Private Tour | 1-day wildlife tour with night safari in Khao Yai
Why?
Besides what a 1 day tour offers, combining one day tour with a night safari well after the dark will give you a chance to see both diurnal and nocturnal wildlife of Khao Yai National Park.
What?
A 1-day tour will start in the morning and end well after the dark. Activities include hiking in the jungle, safari driving among the roads in search of elephants and other exciting animals, safari drives in the morning and later afternoon, visiting a viewpoint and one of Khao Yai's impressive waterfalls and finally ending the day with a night safari.
Itinerary
The itinerary below is just an example and can easily be turned upside down due to the length of different activities. We adapt to mother nature and customers' interests.
We will meet you at your hotel or other pick-up location we agreed on.
The tour always starts around 8 to 8:30 am with a slow drive through jungle and grasslands in search of wildlife. Once we arrive at the first hiking point we continue the trip in the rain forest between huge trees in search of any type of animal.
After lunch the first stop will be Haew Suwat Waterfall, known from Leonardio Di Caprio's "The Beach" movie, possibly continuing the tour to one of the best viewpoints of the national park. Last couple of hours before dinner will be an ideal time for searching for elephants.
After the dinner break our tour will end with a night safari in search of nocturnal wildlife, thereafter you will be returned to your hotel or other location we agreed on around 8 to 9 pm.
Where & when?
Khao Yai National Park is around 2.5 hours from Bangkok, easily accessible with public transportation with minivans being the fastest way. Our private guides will meet you in your hotel in Pak Chong -which is the nearest city- or anywhere between Pak Chong and Khao Yai National Park.
We can arrange a taxi from Bangkok on request. It takes 2.5 hours, it costs 2,200 Baht one way or 3,200 Baht for a round trip within the same day.
The park is open and accessible all year round but for night safaris we strongly recommend to avoid week-ends and public holidays when there are too many vehicles on the roads, reducing the chance to see animals significantly. The weather can be pretty cool during the cold season around November to February, so a sweater is a must!
Important note
Please confirm with us before booking a hotel in Khao Yai area as we don't offer pickup if your hotel is too far away. Or because some hotel owners don't like their guests to be picked up by tour operators.
Tour details in short:
- Duration: 1 day(s)
- Type: Private tour
- Price: 1,900 - 6,400 Baht per person
- Group size: 1 or more people
- Grade: Easy to moderate
- Transport: Safari vehicle
- Start: 8 - 8:30 am
- End: 8 - 9 pm
What to bring:
- Long trousers
- Rain clothing
- Sweater or light jacket
- Hiking or sport shoes
- Insect repellent
- Sunblock lotion
How much?
You'll be accompanied by a private guide and no other people will join you; the best way to explore nature! Our tours are all-inclusive except for the accommodation.
| Pax | Rate per person |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6,400 THB |
| 2 | 3,500 THB |
| 3 | 2,900 THB |
| 4 | 2,600 THB |
| 5 | 2,300 THB |
| 6 | 2,100 THB |
| 7 | 2,000 THB |
| 8 and up | 1,900 THB |
Tour rates include:
- Entrance fees
- English speaking guide
- Transportation from/to hotel or other meeting point
- Lunch & dinner
- Snacks & fruit
- Drinking water
- Leech protection socks
Reviews from our guests
By: Dexter Tan | posted Wed 4 Sep, 2024
Very professional guide and knowledgeable… Book full day tour (hiking & night safari)
My family of 4 (kids 17 & 14) enjoy very much!
By: Colin Robertson | posted Sun 1 Sep, 2024
My wife enjoyed a fantastic day with our guide Alex. Booking was easy and surpassed all our expectations. Alex couldn't have been more helpful, providing information about the park, plants and animals.
We saw gibbons, hornbills, various other birds, monkeys, scorpions, snakes and more. The highlight however was watching the wild elephants in their natural habitat.
An amazing day that I have no hesitation in recommending to others.
By: Helle Hougaard | posted Mon 26 Aug, 2024
We booked a day trip with a night safari, and we had a fantastic tour with a knowledgeable guide. Our guide was excellent at spotting animals and birds, so we were fortunate to see many of the species that live in Khao Yai National Park, including hornbills, jackals, porcupines, green snakes, beautiful butterflies, various types of deer, bison, scorpions, turtles, and several other animals.
By: Alessandro Novero | posted Thu 22 Aug, 2024
Our experience was amazing! The guide, Tata, was super friendly and took care of everything! We learned a lot of things about the animals and we were lucky to see two elephants!
I recommend the tour, it’s worth it!
By: Lara Culjak | posted Tue 20 Aug, 2024
We had a day tour and night safari. We enjoyed and had a lot of laughing with our guide Tongsuk Noi!
Greetings from Bruna and Lara!
Many thanks!
By: severine l'heveder | posted Mon 19 Aug, 2024
Nice tour the morning. We saw lots off animals, but the safari night was really dessapointed .
> Tour operator's response
Dear Severine,
Thank you for your feedback.
I'm sorry to hear the night safari drive was disappointing. It's for that reason that we have warned you in advance in our first message to you. In the blog post we shared we explained the way the night drives are operated by the park rangers, not by us and therefore out of our control and unfortunately not always the standard that we would like. But I am glad to hear the daytime program was nice, as that's the part our guides have full control over.
Thank you for your review.
By: Gerthé Klaassens | posted Fri 16 Aug, 2024
Loved it! Our guide Alec really tried his best for us to see everything, we even saw an elephant! Would recommend everyone to do it, we wouldn’t have seen anything on our own. The parc is beautiful and tour organisation perfect!
By: Tim Raccuia | posted Thu 15 Aug, 2024
Communication was great with the driver on time for both activities. Our guide at Khao yai, Mr. M, was great. He listened and interacted well to do and show us what we most wanted to do.
By: Jan Willem Walsmit | posted Sun 21 Jul, 2024
What en extraordinary trip we had.
Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable of all things we saw along the way.
While driving he spotted animals where we would never have seen them. Also the night safari was amazing. Driving with the park Rangers we seen animals we did not see during the day.
We will definitely come back for another tour to hopefully see the elephants.
By: Gayane Archer | posted Sat 13 Jul, 2024
This was the highlight of our trip to Thailand. Rose was energetic, knowledgeable, and passionate. Highly recommend to any animal lovers. We saw elephants, gibbons, macaques, hornbills, doles, buffalo, and so on.