Why this ride
It goes by way of Thap Lan National Park, Pang Sida National Park and back through Thap Lan National Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex and Pang Sida National Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 289 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 59
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Thailand's first national park lies just a couple of hours from Bangkok, and it still has wild elephants walking down its roads. Khao Yai, established in 1962, covers a large area of forested hills on the southern edge of the Khorat plateau, and together with neighbouring protected areas, it forms the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, listed by UNESCO in 2005. The forests here are a mix of evergreen and deciduous, grasslands and streams, home to elephants, gibbons, hornbills, deer, and a small number of tigers.
Read the complete Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex is where the day begins. Next is Thap Lan National Park.
2. Thap Lan National Park
If Thailand has a forest that deserves the word primeval, it may well be around Thap Lan. The park lies in the south-east of the Khorat plateau, between the Sankamphaeng range and the lowlands, and it is one of the pieces of the Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai forest complex that UNESCO listed in 2005. The name is said to come from a type of palm that grows in the area, and the park is known for its rich lowland rainforest, rare in a country where so much has been cleared for farming.
Read the complete Thap Lan National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Thap Lan National Park comes up about 66 km into the recorded legs. Next is Pang Sida National Park.
3. Pang Sida National Park
Pang Sida is the eastern end of the great forest belt that stretches across north-eastern Thailand from Khao Yai to the Cambodian border, a block of jungle, waterfalls and rolling hills in Sa Kaeo province. Together with Khao Yai, Thap Lan, Ta Phraya and a wildlife sanctuary, it makes up the Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex, a World Heritage site that protects some of the best remaining monsoon forest in mainland South-east Asia.
Read the complete Pang Sida National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 146 km into the recorded legs you reach Pang Sida National Park. Next is back through Thap Lan National Park.
4. back through Thap Lan National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Thap Lan National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Thap Lan National Park, late in the day. Next is Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex.
5. Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex to Thap Lan National Park
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex → Thap Lan National Park is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Thap Lan National Park to Pang Sida National Park
Thap Lan National Park → Pang Sida National Park is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pang Sida National Park to back through Thap Lan National Park
Pang Sida National Park → back through Thap Lan National Park is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Thap Lan National Park to Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
back through Thap Lan National Park → Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.