Khao Laem National Park

Khao Laem National Park
Map showing the location of Khao Laem National Park
Map showing the location of Khao Laem National Park
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LocationKanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Nearest citySangkhlaburi
Coordinates15°01′20″N 98°35′50″E / 15.02222°N 98.59722°E / 15.02222; 98.59722
Area1,497 km2 (578 sq mi)
Established5 December 1987 [1]
Visitors66,192 (in 2019)
Governing bodyDepartment of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

Khao Laem National Park is a park of about 1,500 square kilometers (370,658 acres) in Western Thailand, located near Myanmar in the northern area of the Tenasserim Hills, Kanchanaburi Province. It is a part of the Western Forest Complex, a system of protected wilderness in the Dawna-Tenasserim Hills area of western Thailand.

The park, which is adjacent to the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, surrounds the Khao Laem Reservoir, located about 340 km northwest of Bangkok. It is bisected by Road 323. The environments and vegetation consist of mixed deciduous forests and hilly, dry evergreen forests, mainly in the northeast of the park. Prominent mammalian fauna in the area includes endemic species such as Asiatic black bear, elephant, several species of deer, dhole, gaur, gibbons, langurs, leopard, macaques, tiger, water buffalo and wild boar, to name a few.[2][3]

The park hosted the second season of New Zealand version of Survivor, Survivor NZ: Thailand.[4]

  1. ^ "National Park of Thailand, Online Reservation National Park of Thailand, Forest Park of Thailand, Thailand National Park, Thailand Forest Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Royal Forest Department". www.dnp.go.th. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ Elliot, Stephan; Cubitt, Gerald (2001). THE NATIONAL PARKS and other Wild Places of THAILAND. New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd. pp. 42–44. ISBN 9781859748862.
  3. ^ "Observations • iNaturalist". iNaturalist. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ Fenwick, George (22 April 2018). "Thailand: braving the roads to Sangkhlaburi, ahead of Survivor New Zealand series two". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2020.