The Erawan National Park

The Erawan National Park was established in June 1975 as Thailand's 12th national park. It covers an area of 550 square km. of high mountains and valleys. The eastern mountains rise to nearly thousand meters with shear limestone cliffs. The mountains protect the area from the eastern monsoon resulting in a low average rainfall. In summer the weather is hot, but it is cool between November and February. The main feature of the park is the amazing 7 step Erawan waterfall.

Beautiful deciduous forest covers about 80 % of the park with Pterocorpus macrocarpus, Afzelia xylocarpa, Hopea odorata and Spondias pinnata being some of the dominant tree species. There are also dry evergreen, dipterocarp and bamboo forest. Wildlife surveys of reptiles, mammals, birds and amphibians have been carried out. If you are lucky you may see the elephants, Siamese hare, gibbons, flying squirrels, eagles, king cobras, white-eyes or pythons. Fish, crabs and insect are abundant in many steams.

Admission fee: 200 Baht/person (1$ about 40 Baht)