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Reports on Haad Pran and Pranburi Beach:
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Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park is located in the hinterland of Baan Haad Pran Beach and boasts magnificent grey limestone mountains that are rising dramatically from the Gulf of Thailand as well as some picturesque islands. From these features, the park's name of "300 Peaks" derives. Wildlife includes deer, serow, macaques, slow loris, porcupine, mongoose, linsang and langur, while dolphins can be spotted in the surrounding waters of the Gulf of Siam. Khao Sam Roy Jot National Park includes Thailand's largest fresh water marsh which is a favourite among bird watchers.
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More than 300 species of migratory birds break in the fresh water lagoons and mangrove swampsof Khao Saam Roi Yod National Park during August and September. Khao Sam Roy Yot Park is one of only 2 sites in Thailand that support a nesting colony of purple herons. Other recorded birds include pond herons, stilts, painted storks, great and small egrets, Malaysian plovers, and eagles, including the white-bellied eagle, spotted eagle, and the imperial.
Khao Saam Roy Yot also offers quiet white-sand beaches and three notable caves in the limestone hills. Tham Kaew cave, Tham Sai cave, and Tham Phraya Nakhon cave, the last one being the largest one, made up of 2 caverns and a pavilion, which was built in 1896 for a visit by King Rama V to Taam Praya Nakon cave. This pavilion is a spectacular sight when viewed in the early morning when the first sun rays break through the openings in the roof of the cave.
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The view from the top of Khao Daeng mountain, that is close to Samroiyot National Park's headquarters, offers beautiful sights of the region, and it might be possible to catch a glimpse of the rare serow in the surrounding limestone cliffs. It also reveals the environmental problems of Kao Samroi Yot National Park, like encroachment of shrimp ponds into the park that have severely endangered the habitat of native and migratory birds. The visitor's center at the headquarters gives some additional information.
Most travel offices in the area arrange guided tours into the Khao Sahm Roiy Yot National Park for nature trekking, bird watching, visiting the caves, canal boat rides, fresh water marsh canoeing, and other great activities.
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