点评:I had a phenomenal experience at Khao Yai NP, in very large part thanks to Khao Yai and Beyond and my guide Deaw. I've been lax posting my review, I actually went in October 2024. I did the 3 day wildlife explorer tour, but since I had already booked accommodation, Deaw and team were very helpful modifying the tour to pick me up from my hotel. I saw many animals including elephants, gibbons, hornbills, vipers, porcupines, jackals, civet cats, and even a pack of dhole! The included night tour was fantastic for wildlife spotting as well.
The hiking during the day was an incredible, unique experience. Once we got about 1km from the roads, there wasn't any sign of another person anywhere nearby. Almost everyone drives through and doesn't leave the roads. We followed a lot of animal tracks to salt-licks in the jungle.
You can only do very minimal hiking in this national park without a guide, and that makes perfect sense given any actual trails are short and close to the road. I never could have navigated them more than the first km on my own. Deaw knew exactly where he was going, and was clearly very experienced hiking in this park. He also made a lot of effort to accommodate any specific interests I had whenever possible. I cannot recommend Deaw and the team at Khao Yai and Beyond highly enough.
Price translated to about $900AUD for 3 days totally private tour. This included park entry fees and 2 night safaris. If you have more than one person then the costs get split and lower significantly. I found this to be a very reasonable cost.
**Staying in the park would have been even more conducive to wildlife sightings, so you may wish to do this. However, I stayed in a resort called The Hidden Village and this was also fantastic. I strongly recommend going on weekdays, as the weekend saw significantly larger crowds in the park.
***I urge you to wear long hiking pants and hiking boots or at the least fully enclosed shoes.
翻译:我在考艾国家公园度过了一段非凡的体验,这很大程度上要感谢考艾及周边地区的旅行社和我的导游Deaw。我一直懒得发评论,其实我是2024年10月去的。我参加了为期3天的野生动物探险之旅,但由于我已经预订了住宿,Deaw和团队非常热心地修改了行程,安排他们来酒店接我。我看到了许多动物,包括大象、长臂猿、犀鸟、蝰蛇、豪猪、豺狼、麝猫,甚至还有一群豺!包含在内的夜间行程也非常适合观赏野生动物。
白天的徒步旅行是一次不可思议的独特体验。当我们离开公路大约1公里后,附近就看不到任何人的踪迹了。几乎每个人都会开车穿过公路,不离开公路。我们沿着许多动物的足迹,来到了丛林中的盐碱地。
在这个国家公园里,如果没有导游,你只能进行非常有限的徒步旅行,这完全合情合理,因为任何实际的步道都很短,而且靠近公路。我自己一个人走不到超过一公里。Deaw 非常清楚自己要去哪里,而且显然在这个公园徒步旅行经验非常丰富。他还尽力满足我的任何特殊需求。我强烈推荐 Deaw 和 Khao Yai and Beyond 的团队。
3 天的完全私人旅行价格约为 900 澳元。这包含公园门票和 2 晚的狩猎之旅。如果多人同行,费用可以分摊,会大幅降低。我觉得这个价格非常合理。
**如果住在公园里,观赏野生动物的机会会更大,所以你不妨考虑住在公园里。不过,我住在一个名为 The Hidden Village 的度假村,那里也非常棒。我强烈建议工作日去,因为周末公园里的人会更多。
***我建议您穿长登山裤和登山靴,或者至少穿全封闭的鞋子。