We're two friends who have lived and worked in Thailand for years, with many domestic and international adventures under our belts. We now aim to share our travels in Thailand and around the world on this channel, so we welcome you to come along on the adventures with us!
For real, though, Thailand has some great destinations for dinosaur enthusiasts, including the fantastic Nong Nooch Dinosaur Valley in Chonburi and Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum in Khon Kaen🦕
My friend was born in Chumphon. I want stay there for a week and look around this holiday. The sand at the beach (5:20) is the same like in Germany at Baltic Sea (from noise).
Yes, there are estimated to be just under 200 wild tigers in Thailand (the number is on the rebound thanks to active conservation efforts). About 90 of those tigers are in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary where we found these tracks. We have a full video about the visit there coming soon, so stayed tuned for that!🐯
Thanks for watching! We actually don’t have Jeab’s contact details, as he was there in the ranger’s area when we arrived on the trip in this video, remembered us from our first trip, and took us out to the trails. Incidentally, we just got back this past weekend from our THIRD trip to Huai Kha Khaeng-video coming in the near future. Anyway, if you go, you’ll find after the gates that there’s just one road into the sanctuary, and where it terminates you’ll be able to park and find a staff/ranger who will be happy to take you on the tiger trail (there are very few visitors every time we’ve gone, so there’s always someone available to take you around). Jeab wasn’t there this time, so we went with a different ranger and he was great as well. Have a great time, and hope you get to spot a tiger!!
Unfortunately we didn't see one this time. The first time we went, in 2022, we had a very quick glimpse of a tiger coming out the jungle and running across a riverbank, which was later confirmed by paw prints it left in the sand there, but the last two times we haven't had such luck. We did see multitudes of beautiful birds, a wild boar, monkeys, a ton of butterfly lizards, deer and banteng on this latest trip, but alas the tigers, leopards and elephants eluded us!
Good question! We were wondering that too, and I was checking over my shoulder a lot when we were on the various trails (accompanied by a great ranger, khun Jeab, from the video), however there are less than 100 tigers in the sanctuary, and the sanctuary is more than 5700 square kilometers, so the odds of encountering a tiger, let alone being attacked is extremely slim. The Tiger Nature Trail is only about 800 meters long in total and circles around back to the main camp area, so it doesn't take long to hike (under 30 minutes, depending how often you stop to look at things, although you can make it a bit longer if you go down to the river and walk along the river bank for a while). The first time we visited the sanctuary, I did in fact get a glimpse of a tiger crossing a river bank (too quick to get a photo, but we found its footprint afterward), however from the way it moved and fled quickly into the jungle it was quite clear that it was trying to avoid being seen by humans, so unlike India where tiger attacks on people are relatively common I don't think we need to worry much in Huai Kha Kaeng. We'll be going back for a third visit to Huai Kha Kaeng this year to see what we can find though! There are also leopards there, and we would love to see one.
Inspiring video my friend.We would love to do visit the park in April .We are from Australia.How practical to hire a self drive car from Bangkok to Visit the park?Is it necessary to have a 4w drive?How to get a ranger at the park entrance?Any good bird hides and places we should keep in mind?We plan to stay 4 nights?Hope I didn’t trouble you too much.Good luck
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed the video, and to hear that you'll be visiting in April! You can rent cars in Bangkok, even at the airport. It’s fairly easy to do. Just a note to drive very defensively in Thailand if you're not used to it here, as there's a tendency for some people to drive recklessly, especially on the highways. You could either stay at that camp (Ban Kaeng), or stay at a place nearby. We stayed at Banjankapor, which was great, and the owner was absolutely lovely, so can recommend it. For transport, we were in Dave's front-wheel drive Honda HR-V, which got us a good distance into the park to the Ban Kaeng campsite, however once we hit the main dirt road we reached a spot where a stream crosses the road (and one or two more after that) and we didn't want to risk it without 4w drive. However, we just parked off to the side at the first stream, crossed it with stepping stones, and then walked on foot from there--which helped us see animals we might have missed otherwise, like white-fronted Scops owl, an entire family of dusky leaf monkeys in the trees, an Asian forest tortoise, and a number of lizards and big orb-weaver spiders (some of those will be appearing in our next video btw!) We didn't go to a bird hide, but there is a highly regarded one called Dap Toon just outside the actual park. They may have rangers available at the gate. However, we’ve never used one. You could inquire about this at the park entrance when paying the entrance fee, or perhaps at the campsite area. By the way, April is typically the hottest month in Thailand, so it'll probably benefit you to start out early each morning while it's still a bit cool!
Thank you very much for all the information.We are thinking of Baan Marka lodge and thinking of getting a 4w drive hire with a guide for one day from the lodge.We will hire a vehicle from Bangkok and would love to explore few areas near the keang Krachan park and few bird hides.Any information about surrounding areas?We are basically bird lovers so the primary intention is to photograph birds.Appreciate your help very much!
Inspiring video my friend.We would love to do visit the park in April .We are from Australia.How practical to hire a self drive car from Bangkok to Visit the park?Is it necessary to have a 4w drive?How to get a ranger at the park entrance?Any good bird hides and places we should keep in mind?We plan to stay 4 nights?Hope I didn’t trouble you too much.Good luck
