Khao Laem National Park
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Khao Laem National Park is a park of about 1,500 square kilometers (370,658 acres) in Western Thailand, located near Myanmar in the northern area of the Tenasserim Hills, Kanchanaburi Province. It is a part of the Western Forest Complex, a system of protected wilderness in the Dawna-Tenasserim Hills area of western Thailand.
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Location | Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
Nearest city | Sangkhlaburi |
Coordinates | 15°01′20″N 98°35′50″E |
Area | 1,497 km2 (578 sq mi) |
Established | 5 December 1987 [1] |
Visitors | 66,192 (in 2019) |
Governing body | Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation |
The park, which is adjacent to the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, surrounds the Khao Laem Reservoir, located about 340 km northwest of Bangkok. It is bisected by Road 323. The environments and vegetation consist of mixed deciduous forests and hilly, dry evergreen forests, mainly in the northeast of the park. Prominent mammalian fauna in the area includes endemic species such as Asiatic black bear, elephant, several species of deer, dhole, gaur, gibbons, langurs, leopard, macaques, tiger, water buffalo and wild boar, to name a few.[2][3]
The park hosted the second season of New Zealand version of Survivor, Survivor NZ: Thailand.[4]