NO. C5 – PETCHBURI, KAENG KRACHAN and KHAO YAI (6-7 DAYS)

Baan Pakta-le, Laem Pakbia (Petchburi)
Time : Good in November – March for Spoon-billed Sandpiper and other waders, waterbirds, sea birds.
Habitats : Salt pans, mudflats, coastal flats, sand split, swamps, rice paddies

Kaeng Krachan National Park (Petchburi)
Time : Good all year round but park closed 1 August-31 October.  2-3 hours drive from Bangkok. The largest national park in Thailand, elevation 100-1513 m. Habitats : Hill and lowland evergreen forest, forest streams.

Khao Yai National Park
Time : Good all year round. 2-3 hours drive from Bangkok. The third largest national park in Thailand, elevation 20-1351 m. Habitats : Hill evergreen forest, mix deciduous forest, dry evergreen forest, grassland.

Saraburi
Time : Good all year round.
Habitat : Limestone outcrop, site for Limestone Wren Babbler.

C5-1 : Petchburi, Kaeng Krachan and Khao Yai (6 days-5 nights)

Itinerary :

Day 1 : am Pick up at hotel in Bangkok. Drive to Petchburi. Birding. Check-in at resort (1 nt)
Day 2 : am Baan Pakta-le, Laem Pakbia pm Drive to Kaeng Krachan. Check-in at resort (2 nts).
Day 3 : All day at Kaeng Krachan.
Day 4 : am Kaeng Krachan. pm Drive to Khao Yai via Saraburi.  Check-in at resort (2 nts)
Day 5 : All day in Khao Yai.
Day 6 : am Khao Yai. pm Return to Bangkok.

C5-2 : Petchburi, Kaeng Krachan and Khao Yai (7 days-6 nights)

Itinerary :

Day 1 : am Pick up at hotel in Bangkok. Drive to Petchburi. Birding. Check-in at resort (1 nt)
Day 2 : am Baan Pakta-le, Laem Pakbia pm Drive to Kaeng Krachan. Check-in at resort (3 nts).
Day 3 : All day at Kaeng Krachan.
Day 4 : All day at Kaeng Krachan.
Day 5 :  Drive to Khao Yai via Saraburi.  Check-in at resort (2 nts)
Day 6 : All day in Khao Yai.
Day 7 : am Khao Yai. pm Return to Bangkok.