Khao Laem National Park
# Khao Laem National Park

Khao Laem National Park is a park of about 1,500 square kilometers in western Thailand, located 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.

The park surrounds the Khao Laem Reservoir in Kanchanaburi province about 340 km northwest of Bangkok. It is cut through by Road 323. The vegetation consists of mixed deciduous, hill evergreen and dry evergreen forest. It is adjacent to the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, which is situated to the northeast of Khao Laem National Park. Large animals of the area include tigers, elephants, gaurs, sambar deer, barking deer and wild boars.

The park hosted the second season of New Zealand version of Survivor entitled Survivor NZ: Thailand.

## Geography

The area of the park is 935,584 rai ~ 1,497 square kilometres (578 sq mi) with steeply limestone mountain run on north-south axis. It is located next to the Vajiralongkorn Reservoir.

## Climate

The area is in tropical climate which influenced by southern wind and Andaman sea wind and divided into three seasons as follows.

* The rainy season (June–October), heavy raining
* The cold season (November–January), the coldest temperature recorded was 10˚C
* The hot season (February–May), the hottest temperature record was 37-38˚C in April

## Flora and fauna

The park consists of mixed deciduous, hill evergreen and dry evergreen forest, which are the wildlife habitats of animals such as bears, tigers, elephants, sambar deers, barking deers, wild boars and birds.

