Nearest city Kanchanaburi Phone +66 34 574 222 | Area 550 km² Established 1975 | |
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Location Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand Governing body Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) Address Tha Kradan Sub-district Si Sawat District, Kanchanaburi 71250, Thailand Hours Open today · 8AM–4:30PMSunday8AM–4:30PMMonday8AM–4:30PMTuesday8AM–4:30PMWednesday8AM–4:30PMThursday8AM–4:30PMFriday8AM–4:30PMSaturday8AM–4:30PM Similar Erawan waterfall, Srinagarind Dam, Hellfire Pass, River Kwai bridge, Burma Railway | ||
Erawan National Park is a 550 km2 park in western Thailand in the Tenasserim Hills of Kanchanaburi Province, Amphoe Si Sawat in tambon Tha Kradan. Founded in 1975, it was Thailand's 12th national park.
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The famous erawan waterfalls in kanchanaburi thailand erawan national park
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.
There are four caves in the park: Mi, Rua, Wang Bahdan, and Phartat. Rising northeast of the waterfall area there is a breast-shaped hill named Khao Nom Nang.
References
Erawan National Park Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA