Phu Kradung National Park - First Choice to Travel In Winter

Phu Kradung National Park is one of the leading National Parks and Relax Parks in the country and houses the highest peak in Loei (1360 metres). The park is 359 square kilometres in size and extremely well organised. It offers numerous trails (around 50 kilometres worth in total) taking hikers past waterfalls, through pine, oak and beech forests, and past glorious fauna and flora. The Relax parks is home to countless species of wildlife - jackals, elephants, deer, gibbons, bears, and a small number of tigers. There is a good chance you will spot something along the way.

Phu Kradung National Park, Venture to the top of the central peak and you experience temperate conditions all year round. The trail to the top is 6 kilometres long which an averagely fit person would complete in around 3 hours. The trail is littered with ladders and stairs that help make it quite an accessible hike – there are even food stalls along the way and if you have too much stuff to carry it is possible to hire people to carry it for you.

You can hire people to help you carry your gear at a cost of 20 Baht per kilogram. March to June are the hottest months and suitable precautions need to be taken if you intend to go to the Relax parks at this time; likewise between December and January when temperatures of 0°C are often recorded. The park is closed during the rainy months because it becomes to dangerous for visitors. As a National Park there is a 200 Baht entrance fee for adult visitors and a 100 Baht fee for children (under 14). Camping is available (tents for hire) on the top of Phu Kradung.

Phu Kradung National Park : How to get there

Buses are available from Khon Kaen or Loei to the village of Pha Nok Khao. From there take one of the trucks that service the 5-kilometre stretch of road to the park headquarters.

Contact:

Phu Kradung National Park
Moo 1, Tambol Sitan
Amphur Phu Kradung
Loei Province
Thailand
42180
Tel: (043) 291-393

Source : discoverythailand.com

Nature Study in Thailand’s National Parks

Thailand’s national parks and wildlife sanctuaries are some of the best and most extensive in Southeast Asia, and although abundant wildlife is found everywhere in the kingdom, they are the best places to see rare and protected species. Almost all parks have on-site accommodation and food, trails of varying levels of difficulty, and many organize trips, recreational and educational activities.


Huay Kha Khaeng and Thung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuaries in Uthai Thani and Kanchanaburi provinces respectively are two of the best places to start. They contain such magnificent creatures as bears, Leopards, tigers, elephants, tapirs, deers, gibbons, monkeys, macaque, guars, shy forest ox, and banteng, or wild red cattle.

Khao Yai National Park, three hours from Bangkok, is another excellent nature study site, with many research projects currently underway on creatures such as gibbons, tigers and hornbills. Khao Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary in Chon Buri Province has an open zoo which makes its wildlife particularly accessible. Species include guar, dusky languor, barking deer and brow-antlered deer. In one of the largest aviaries in the world, it also has the sarus crane and black-necked stork, which it is hoped will one day be reintroduced to the wild. In Kaeng Krachan National Park, the country’s largest pristine forest, there are superb walking trails around a 36 kilometre road, and treks of up to two weeks can be organized. Be prepared for some truly inspiring trees, 70 metres tall and more. Where the forest is open, it is like being inside a living cathedral.

Source : tourismthailand.org

Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006 Opening

Announcement Guideline for Guests and Participants Part of the Expo will be closed for The Grand Opening Ceremony

To comply with official security measures, some parts of the Exposition will be closed from noon onwards on November 1st, 2006 for the Grand Opening Ceremony.

Guests are welcome to enjoy the visit to the whole area of the exposition from 09.00 am until noon and enjoy spending time in the Thai Tropical gardens, the Expo Center (parts of which will also be temporally restricted during the time of the royal visit to the area) and the Souvenir Plaza after the restricted time. Kindly also note that the In Show Transit shuttle service will also be suspended from noon onwards. The Project Management apologizes for any inconvenience caused.

ROYAL FLORA RATCHAPHRUEK 2006
International Horticultural Exposition
for His Majesty the King
At the Royal Agricultural Research Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand
1 November 2006 – 31 January 2007