Erawan National Park was established in 1975. It was the twelfth national park in the country. It covers an area of 680 km².
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| Erawan the mythical elephant with three heads |
The park is located west of Thailand in the Tenasserim mountain range in Kanchanaburi province. Erawan has quickly become one of the most famous national parks in Thailand.
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| Dipterocarp Forest |
The park is 81% forested with trees of the Dipterocarpaceae family. The altitude of the park varies from 165 to 996 meters. The landscape consists of limestone hills and plains covered by many streams. The hills shield the eastern monsoon and reduce the amount of rainfall.
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| Forest in the dry season |
The main attraction of the park is the set of Erawan waterfalls, with a series of emerald green pools, named after the three-headed white elephant of the Hindu mythology and mount of the god Indra: Erawan. Indeed the upper level of the waterfall would look like the head of the mythical elephant.
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| Natural pools of exceptional color |
Seasons
The rainy season goes from May to October The cold season with cooler weather goes from November to January, the temperature the average temperature is then 30 ° CLa summer season goes from February to April.
Due to the limited number of trails, wildlife viewing opportunities around waterfalls are very limited, macaques are common, and sometimes Water lizard can be seen walking around streams. More deeply into the forest animals live more exciting animals such as barking deer, wild elephant, gibbon, continental serow, wild boar, sambar deer.
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| Water lizard |
A number of birds inhabit the canopy: the serpentine, the black-necked monarch, the black-headed bulbul, the blue-winged verdine, which is endemic and the only representative of the genus in the family Chloropséids, Seamstraw (Orthotomus sutorius ), green beaked malcoha, gray raspberry and pheasant Kalij.
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| Bulbul |
The park is equipped with restaurants, sanitary facilities, bungalows and a camping
The park is easily accessible by public buses from Kanchanaburi, and in the park, one can rent bicycles for rent for 20 THB per day.
Food is strictly forbidden beyond the 2nd level of waterfalls. Visitors must pay a deposit of THB 20 per bottle of all drinks that is refunded when the bottles are returned.
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