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The World Heritage and Western Forest: Huay Khakaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
Tour code : WT. HK 01
Duration : 3 days 2 nights,
Type of tour :Private Tour
Start and end : in Bangkok
Minimum passengers : 2 persons
Trip Grade: easy
Activities: eco-hiking and wildlife watching
About the trip
This trip is a special travel packages created to take you to some of Thailand’s natural wonders of the west forest, a unique relaxed blend of soft adventure, nature and culture.
On a way to explore the west forest, you will have a good opportunity to visit Ayuthaya , the old capital of Siam and the world's cultural heritage nowaday.
Huay Kha Kaeng wild life sanctuary, Thailand’s first natural World Heritage site and the core area of the vast, 19,000 km2 large Western Forest Complex. The area is now well known to be the country’s very last stronghold for viable populations of rare large mammals such as tiger, leopard, elephant, gaur, banteng, tapir, gibbon, wild water buffalo and birds such as hornbills, king fishers and green peafowl.
Itinerary
Day 1 (L,D)
We will pick you up in the morning at your hotel and you will travel by luxury minibus first for a visit to the ancient temple ruins in Ayuthaya Cultural World Heritage site and from there we will drive to Huay Khakaeng in Uthaithani province.
In the evening staff and researchers will at the headquarter camp presenting background information, show wildlife videos and tell anecdotes from this unique wilderness site.
Day 2 (B, L, D)
After breakfast we will guide you through the different tropical forest types on short and safe nature walks for flora, bird and wildlife watching. You will walk “Home of the Tiger” trail, drive to salt-licks and watering holes and if your are lucky and timing is right you may spot some rare and shy wildlife here. Also visit magnificent view-points in the mountain forest nearby.
After a sundowner at a ranger station surrounded by pristine nature you can enjoy a local thai dinner prepared by the ranger wife and spiced and enriched with herbs from the forest. We will thereafter drive on a night safari back to the HQ and again stay over-night in comfortable park bungalows.
Day 3 (B, L, D)
Wake up calls by gibbon or bird song followed by early bird watching around the camp and during breakfast at the riverside restaurant. Thereafter we will leave the sanctuary and if your choice is the short version( part 1 )of the WHS tour we will during the morning visit a community, that the Thai-Danish WEFCOM-project has worked with.
and some of the precious, “un-seen” cultural and natural sites in and around Uthaitani. Thereafter we will complete the 3 days/2nights WHS tour by returning to
Meals: B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
