Khao Yai national park

  • Environment NewsAlcohol banned at national parks after complaints of trash and drunk tourists

    Alcohol banned at national parks after complaints of trash and drunk tourists

    Alcohol is now banned at national parks after tourists allegedly got drunk at a waterfall and others left a load of trash by their campsite. The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has updated other park rules to make sure parks are kept clean and the wildlife isn’t disturbed. Just last week, trash left at a campsite at…

  • Environment NewsKhao Yai National Park litterers will get their trash back in the mail

    Khao Yai National Park litterers will get their trash back in the mail

    “We purposefully collected all your rubbish in a box and sent them to your home as a souvenir as a lesson to not litter anywhere ever again.” So much trash was left at the Khao Yai National Park campsite that park officials have packed it in parcel boxes and sent it back to the campers. The Minister of Natural Resources…

  • Tourism NewsHoliday weekend boosts tourism, brings in 8.8 billion baht

    Holiday weekend boosts tourism, brings in 8.8 billion baht

    The extended 4 day holiday weekend circulated 8.8 billion baht in revenue after months of limited travel due to the coronavirus pandemic… the upbeat report from the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The drop in international tourism has crippled local economies dependent on the industry. The holiday weekend was a major boost. The Friday and Monday public holidays were announced as…

  • Northern Thailand News5 more dead elephants located by drone at Khao Yai park waterfall

    5 more dead elephants located by drone at Khao Yai park waterfall

    PHOTO: One of the elephants spotted on Saturday before disappearing in the forest – AFP Sending up the video-enabled drones at the Khao Yai National Park, north east of Bangkok, has spotted five more dead elephants. Park officials are still working out how to retrieve the bodies of six others dead elephants in the same area after a herd stumbled…

  • Environment NewsDead deer found in Thai national park with 3 kilos of plastic bags in its stomach

    Dead deer found in Thai national park with 3 kilos of plastic bags in its stomach

    PHOTO: Coconuts Bangkok Plastic bags continue to take their toll, and not just on marine life. A dead deer has been found in Khao Yai National Park, central Thailand, with 3 kilos of plastic bags inside it. The deer died after eating plastic bags and plastic cutlery left behind by visitors to the national park. The heart-breaking photos were posted…

  • Thailand NewsLiving with elephants – avoiding problems in Khao Yai national park

    Living with elephants – avoiding problems in Khao Yai national park

    Khao Yai National Park, north of Bangkok, is instructing tourists how not to anger the park’s wild elephants as they walk on or besides the roads. Tourists travelling to the national park from Prachin Buri Province at the Noen Hom entrance are likely to meet wild elephants in the morning and evening, according to national park officials. They are likely…