Khao Yai National Park

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      Khao Yai is Thailand's oldest National Park. At 2,168 square km it is also the largest National Park in Thailand. Located within the Dongrek Mountain Rang, Khao Yai's elevation ranges from 200m to 1351m.

     History of Khao Yai, in 1902, 30 families from the south of Khao Yai moved into the Khao Yai hills. They farmed rice, hunted wildlife and collected forest products. The present grasslands along the road near the Head Quarters (HO) area are evidence of these villages and farms. In 1932 when Thailand became a Constitutional Monarchy, the government closed Khao Yai because the area had become a hideout for political criminals. In 1959 His Excellency Field Marshall Sarit Thanarat, then Prime Minister, asked the Agriculture and Cooperatives Department and the Department of Interior to look into the setting up of a National Park's System. In 1962 Khao Yai became the 1st National Park under the National Park Act of 1961. It is managed by the Royal Forest Department.

     Over 290 species of bird have been recorded here with specialities including Heart-spotted Woodpecker, Banded Broadbill, Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo, Red-headed Trogon and Orange-breasted Trogon. More bird list by Mr Nick Upton