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Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park is the first marine national park of Thailand. It is home to a great variety of animals including waterbirds, dusky leaf monkey, crab-eating macaque, Malayan porcupine, mainland serow, slow loris, barking deer, fishing cat and Malayan pangolin. Dolphins can also sometimes be seen on the coastline. Visitors are able to stay in resorts and hotels within the park.
A twenty minute hike along a trail brings you to the Khao Daeng Viewpoint (pictured above), an isolated limestone cliff. Its name means “the mountain with three hundred peaks.” Its
breathtaking and vast view overlooks the surrounding coastline, islands, valley, and lavish mountains.
The main attraction of the park is Phraya Nakhon Cave, a large cave with two sinkholes above it allowing shards of light to shine down on the royal pavilion of King Rama V.
Just outside the trail leading visitors to Phraya Nakhon Cave is Laem Sala Beach, a vast stretch of white sand with both palm and pine trees and a shallow beach. Visitors can camp here overnight in a tent or bungalow.