Private Tour | 1-day wildlife tour with night safari in Khao Yai
Why?
Besides what a 1 day tour offers, combining one day tour with a night safari well after the dark will give you a chance to see both diurnal and nocturnal wildlife of Khao Yai National Park.
What?
A 1-day tour will start in the morning and end well after the dark. Activities include hiking in the jungle, safari driving among the roads in search of elephants and other exciting animals, safari drives in the morning and later afternoon, visiting a viewpoint and one of Khao Yai's impressive waterfalls and finally ending the day with a night safari.
Itinerary
The itinerary below is just an example and can easily be turned upside down due to the length of different activities. We adapt to mother nature and customers' interests.
We will meet you at your hotel or other pick-up location we agreed on.
The tour always starts around 8 to 8:30 am with a slow drive through jungle and grasslands in search of wildlife. Once we arrive at the first hiking point we continue the trip in the rain forest between huge trees in search of any type of animal.
After lunch the first stop will be Haew Suwat Waterfall, known from Leonardio Di Caprio's "The Beach" movie, possibly continuing the tour to one of the best viewpoints of the national park. Last couple of hours before dinner will be an ideal time for searching for elephants.
After the dinner break our tour will end with a night safari in search of nocturnal wildlife, thereafter you will be returned to your hotel or other location we agreed on around 8 to 9 pm.
Where & when?
Khao Yai National Park is around 2.5 hours from Bangkok, easily accessible with public transportation with minivans being the fastest way. Our private guides will meet you in your hotel in Pak Chong -which is the nearest city- or anywhere between Pak Chong and Khao Yai National Park.
We can arrange a taxi from Bangkok on request. It takes 2.5 hours, it costs 2,200 Baht one way or 3,200 Baht for a round trip within the same day.
The park is open and accessible all year round but for night safaris we strongly recommend to avoid week-ends and public holidays when there are too many vehicles on the roads, reducing the chance to see animals significantly. The weather can be pretty cool during the cold season around November to February, so a sweater is a must!
Important note
Please confirm with us before booking a hotel in Khao Yai area as we don't offer pickup if your hotel is too far away. Or because some hotel owners don't like their guests to be picked up by tour operators.
Tour details in short:
- Duration: 1 day(s)
- Type: Private tour
- Price: 1,900 - 6,400 Baht per person
- Group size: 1 or more people
- Grade: Easy to moderate
- Transport: Safari vehicle
- Start: 8 - 8:30 am
- End: 8 - 9 pm
What to bring:
- Long trousers
- Rain clothing
- Sweater or light jacket
- Hiking or sport shoes
- Insect repellent
- Sunblock lotion
How much?
You'll be accompanied by a private guide and no other people will join you; the best way to explore nature! Our tours are all-inclusive except for the accommodation.
| Pax | Rate per person |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6,400 THB |
| 2 | 3,500 THB |
| 3 | 2,900 THB |
| 4 | 2,600 THB |
| 5 | 2,300 THB |
| 6 | 2,100 THB |
| 7 | 2,000 THB |
| 8 and up | 1,900 THB |
Tour rates include:
- Entrance fees
- English speaking guide
- Transportation from/to hotel or other meeting point
- Lunch & dinner
- Snacks & fruit
- Drinking water
- Leech protection socks
Reviews from our guests
By: Lara Culjak | posted Tue 20 Aug, 2024
We had a day tour and night safari. We enjoyed and had a lot of laughing with our guide Tongsuk Noi!
Greetings from Bruna and Lara!
Many thanks!
By: severine l'heveder | posted Mon 19 Aug, 2024
Nice tour the morning. We saw lots off animals, but the safari night was really dessapointed .
> Tour operator's response
Dear Severine,
Thank you for your feedback.
I'm sorry to hear the night safari drive was disappointing. It's for that reason that we have warned you in advance in our first message to you. In the blog post we shared we explained the way the night drives are operated by the park rangers, not by us and therefore out of our control and unfortunately not always the standard that we would like. But I am glad to hear the daytime program was nice, as that's the part our guides have full control over.
Thank you for your review.
By: Gerthé Klaassens | posted Fri 16 Aug, 2024
Loved it! Our guide Alec really tried his best for us to see everything, we even saw an elephant! Would recommend everyone to do it, we wouldn’t have seen anything on our own. The parc is beautiful and tour organisation perfect!
By: Tim Raccuia | posted Thu 15 Aug, 2024
Communication was great with the driver on time for both activities. Our guide at Khao yai, Mr. M, was great. He listened and interacted well to do and show us what we most wanted to do.
By: Jan Willem Walsmit | posted Sun 21 Jul, 2024
What en extraordinary trip we had.
Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable of all things we saw along the way.
While driving he spotted animals where we would never have seen them. Also the night safari was amazing. Driving with the park Rangers we seen animals we did not see during the day.
We will definitely come back for another tour to hopefully see the elephants.
By: Gayane Archer | posted Sat 13 Jul, 2024
This was the highlight of our trip to Thailand. Rose was energetic, knowledgeable, and passionate. Highly recommend to any animal lovers. We saw elephants, gibbons, macaques, hornbills, doles, buffalo, and so on.
By: Scott Kaatz | posted Tue 25 Jun, 2024
All aspects of the tour were spectacular.
Pick up at hotel right on time, wonderful van, driver waited all day for us and then return to hotel. We altered our plans and driver accomidated a change in schedule. Extrodinary service.
Our guides 'Joe' and Ken could not have been better. Keen eyes to spot animals, we saw an elephant come out of the foreste, gibons swing in the trees, lots of monkeys on the side of the road.
Trek through the forest was 1 1/2 hours long on a trail and just the right amount of time for our jet lagged group.
Lunch is small resteraunt in the National Park and very nice.
Transport through the park on back of pick up truck with bench facing each other for great views, frequently will pull over to see wild life. I can be enclosed if rain.
Overall an outstanding tour and very inexpensive.
By: Marleen Van de Vijver | posted Sat 4 May, 2024
We enjoyed a nice day in Khao Yai national park. The first part we walked through the jungle, that was fun! The second part was driving a lot and that we did not like so much, because we did not see much animals.
The night safari was also driving through the park and we saw some animals, but not much…
By: Patricia Sauvayre | posted Wed 17 Apr, 2024
We booked the tour full day with night safari and we spent a wonderful time. Our guide was excellent. We saw and learned amazing things, and it was really nice and interesting. There 's a lot of beautiful things to discover in this park and this tour is perfect for that.
By: Donna Yue | posted Thu 4 Apr, 2024
Thank you all arrangement, and I must say it was an unforgettable experience. From the moment we set foot on the safari vehicle until the final goodbye, every aspect of the tour is well-arranged.
The knowledgeable and passionate guides made the entire journey truly exceptional. His expertise in the local wildlife and ecosystems was remarkable, and their ability to spot and identify various species was truly impressive. I can feel his passion and respect to nature and animals. He carefully take care of us, make sure we eat well and explain everything in details.
> Donna Yue
Hello, this is Marco - let me add a few more compliments about this National Park tour as well:
• Our tour guide is not only knowledgable in the nature and animals, but also has a great understanding of different cultures - he often relates the plants and animals to the local stuff in Europe and rest of Asia, so the 6 of us (2 Germans, 2 from HK, 2 from Taiwan) would understand in our own context.
• He also drives very carefully and thoughtfully - we didn't get bumped around on the twisty roads and speed humps, and when we return from night safari, he manages to spot two animals on the road and stopped for us to see them clearly.
Both Donna and I agree - this tour is definitely the highlight of our trip in Thailand! Thanks for the great tour service :)