Nam Tok Yong National Park

Nam Tok Yong National Park
Coordinates: 8 ° 10 ′ 17.6 ″  N , 99 ° 44 ′ 28.4 ″  E
Location:	Nakhon Si Thammarat , Thailand
Surface:	205 km²
Founding:	July 22, 1991
Visitors:	15,206 (as of May 2010)
Address:	Mu 7, Tham Yai Sub-district, Thung Song Amphoe, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand 80110

The Nam Tok Yong National Park ( Thai : อุทยานแห่งชาติ น้ำตก โยง , RTGS : Uthayan Haeng Chat Nam Tok Yong, Yong Waterfall National Park ) is a national park in the southern region of Thailand .

The park was officially opened on July 22, 1992 in the Royal Gazette as the 64th national park in Thailand.

geography

The national park is located in the districts ( Amphoe ) Thung Song , Ron Phibun and Na Bon in the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat . It has an area of ​​128,125 Rai , which corresponds to about 205 km².

There are numerous mountains in the park averaging 600 meters high. The mountains belong to the Nakhon-Si-Thammarat mountain range , which stretches from north to south across the Malay Peninsula . The highest mountain in the park is the 1350 meter high Yod Khao Men ( ยอด เขา เหม น ).

The Thai Geological Department has found numerous deposits of iron and tungsten in the park .

climate

As the park is located on the Malay Peninsula, it is exposed to both summer and winter monsoon winds from both sides, from the Andaman Sea to the west and the South China Sea to the east. The weather is cold from May to December, and summer is from January to April. The average temperature is 26 ° C.

Attractions

The mountains in the park offer many viewpoints with spectacular views over the surroundings. Are worth mentioning

• Khao Khuha Viewpoint ( ยอด เขา คูหา ) - at 988 meters the highest viewpoint in the east of the park,
• Khao Ram Rom Viewpoint ( ยอด เขา ราม โรม ) - with views over the jungle at the foot of the mountain to the coast in the east
• Khao Men Viewpoint ( ยอด เขา เหม น ) - at 1,315 meters, the highest point in the park

There are about ten larger waterfalls in the mountains, including:

• Khao Men Waterfall ( น้ำตก เขา เหม น ) - Located in an inaccessible valley, with six-tiered falls where the water falls into a pond from a height of 20 meters.
• Plio Waterfall ( น้ำตก ปลิว ) - eight-tiered waterfall that is considered the most beautiful in the park. The water falls in each of the steps from a height of 15 to 18 meters and is atomized by the wind (pliu - ปลิว means: to be blown by the wind ).

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

1. ↑ dnp.go.th ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 15, 2013 

Web links

• Namtok Yong National Park by the Thai Department of National Parks - description in English [last accessed October 15, 2013]