Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
A World Heritage forest inscribed in 2005, joining Khao Yai, Thap Lan, Pang Sida and Ta Phraya national parks with the Dong Yai sanctuary. Together they cover the Dong Phaya Yen and Sankamphaeng ranges, home to wild elephants, gibbons and hornbills.
- Where
- Khao Yai, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 14.3300, 102.0500
Get the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Nakhon Ratchasima volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Khao Yai National Park 66 km
Thailand's first national park, established in 1962, and one of its largest, spreading across four provinces. Its forests hold wild elephants, gibbons and hornbills, and waterfalls such as Haew Suwat, and it is part of a UNESCO World Heritage forest complex.
Nang Rong Waterfall 79 km
A waterfall on the southern edge of Khao Yai National Park, in the hills above Nakhon Nayok. It is a weekend picnic spot for families from Bangkok, who come to sit by the pools under the trees.
Prasat Phanom Wan 79 km
A Khmer sanctuary of the 11th century outside Nakhon Ratchasima, built as a Hindu temple and later turned to Buddhist use. Still an active wat, it is one of the largest Khmer temples in Thailand, on ground that has yielded Bronze and Iron Age burials.
Sdok Kok Thom 92 km
The largest Angkorian temple in eastern Thailand, an 11th century sandstone sanctuary built for Shiva by a powerful priestly family. It is the original home of one of the most revealing inscriptions the Khmer Empire left behind.
Phanom Rung Historical Park 98 km
A Khmer temple of sandstone and laterite built on the rim of an extinct volcano, 402 metres up, between the 10th and 13th centuries. Raised for Shiva and later used by Buddhists, it is reached by a long processional way, and a few times a year the sun shines straight through its fifteen doorways.
Prasat Muang Tam 102 km
A Khmer temple of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, at the foot of the hill below Phanom Rung. Built for Shiva, with Vishnu also worshipped, its brick towers stand within walls and L-shaped ponds that once mirrored the whole sanctuary.
Phimai Historical Park 110 km
The ancient town of Phimai and its great sandstone sanctuary, Prasat Phimai, the largest ancient Mahayana Buddhist temple in Thailand. Its pale sandstone towers and galleries are among the finest Khmer architecture outside Cambodia, and the park has been open since 1989.
National Science Museum 147 km
A campus of museums at Technopolis in Khlong Luang, north of Bangkok, run by the national science museum organisation since the 1990s. Science, natural history, information technology and the RAMA 9 Museum each have a building of their own.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Nakhon Ratchasima
Questions
Where is Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex?
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex is in Khao Yai, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Khao Yai National Park (66 km), Nang Rong Waterfall (79 km), Prasat Phanom Wan (79 km).
How do I get the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Nakhon Ratchasima volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Nakhon Ratchasima volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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