Sai Yok Waterfalls

Sai Yok Waterfalls Kanchanaburi

The Sai Yok Waterfalls (Sai Yok Yai and Sai Yok Noi) form the focal point of Sai Yok National Park – a 500-square kilometre park offering evergreen, bamboo and teak forest against a mountainous backdrop teaming with wildlife such as bats (the Khun Kitti Bat – the smallest bat in the world), tigers, wild pigs, deers and birds. Sai Yok Yai Sai Yok Yai Waterfall flows from cliffs into Kwai Noi Riverand is about 100 kilometres from Kanchanaburi. It is famed for its beautiful environs and the fact that King Rama V once bathed here. Especially impressive in the rainy season, the waterfall is extremely forceful and rapid. Details: Admission to the fall is 200 Baht. During national holidays the site is very busy with local visitors. How to get there: This is the type of journey that might be better faced as a tour. It is possible to get to the falls by bus; you can get off at the English sign at the entrance to the park, but it is then a reasonable distance to the falls which you can cover by motorcycle taxi or walk. Sai Yok Noi Sai Yok Noi waterfall (Khao Pung) is the smaller and less visited of the two waterfalls, but no less impressive. It offers some of the most beautiful landscape and the Death Railway once passed close by. Details: As with Sai Yok Yai, the best time of the year for a visit is the rainy season (June to July). How to get there: Although they sound like close neighbours, there is in fact 40 kilometres distance between the two sites. Sai Yok Noi is located on the Kanchanaburi - Thong Pha Phum Road and it is 2 kilometers from Nam Tok Train Station.

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Erawan : Beautiful-Waterfall in thailand

Erawan National Park

Erawan National Park was designated in June 1975, as Thailand''s 12th National Park. It covers an area of 550 Km.2 of high mountains and attractive valleys. The eastern mountains rise to 996m. with shear limestone cliffs.

Topography
Erawan National Park was designated in June 1975, as Thailand's 12th National Park. It covers an area of 550 Km² of high mountains and attractive valleys. The eastern mountains rise to 996m. with shear limestone cliffs. These mountains protect the park from the eastern monsoon resulting in a low average rainfall.

Climate
These mountains protect the park from the eastern monsoon resulting in a low average rainfall. In summer the weather is sweltering but it is wonderfully between November-February cool.

Flora and Fauna
The main feature of the Park is the stunning Erawan waterfall created by a profusion of small streams joining together before tumbling down the precipitous cliffs. Deciduous forest covers about 78 % of the park with Pterocorpus macrocarpus, Hopea adorata, Afzelia xylocarpa and Spondias pinnata being some of the dominant tree species. There is also dipterocarp, dry evergreen and bamboo forest. Wildlife surveys of mammals, reptiles, birds and amphibians have been carried out. It you are lucky you may catch a glimpse of elephants, gibbons, Siamese hare, flying squirrels, eagles, white-eyes, king cobras or pythons. Fish, crabs and insect are abundant in the many streams.