Nature and outdoors · Northeast
Khao Yai National Park Cool Season 2026-27
Khao Yai in the cool season: elephants on the salt licks, hornbills, waterfalls running clear and night safaris from November to February.
Tentative date
- Dates
- Sun 01 Nov 2026 to Sun 28 Feb 2027
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Khao Yai National Park, Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima
- City
- Pak Chong
- Province
- Nakhon Ratchasima
- Region
- Northeast
- Category
- Nature and outdoors
- Tickets
- Paid
- When it runs
- Annual best season, November to February; park open year round
- Checked
- Tue 27 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Khao Yai, Thailand's oldest national park and a World Heritage site, is at its best in the cool season: from November to February the grasslands are dry and wildlife gathers at the salt licks and waterholes, Haew Suwat and Haew Narok waterfalls run clear, and the park's night safari trucks run in crisp air. The park is open year round. The window shown is the published best season pattern, November to February, so this record is marked expected: it marks the season to plan around, not a closure period. The Khao Yai Marathon and trail races in the park's gateway town are carried as their own records in the dataset.
Official source: https://www.thailandfestival.org. Dates checked Tue 27 Oct 2026.