Why this ride
It goes by way of Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary and back through Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Khao Yai National Park and Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary · 653 km
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 653 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 11 h 47
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Khao Yai National Park
Khao Yai was the first national park in Thailand, set up in 1962, and today it forms the heart of a vast forest complex, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai, that UNESCO listed in 2005. It stretches across mountain ridges, evergreen forest, grassland and the sources of several rivers, and it protects some of the richest wildlife in mainland Southeast Asia: wild elephants, gibbons whose calls ring across the valleys at dawn, hornbills with their huge casques, macaques, sambar deer and, in the thick of the forest, a few tigers and bears that almost nobody sees.
Read the complete Khao Yai National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Khao Yai National Park is where the day begins. Next is Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex.
2. 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
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Planning note
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex comes up 85 km in. Next is Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary.
3. Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary
Near the Cambodian border, the forests of eastern Thailand are some of the wildest in the country, and Dong Yai is part of a great chain of them. The Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai forest complex, which UNESCO listed in 2005, covers about six thousand square kilometres of hills and valleys stretching from Khao Yai National Park to the Cambodian frontier. Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the five protected areas in the complex, together with Ta Phraya, Thap Lan and Pang Sida National Parks, and it forms a corridor for animals that need space.
Read the complete Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
170 km in you reach Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary. Next is back through Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex.
4. back through 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 through Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, late in the day. Next is Khao Yai National Park.
5. Khao Yai National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Khao Yai National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Khao Yai National Park. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Khao Yai National Park to Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Khao Yai National Park → Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex to Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex → Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary to back through Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary → back through Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex to Khao Yai National Park
back through Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex → Khao Yai National Park is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.