Erawan National Park

Erawan National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติเอราวัณ) is a 550 km2 park in western Thailand in the Tenasserim Hills of Kanchanaburi Province, Amphoe Si Sawat in tambon Tha Kradan. Founded on August 14, 1975, it was Thailand's 12th national park.[2]

Erawan National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Erawan Waterfall
Map of Thailand
LocationKanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Nearest cityKanchanaburi
Coordinates14°23′N 99°07′E
Area550 km²
Established14 August 1975 [1]
Governing bodyDepartment of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP)

Features

The major attraction of the park is Erawan Falls, a waterfall named after the erawan, the three-headed white elephant of Hindu mythology. The seven-tiered falls are said to resemble the erawan.[3]

There are four caves in the park: Mi, Rua, Wang Bahdan, and Phartat.[4] Rising northeast of the waterfall area there is a breast-shaped hill named Khao Nom Nang.[5]

Flora and fauna

Erawan National Park forest condition consists of:

Mixed deciduous forest accounts for 81.05% of the national park area.

Deciduous dipterocarp forest accounts for 1.68% of the national park area.

Dry evergreen forests accounts for 14.35% of the national park area.

Based on the survey, the wildlife habitats in the control zone are divided into categories, including wildlife, mammals, amphibians, birds and other aquatic life, as well as major fish.

They consist of: Asian elephant, Asian black bear, Serow, Muntjac, Sambar deer, Wild boar, Lar gibbon, Phayre's leaf monkey, Southern pig-tailed macaque, Slow loris, Leopard cat, Asian palm civet, Treeshrews, Black baza, Kalij pheasant, Red junglefowl, White-breasted waterhen, Common sandpiper, Spotted dove, Greater coucal, Indian roller, Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker, Ayeyarwady bulbul, Puff-throated babbler, King cobra, Banded krait, Burmese python, Ptyas korros, Calotes mystaceus, Eutropis multifasciata, Trionychidae, Asian common toad, Green puddle frog, Megophryidae, Limnonectes hascheanus, Wallace's flying frog, Dwarf snakehead, Tor tambroides, Malayan leaffish, Java barb, Eye-spot barb, and more.

Tier five, Erawan Waterfall

References
  1. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/A/033/22.PDF
  2. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/A/033/22.PDF
  3. Elliot, Stephan; Cubitt, Gerald (2001). THE NATIONAL PARKS and other Wild Places of THAILAND. New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd. pp. 32–35. ISBN 9781859748862.
  4. Erawan National Park Archived December 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Roadway Thailand Atlas, Groovy Map Co., Ltd. © 4/2010
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