Khao Luang National Park
🇹🇭 Thailand
Southeast Asia, Thailand 1078 spp. recorded
Khao Luang National Park is a rugged tropical rainforest preserve rising in southern Thailand. Dense evergreen canopies shade humid valley floors and steep mountain slopes, creating a humid jungle environment laced with flowing streams and damp earthen trails.
8.516° N 99.738° E
🦜 Nature
389 Species sighted
26,741 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 841 more species with insufficient data
Recent sightings in Khao Luang National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
57Jan
46Feb
51Mar
55Apr
69May
48Jun
52Jul
62Aug
36Sep
50Oct
39Nov
49Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Krung Ching Waterfall trail & campground
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Emma Gray's Forest Lizard~80%+10%
Cambodian Flying Gecko~60%+20%
Many-lined Sun-skink~60%+20%
Black-barbed Flying Dragon~60%+20%
Common Water Monitor~50%+20%
Red-eyed Bulbul~50%-20%
Himalayan Striped Squirrel~50%+10%
Red-throated Barbet~50%-20%
Common House Gecko~50%+10%
Common Treeshrew~50%+10%
White-rumped Shama~50%-20%
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Khlong Lampan / Krung Ching Hill Resort
Daily sight. prob.vs avg -
South-east park edge
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Low
Typical stay
2–3
daysTrails
Hard
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 Excellent
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
Very goodHow rich is the wildlife?
4.5
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 624
🐒 Mammals 172
🦎 Reptiles 208
🐸 Amphibians 74
1078 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
95 Threatened 70 Endemic
🔭
Sighting
Very goodHow likely to see animals?
3.5
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
63% 📊
Coverage (256 species at ≥5% of 1078 in the inventory)
24% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (11 bird, 1 reptile)
20% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
148 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
8 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
36 🏕️
Experience
Very goodHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
3.6
Climate Mixed Medium
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Low High
Trails Hard Low
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
One of the porcupines even wandered towards us and that gesture wiped out any chances of any other mammal peeping the Malayan Porcupine for top spot in my mammal list.
So, I want to share with you what I encountered in the Khao Luang forest, a true rainforest, and what I gained from this experience.
We started looking for options and came across Khao Luang Sukhothai, which is rumored to be the steepest mountain in Thailand.
Before you go
What animals can you see in Khao Luang National Park?
1,078 species
Khao Luang National Park has 1,078 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Emma Gray's Forest Lizard (about 70%), Red-eyed Bulbul (about 70%), Red-throated Barbet (about 70%), Asian Fairy-bluebird (about 70%) and White-rumped Shama (about 60%). Among mammals, the most-seen is Himalayan Striped Squirrel (about 40%); among amphibians, River Toad (about 40%).
When is the best time to visit Khao Luang National Park for wildlife?
May
In that month the park's 12 most-seen species average about 80% on a given day, against about 50% in February, June–July, September and November.
Can you see a Red-eyed Bulbul in Khao Luang National Park?
Yes
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Red-eyed Bulbul sighting in Khao Luang National Park on a given day, based on 576 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is March–May, August, October and December (about 80%).
Can you see a Black-and-yellow Broadbill in Khao Luang National Park?
Yes
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black-and-yellow Broadbill sighting in Khao Luang National Park on a given day, based on 456 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is May (about 80%).
Can you see a Common Water Monitor in Khao Luang National Park?
Yes
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Water Monitor sighting in Khao Luang National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is March (about 50%).
Where in Khao Luang National Park is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Krung Ching Waterfall trail & campground
The richest sighting zone is around Krung Ching Waterfall trail & campground, followed by Khlong Lampan / Krung Ching Hill Resort and South-east park edge, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Khao Luang National Park good for wildlife watching?
3.8 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Khao Luang National Park rates 3.8/5: 139th of 316 parks worldwide and 13th in Southeast Asia. 46 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
