Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park

Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park ; อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขา สาม ร้อย ยอด
	Bang Pu Harbor
Location:	Prachuap Khiri Khan , Thailand
Next city:	Hua Hin
Surface:	98.8 km²
Founding:	June 28, 1966
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The Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park ( Thai : อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขา สาม ร้อย ยอด ) is a national park in the Prachuap Khiri Khan Province in the southern part of central Thailand . Opened in 1966, the park is 98.8 square kilometers in size.

history

King Mongkut (Rama IV.), Who was very interested in the natural sciences, invited several guests to observe the solar eclipse he had calculated on August 18, 1868 in the area of today's Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park. The sun actually darkened at the calculated time, but the monarch caught malaria in the swamps, from which he died two weeks later.

Later kings also visited Sam Roi Yot, especially the Phraya Nakhon cave. The cave actually consists of two caves, the larger of which is impressively illuminated by the sun's rays through a large hole in the ceiling. The Kuha Karuhas Pavilion was built for the visit of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1890. Later the kings Vajiravudh (Rama VI.) And Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX.) Also came here.

Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park opened on June 28, 1966. On April 1, 1982, it was enlarged to its present size.

geography

The name Khao Sam Roi Yot means mountain with 300 peaks , which describes the landscape quite well. The rugged limestone hills rise up to 605 meters in height directly from the Gulf of Thailand . The western part of the park is occupied by about 36.8 square kilometers of freshwater marshland (Thai: ทุ่ง สาม ร้อย ยอด ). There are mangrove swamps on the coast .

There are two beaches in the park, Hat Laem Sala and the slightly larger Hat Sam Phraya near the park headquarters at Ban Khao Daeng.

Bang Pu Bay

Flora and fauna

Plant species

Portia tree ( Thespesia populnea )
Calophyllum inophyllum
Manilkara hexandra
Diospyros mollis
Wrightia tomentosa
Dracaena loureiroi
Diospyros bejaudii
Afzelia xylocarpa
Rhizophora mucronata
Rhizophora apiculata
Ceriops decandra
Xylocarpus granatum
Avicennia marina

Animal species

Individual specimens of the rare goat-like Goral species with the common English name “Mainland Serow” ( Nemorhaedus sumatraensis ), the long-tailed macaque and the southern long-tailed langur populate the beach and the area around the park headquarters, sometimes even an Irrawaddy dolphin is said to live in the park ( Orcaella brevirostris ) stop by here. Other rare animal species that have been sighted here are species of the loris , leopards and the banded linsong .

This national park is also home to a wide variety of birds, up to 28 species of larger waterfowl, the white-bellied sea eagle , various species of storks and herons have been observed here.

environment

The park is ruthlessly exploited in some places, so even international environmental organizations have voiced their concerns. Most threatened are the 40 km² marshland, where numerous shrimp farmers have settled. On the one hand, the wetlands are dried out through the drainage channels of the breeding tanks, on the other hand, the soil is permanently damaged by antibiotics and salt water.

The swampy landscape is the largest of its kind in Thailand and is also listed as worthy of protection in the Asian Wetlands Directory of the International Union for Conservation and Natural Resources (IUCN).

( See also web links)

Phraya Nakhon Cave with the Kuha Karuhas Pavilion

Visit to the park

Khao Sam Roi Yot Park is about 320 kilometers south of Bangkok, and it takes about four hours by car via Highway 4. In Amphoe Pranburi turn left, the entrance to the park is another 20 kilometers away.

The Phraya Nakhon Cave is about 30 minutes walk away from Bang Pu. From the park bungalows on the beach it is about 20 minutes over a dry, stony brook steeply uphill and then again 15 minutes steeply down into the cave.

literature

Vasa Sutthipibul (et al., Ed.): National parks in Thailand . National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 2006, ISBN 974-286087-4
Denis Gray (inter alia): National Parks of Thailand . Communications Resources Ltd., Bangkok 1991, ISBN 974-88670-9-9

Individual evidence

Web links

Description of the Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park by the Thai Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (in English, last accessed on October 15, 2013)
Greenpeace on shrimp farms (in German)

[1] พระราชกฤษฎีกา กำหนด บริเวณ ที่ดิน ป่า เขา สาม ร้อย ยอด ใน ท้องที่ ตำบล สาม ร้อย ยอด ตำบล ศิลา ลอย อำเภอ ปราณบุรี และ ตำบล สาม กระทาย กระทาย ตำบล ดอน ยาย หนู ตำบล เขา แดง แดง อำเภอ กุยบุรี จังหวัด ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ ให้ เป็น อุทยานแห่งชาติ พ.ศ. ๒๕๐๙ Royal Gazette, Vol. 83, Ed. 53 ก June 28, 1966, pp. 420-423 (in Thai)

[2] พระราชกฤษฎีกา ขยาย เขต อุทยานแห่งชาติ ป่า เขา สาม ร้อย ยอด ใน ท้องที่ ตำบล สาม ร้อย ยอด ตำบล ศิลา ลอย ตำบล ไร่ เก่า อำเภอ ปราณบุรี และ และ ตำบล สาม กระทาย ตำบล ดอน ยาย หนู หนู ตำบล เขา แดง อำเภอ กุยบุรี จังหวัด ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ พ.ศ. ๒๕๒๕ Royal Gazette, Vol. 99, Issue 46 ก special ( ฉบับ พิเศษ ) of April 1, 1982, pp. 5–8 (in Thai)