Tuesday, January 12, 2010

National Parks of Thailand

National Parks are among my places of interest when I tour a country.

During my recent road tour to Northern Thailand, I came across numerous National Parks in addition to the several I've seen in the central and southern Thailand. It set me to wonder how many National Parks are around?

A quick search on Google to the National Parks of Thailand web-site reveals a surprising number - 148 in total! Wow, that's almost twice the number I first thought!

The Wikipedia count is slightly less but a mention of another 38 more in the pipeline. Whatever the case, it reflects a conscious effort to preserve the natural forests and its heritage of flora & fauna. Good work!

A glimpse of their distribution around the country:
Norther Thailand





















North-east Thailand




















Central Thailand




















Southern Thailand






















Official web-site of the National Parks link:
http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/nationalpark.asp?lg=2