"Khao Yai National Park" a Ban Khao Yai Travel Page by herzog63

Khao Yai is a big National Park as it covers over 2000 sq KM. It is the first of it's kind that was established in Thailand in 1961. There are tons of waterfalls, magnificent hikes, animals galore, gobs of creepy crawlers, and many kinds of forest to be found here. Apparantly there are Several kinds of deer but we only saw one kind but we saw well over 100 of them! We didn't spot any of the several hundred elephants that were supposed to be residing in the park. We did see quite a few bird species that looked quite cool but I'm not up on my birds so correct identification isn't going to happen. We did get to see this really cool Scorpion on one of our hikes. We did 5 hikes in our 3 days at the park!

I had first read about Khao Yai National Park in 1984 but never made it until this year (2003). I had contacted my Friends Pla,Ooy and Gop and told them that I would be returning to Thailand in March and was wondering if they would like to do a trip to Khao Yai National Park. And being the great friends that they are they said sure!! I told them the dates that I would be available and they made arrangements at their work for some vacation time. They picked my son and I up at Don Muang International Airport after we finished our 2 wonderful weeks in Myanmar. And we went direct to Khao Yai! So we didn't miss a beat! It was perfect. I know my son and I had a great time even though we didn't see any elephants but the hikes that we did with our friends will never be forgotten!! Thanks to you Pla, Ooy and Gop!!!!!! I hope we can do it again someday!!!