Thai National Parks

We really enjoyed our day long hike. We saw lots of animals because our guide was excellent at spotting them. My only suggestion would be to better explain what our day is going to be like e.g. how long the morning hike is, the different afternoon walks. We got tired after the first hike, but were relieved that the afternoon was much lighter.

Apple was an amazing guide with perfect english and was able to explain to us so many facts about not only the park but Thailand in general.

Thanks to his skills and a lucky day we got to see a lot of different animals.

We definitely recommend the visit to the park! Also, if you're already a group of friends we recommend taking a private tour (that's what we did) so you can decide what you want to do and customize the tour a bit with your guide.

When making choices around your stay in Bangkok, we can highly recommend to get out of the cultural jungle and see Mother Nature too. If you like to discover animals in their natural habitat, Khao Yai is a great place to do! Our guide Beer (Grylls :-)) was a highly enthusiastic advocate of animals and already after the first kilometer drive spotted a huge water monitor resting on a tree not far from the road. We felt the display was so perfect ( we could make beautiful close-ups) that it was "organized" to make a great first impression on our tour :-). Though we missed the elephants, the trekking in the jungle was a memorable experience. After some time adjusting ourselves to the sounds and lights of the tropical forest, Beer was spotting a pilated gibbon family of five, one of them white. We followed and watched them for some time, then spotted two great hornbills having a breakfast on the trees. Amazing birds, impressive size. During our great thai lunch, we saw a northern pig-tailed macaque visiting our bags in the truck. Later we encountered a barred flying dragon (we do not know how Beer was finding this cc 15 cm small lizard from the car, but let this be his secret), a gaur, several barking deers, another monitor and a huge family of macaques. The day would have not been complete with a stellar tropical rain and the subsequent vivid colors of vegetation, chasing us back from the fantastic 100 m high waterfall. Beer's eyes are incrediable. He spotted an asian wine snake on a tree from 50 meters driving at 25 km/h! Thanks guys for the great day - I probably give up visiting zoos and focus on enjoying animal kingdom exclusively in natural habitat, like your beautiful Khao Yai National Park! Please do your best to preserve it to our grandchildren! Ton, thanks for your flexibility and patience when dealing with our paypal transfer problem!

The national park was very nice. We had a friendly and enthousiast guide who showed us all around, so I would recommend doing a tour.

The 12 hours, was one of the highlights of the many times we have experience Thailand. Thanks to our competent guide, Apple. Encountered Elephant, two types of apes and many other species of animals. The 4 hour trek was out of our comfort zone but felt great afterwards. Thank you Thai National Parks.

Tip Top!! Tata (our guide) was extremely helpfull and allowed us to discover the nature present in the park (snakes, elephants, lizzard, s lot of colourfull birds, gibbons...) all of those animals are living there and it is amazing to see them in their natural environment. Most of all Tata is a passionate and perfectionist caracter so the experience that we shared with him was made from the best quality you can imagine (and even more). Thank you for this unforgettable experience!

We had an excellent 2 day birding trip - will definitely recommend to others!

Great experience in the Khao Yai National Park with Beer and the driver (never got introduced so sorry didn't know his name). Beer and the driver went out of their way to find the wild animals and we were luck to see Great Hornbill, a lone male elephant, gibbons, monkeys, snakes, spiders and a lizard. You could tell Beer was very passionate about his job which made it really enjoyable. The food at lunch was amazing. We would also like to thank the lady who held the spotlight for us on the night safari. It started raining heavily and she carried on even though we should have all turned back. Sadly not much to see in those conditions so would recommend canning that if wet. (We carried on as we didn't know what to expect but only saw frogs and deer.) Many thanks to the team involved. We would definitely repeat this experience.

We booked a private 1-day tour with night safari and it was just wonderful. Our guide (Tata) did a great job, spoke very good English and knew a lot of details about the park and the different species of animals and plants.

In addition, we were really lucky to spot a wild elephant, a family of gibbons, two vipers, macaques, a scorpion and lots of further wildlife. The tour was well organised with safari rides on the car, jungle hiking, visiting two waterfalls and a stop at the park headquarters. Lunch and dinner were very tasty and served nicely and the scenery of the park is beautiful.

All in all, we can only recommend the park and the tour to everyone. Thank you Tata for the great day!

Recommended guided tour with very knowledgeable guide