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Sleeping
OLD PHIMAI GUESTHOUSE $
( 08 0159 5363; www.phimaigh.com ; Th Chomsudasadet; dm 100B, s 170B, d
200-370B; ) This creaking wooden house tucked away down a soi is genu-
inely homey and attracts many backpackers. The friendly hosts can tell you all
about Phimai and also run reasonably priced day trips to Phanom Rung.
Guest House
Getting There & Away
Buses for Phimai leave from Khorat's Bus Terminal 2 (36B to 50B, 1ΒΌ hours) every
half-hour until 10pm.
Khao Yai National Park
Up there on the podium with some of the world's greatest parks, Khao Yai National
Park ( 08 6092 6529; admission 400B) is Thailand's oldest and most visited re-
serve. Covering 2168 sq km, Khao Yai incorporates one of the largest intact mon-
soon forests remaining in mainland Asia, which is why it was named a Unesco
World Heritage Site (as part of the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex). The
mostly English-speaking staff at the visitors centre (
8am-8pm) are very help-
ful.
Some 200 elephants tramp the park's boundaries. Other mammals include tigers,
leopards, bears, gaur, barking deer, otters, crocodiles, various gibbons and
macaques and some rather large pythons.
Khao Yai has two entrances. By far the busiest is to the north in Nakhon
Ratchasima Province, with most travellers passing through the town of Pak Chong.
The southern entrance is in Prachinburi Province; see the boxed text, Click here ,
for full details.
Khao Yai Through the Back Door
The drive through the southern stretch of Khao Yai National Park is just as beautiful as
the more popular northern region, but wildlife is more abundant, particularly elephants
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