is Thailand's highest peak, and its summit is cold enough to surprise anyone who packed only for beaches. The mountain is named for King Inthawichayanon of Chiang Mai, who loved these forests and asked that they be protected. His ashes rest in a small shrine near the top.
A king gave the mountain his name, and the mountain gave him back the sky.
We rode the winding road from Chiang Mai in a rented pickup, shivering at the summit in the early morning and drinking bitter coffee from a Karen village stall. The twin royal pagodas and the Ang Ka boardwalk draw the crowds, and the temperature sign draws the selfies. The real treasure is quieter. Near the peak lies a relic sphagnum bog, a high altitude island where birds such as the green tailed sunbird live in a world of moss and mist.
The park is a famous birding destination with hundreds of species recorded. Experienced birders skip the summit crowds and station themselves along the forest track at Kilometre 31 and the jeep track at Kilometre 37, where mixed flocks of cochoas, partridges and minivets work the mossy trunks at the cloud forest edge. We walked the Kew Mae Pan trail through moss hung rhododendron while Karen and Hmong villagers tended terraces below, and ended the day at a village homestay, eating sticky rice, mountain greens and grilled pork around a wood fire, then watching the stars through gaps in the pines.
8. Thung Salaeng Luang National Park
Meadows That Remember a War
High in the hills between Phitsanulok and Phetchabun, Thung Salaeng Luang opens into a rolling savanna that looks borrowed from another continent. Visitors expecting steamy jungle find two needled pine, Pinus merkusii, scattered over open grassland, and in the rainy season wildflowers carpet the slopes. The wide open view changes how you watch wildlife. Without thick brush, boar, nocturnal mammals and owls can be picked out across long distances with a torch or thermal scope.
We arrived in the dry winter and learned about the basin effect the hard way. At night temperatures can drop to about 5 to 8 degrees Celsius, and our tropical clothing was a joke. We pitched our tent in the meadow, built a small fire where permitted and cooked noodles with cheap canned fish while a ranger pointed out the Southern Cross low on the horizon. With almost no light pollution, the Milky Way here is a thing you remember. At first light animals emerge from the evergreen pockets to warm themselves in the open grass, which makes a dawn mountain bike ride along the savanna track one of the best ways to spot wildlife.
The silence here is layered. Nearby hills once sheltered insurgents during the Cold War, and elders still tell stories of trails that vanished back into the forest. By noon we hiked to Kaeng Sopha waterfall and sat with our feet in the cold current, listening. Visit in the wet season for flowers and in the cool season for clear skies, but never skip a local guide on the longer meadow routes.
9. Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
The Mountain of Three Hundred Peaks
This is where limestone meets the sea. The name means three hundred peaks, and the western freshwater marsh below them, Thailand's largest, is a resting place for hundreds of migratory waterbird species on the East Asian and Australasian Flyway. We drove south from Hua Hin and went straight to the reeds at dawn, binoculars up, while purple herons and egrets stepped through the mist like actors waiting for their cue.
Habituated dusky langurs, also called spectacled leaf monkeys, live near the park headquarters and Hat Sam Phraya, and the trick is to be there early. Between about 7 and 8:30 in the morning, a wild troop often descends to the lower branches near the ranger outpost to feed, while the same animals hide high on the limestone bluffs in the midday heat. We sat on the sand with coffee and watched them eat young leaves with a surgeon's patience.
The finest moment is a hot climb to Phraya Nakhon Cave. A roof has collapsed, and sunlight falls onto a small royal pavilion, built to receive King Rama V on a visit in the nineteenth century. Boatmen tell a gentler story of a sailor caught in a storm who found shelter here and left his name behind. Go early, because the light beam is strongest in mid morning and the climb is brutal after noon. That night we ate crab and rice at a seaside shack and slept on the beach, the limestone teeth black against a bright, crowded sky.
Stone, sea and one slanting column of sunlight, and suddenly you are inside a legend.
10. Mu Ko Surin National Park
Where the Sea Nomads Remember the Wave
The Surin Islands lie near the Myanmar border, five rocky islands wrapped in coral and reached by boat from the mainland. They are home to the Moken, the sea nomads, whose lives follow the monsoon and the tide. Their oral tradition speaks of a great wave called the laboon, which rises when the sea withdraws.
In 2004, many Moken reportedly read the retreating water and ran to high ground before the wave came.
We crossed in a fast boat at dawn, the sea slate then silver, and arrived on a beach where the tents stood in a row beneath the trees. Surin is often lumped together with the Similans, but the two feel different. The Similans are famous for deep granite boulders and big fish. Surin has shallow, wide fringing reef flats, so you can snorkel straight off the beach. Plan snorkel runs to Ao Suthep and Ao Mae Yai around a rising mid to high tide, when deep water lets you drift over seagrass and table coral, and juvenile blacktip reef sharks patrol the shallows. At dead low tide you only scrape your knees on dead coral. We also saw green and hawksbill turtles grazing the seagrass.
At night the Moken village glowed with lanterns, and an elder spoke to us through a translator about reading the sea by its smell and sound. We cooked grilled fish and rice in the camp kitchen and then lay on the sand watching the Milky Way pour into the horizon, bioluminescence flickering at the tideline each time we kicked the water. The park generally closes during the monsoon, usually from mid May to mid October or November, and boat and camp spots can sell out in peak weeks, so reserve early through the official park system. Mu Ko Surin is the kind of place that humbles you politely.
Five More Wild Places Worth the Detour
Erawan National Park: Waterfalls and Fish
West of Bangkok in Kanchanaburi, Erawan unspools in seven emerald tiers, each pool cooler and clearer than the last. Small fish nibble at your ankles when you wade in, a tickle that makes strangers laugh together. Go at opening time to beat the day trippers, wear proper water shoes and treat the upper levels as a short, slippery climb. Fees for foreign adults are reported at about 300 baht.
Similan Islands: Marine Life, Turtles and Diving
Granite boulders, white sand and water so clear the reef seems to float. The Similans are famous for turtles, mantas on lucky days and dive sites that fill liveaboards from Khao Lak. They share the seasonal rhythm of Surin and generally close from mid May to mid October.
Huai Kha Khaeng and Thung Yai Naresuan: Tiger Country
This pair of sanctuaries holds a UNESCO listing and one of the most important strongholds of tigers in mainland Southeast Asia. It is a serious wildlife destination, not a casual day out. Access is limited and permission matters, and tiger sightings in the open are extraordinarily rare, with most evidence coming from camera traps.
Phang Nga Bay: Limestone Towers and Mangroves
Sea canoes slide through sea caves and into hidden lagoons ringed by cliffs. Come at first light for quiet, watch for monitor lizards and mangrove birds, and skip the busiest island at midday.
Tarutao: The Island of Prisoners and Pirates
Tarutao, near the Malaysian border, was once a prison island, and stories of convicts turned pirates still travel from boat to boat. Its name is said to come from a Malay word meaning ancient and mysterious. Today it is a marine park of quiet beaches, hornbills and monkeys, closed in the heavy monsoon like most Andaman parks.
Which Park Fits You Best
| If you want | Choose | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Wild elephants | Kui Buri | Best odds, with a ranger truck run by local people |
| Birds | Doi Inthanon and Kaeng Krachan | Cloud forest specialists and hornbills |
| Families | Khao Yai and Khao Sam Roi Yot | Easy trails, good roads, strong facilities |
| First timers | Khao Yai | Three hours from Bangkok with night safari and campsites |
| Serious naturalists | Kaeng Krachan and Phu Khiao | Remote forest and sanctuary habitats |
| Snorkelling and turtles | Mu Ko Surin | Shallow reefs straight off the beach |
National Parks Near Bangkok and Beyond at a Glance
| Park | Region | Top animals | Best months | Foreigner fee, reported | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kui Buri | West | Elephants, gaur | Nov to Apr | About 200 baht | Easy |
| 2 Khao Yai | Central | Gibbons, hornbills, bats | Nov to Feb | 400 baht | Easy to moderate |
| 3 Phu Khiao | Northeast | Elephants, deer | Nov to Feb | Permit needed | Moderate |
| 4 Kaeng Krachan | West | Hornbills, langurs | Nov to Feb | About 300 baht | Moderate |
| 5 Khao Sok | South | Gibbons, bats, serow | Dec to Apr | 300 baht | Moderate |
| 6 Pang Sida | East | Butterflies, birds | May to Jul | Confirm | Easy |
| 7 Doi Inthanon | North | Birds | Nov to Feb | About 300 baht | Moderate |
| 8 Thung Salaeng Luang | North central | Boar, owls, deer | Nov to Feb | Confirm | Easy to moderate |
| 9 Sam Roi Yot | West Gulf coast | Langurs, waterbirds | Nov to Apr | Confirm | Steep in places |
| 10 Mu Ko Surin | Andaman Sea | Turtles, reef sharks | Mid Nov to mid May | 300 to 500 baht | Swimming |
Plan It Properly: Reaching, Staying and Budgeting
| Park | How to reach | Best months | Where to sleep |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kui Buri | Bangkok to Hua Hin by train or van, then about 1 hour by taxi or songthaew | November to April | Hua Hin hotels, nearby homestays |
| 2 Khao Yai | About 3 hours by car or van via Pak Chong | November to February | Park campsites, lodges, Pak Chong resorts |
| 3 Phu Khiao | Fly or drive to Chaiyaphum, then arrange permission and ranger transport | November to February | Chaiyaphum town hotels |
| 4 Kaeng Krachan | Car from Phetchaburi, hard by public transport | November to February | Ban Krang camp, Phanoen Thung camp |
| 5 Khao Sok | Bus or van from Phuket or Surat Thani | December to April | Jungle bungalows, floating rafts on the lake |
| 6 Pang Sida | Car from Bangkok through Prachinburi, about 3 to 4 hours | May to July for butterflies, cool months for walks | Park campsite, local lodges |
| 7 Doi Inthanon | About 2 hours from Chiang Mai by car or songthaew | November to February | Village homestays, campsites, Chiang Mai |
| 8 Thung Salaeng Luang | Phitsanulok, then about 1.5 hours by car | November to February, wet season for flowers | Camping on the meadow, park bungalows |
| 9 Sam Roi Yot | About 1 hour south of Hua Hin by car | November to April | Beach huts, seaside resorts |
| 10 Mu Ko Surin | Boat from Khura Buri pier on the Andaman coast | Mid November to mid May | Park tents and bungalows, liveaboards |
| Traveller | Typical daily budget in USD | What it buys |
|---|---|---|
| Budget solo | 30 to 55 | Dorms, camping, local food, shared vans, park tickets |
| Midrange couple | 90 to 170 | Private rooms, shared car, a guide, boat transfers |
| Family of four | 150 to 300 | Family bungalows, driver, ranger trucks, easy walks |
| Luxury | 300 to 800 and above | Resorts, private naturalist guides, liveaboard dives |
These are my own planning estimates, not quotes. Park fees for foreign visitors, boat prices and campsite rates change often, so check the official Department of National Parks website and park pages before you pay for anything.
Month by Month and When the Parks Close
| Month | What to expect |
|---|---|
| November | Rains fade, forests glow and marine parks reopen around mid month |
| December | Cool, dry and busy, with Rafflesia chances at Khao Sok |
| January | Peak season, cold dawns at Thung Salaeng Luang and Doi Inthanon |
| February | Clear skies, strong birding and good elephant odds |
| March | Heat builds, waterholes draw animals, Surin is excellent |
| April | Very hot, great for sea parks, best to start before sunrise |
| May | First rains arrive, Pang Sida butterflies begin, marine parks close mid month |
| June | Green season, butterflies, flowers and leeches |
| July | Peak butterflies, wet trails, quieter parks |
| August | Heavy rain, some upper roads such as Kaeng Krachan may close |
| September | Wettest month in many parks, lowest crowds |
| October | Rains ease, Andaman parks stay closed until mid month or later |
Sample Itineraries for Thailand Jungle Trekking and Wildlife
| Length | Route | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 3 days | Bangkok, Khao Yai with night safari, gibbon trail, bat flight | Easiest wildlife weekend from the capital |
| 7 days | Hua Hin base, Kui Buri, Sam Roi Yot, two nights Kaeng Krachan, return via Pang Sida or Khao Yai | Needs a car or driver |
| 14 days | Chiang Mai and Doi Inthanon, Thung Salaeng Luang, Khao Yai, Kaeng Krachan, Kui Buri, fly to Phuket, Khao Sok and Surin | Cool season only, Surin from mid November |
Ethical Wildlife Tourism: Looking Without Taking
The best encounters in this article had one thing in common: nobody touched anything. Choose observation over riding, bathing or posing with elephants, and favour ranger trucks, community run projects and licensed guides. Keep your distance, switch off flash, never feed animals, leave turtles and coral alone and keep drones on the ground. If a sanctuary offers photos with chained animals, walk away.
Trekking, Leeches and Whether to Hire a Guide
Leech season follows the rains, roughly May to October in most forests, and the cure is simple: leech socks, long trousers tucked in and a calm check at every rest stop. Carry more water than you think you need, avoid river trails after storms and tell someone your route. Independent travel is easy at Khao Yai, Kui Buri and Sam Roi Yot, while Kaeng Krachan, Khao Sok, Doi Inthanon, Phu Khiao and the big wildlife sanctuaries reward a licensed guide who knows the animals and the rules.
Plan for the cool and dry months from November to February for most parks, treat Mu Ko Surin as a seasonal destination and keep a flexible schedule. Whatever you do, leave the radio of your life behind for a few days. The forest talks softly.
Pin the Route on Google Maps
Open each park in your own map and save them to a list before you leave. Official opening hours, fees and closures are published by the Department of National Parks at dnp.go.th.
Questions We Were Asked Along the Way
Which national park in Thailand is best for seeing wild elephants?
Kui Buri is widely rated as the most reliable, usually in the late afternoon on a ranger guided truck. Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan also have elephants, though sightings are less predictable.
When is the best time to visit Thai national parks for wildlife?
The cool and dry months from November to February suit most parks. The Surin Islands usually close for the monsoon, so confirm dates before booking.
Can I drive my own car through Khao Yai at night to look for wildlife?
Rules restrict private night driving for wildlife viewing, so book the official ranger night truck at the visitor centre before dusk and confirm current rules on arrival.
Can I visit Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary without permission?
It is a sanctuary, not a recreational national park, so visitors are generally advised to arrange permission through the Department of National Parks or the sanctuary office first.
Do I need travel insurance for jungle trekking in Thailand?
It is strongly advised. Choose a policy that covers medical evacuation and adventure activities such as trekking and snorkelling.
Can you see tigers in Thailand?
Very rarely. Tigers live in places such as Huai Kha Khaeng, Thung Yai and Kaeng Krachan, but sightings are mostly captured by camera traps rather than seen by visitors.
Which national park is best for wildlife?
For elephants choose Kui Buri, for first timers Khao Yai, for birds Doi Inthanon and Kaeng Krachan, and for turtles and snorkelling Mu Ko Surin.
Do I need a guide?
Not at Khao Yai, Kui Buri or Sam Roi Yot, but a licensed guide is wise at Kaeng Krachan, Khao Sok, Doi Inthanon and any sanctuary that requires permission.
We came back with muddy boots, a notebook full of half sentences and the sense that the forest had been reading us all along.
Kalyan Panja
Kalyan Panja is a travel writer, photographer, and founder of Travtasy, exploring off-the-beaten-track destinations since 2006. His writing and photography have been featured by National Geographic, Lonely Planet, Google Travel, and Getty Images. Kalyan prefers road trips, EV corridors, mountain routes, and hotel stays across Asia, Europe, and North America to provide verified, first-hand travel guides.
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Thailand is so beautiful, with so many wonderful places to explore
An amazing country, so much beauty and wildlife. I have never actually been to Thailand but it would be wonderful to see the elephants.
Omg I can't believe there was an elephant on the road! But I would LOVE to visit Thailand one day and eat so much yummy food.
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OH MY! I was in Thailand for 10 days in The Sanctuary and can't wait to go back and explore more of it.
Wow these parks looks amazing! It is my dream to visit Thailand :) Hopefully, I will be able to go next year!
I've heard the Elephant nature park is an incredible sight!
These parks looks so amazing! I can't wait to visit them someday!
I can not wait for my trip to Thailand. I will definitely visit the national parks there. Khao Yai National Park is my number one! Thanks for great inspiration!
I had no idea there were so many National Parks around. We're always looking for new places to explore with the family -- pups included.
I cannot wait to travel to Thailand to visit them all, they all look like amazing places to visit