Private Tour | 1-day wildlife tour with night safari in Khao Yai
Why?
Besides what a 1 day tour offers, combining one day tour with a night safari well after the dark will give you a chance to see both diurnal and nocturnal wildlife of Khao Yai National Park.
What?
A 1-day tour will start in the morning and end well after the dark. Activities include hiking in the jungle, safari driving among the roads in search of elephants and other exciting animals, safari drives in the morning and later afternoon, visiting a viewpoint and one of Khao Yai's impressive waterfalls and finally ending the day with a night safari.
Itinerary
The itinerary below is just an example and can easily be turned upside down due to the length of different activities. We adapt to mother nature and customers' interests.
We will meet you at your hotel or other pick-up location we agreed on.
The tour always starts around 8 to 8:30 am with a slow drive through jungle and grasslands in search of wildlife. Once we arrive at the first hiking point we continue the trip in the rain forest between huge trees in search of any type of animal.
After lunch the first stop will be Haew Suwat Waterfall, known from Leonardio Di Caprio's "The Beach" movie, possibly continuing the tour to one of the best viewpoints of the national park. Last couple of hours before dinner will be an ideal time for searching for elephants.
After the dinner break our tour will end with a night safari in search of nocturnal wildlife, thereafter you will be returned to your hotel or other location we agreed on around 8 to 9 pm.
Where & when?
Khao Yai National Park is around 2.5 hours from Bangkok, easily accessible with public transportation with minivans being the fastest way. Our private guides will meet you in your hotel in Pak Chong -which is the nearest city- or anywhere between Pak Chong and Khao Yai National Park.
We can arrange a taxi from Bangkok on request. It takes 2.5 hours, it costs 2,200 Baht one way or 3,200 Baht for a round trip within the same day.
The park is open and accessible all year round but for night safaris we strongly recommend to avoid week-ends and public holidays when there are too many vehicles on the roads, reducing the chance to see animals significantly. The weather can be pretty cool during the cold season around November to February, so a sweater is a must!
Important note
Please confirm with us before booking a hotel in Khao Yai area as we don't offer pickup if your hotel is too far away. Or because some hotel owners don't like their guests to be picked up by tour operators.
Tour details in short:
- Duration: 1 day(s)
- Type: Private tour
- Price: 1,900 - 6,400 Baht per person
- Group size: 1 or more people
- Grade: Easy to moderate
- Transport: Safari vehicle
- Start: 8 - 8:30 am
- End: 8 - 9 pm
What to bring:
- Long trousers
- Rain clothing
- Sweater or light jacket
- Hiking or sport shoes
- Insect repellent
- Sunblock lotion
How much?
You'll be accompanied by a private guide and no other people will join you; the best way to explore nature! Our tours are all-inclusive except for the accommodation.
| Pax | Rate per person |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6,400 THB |
| 2 | 3,500 THB |
| 3 | 2,900 THB |
| 4 | 2,600 THB |
| 5 | 2,300 THB |
| 6 | 2,100 THB |
| 7 | 2,000 THB |
| 8 and up | 1,900 THB |
Tour rates include:
- Entrance fees
- English speaking guide
- Transportation from/to hotel or other meeting point
- Lunch & dinner
- Snacks & fruit
- Drinking water
- Leech protection socks
Reviews from our guests
By: Daniel Egan | posted Mon 10 Mar, 2025
We had an amazing safari with Rosa and our driver! We saw so many wild animals and the guides had such a great eye for spotting them as well as excellent knowledge on the animals. Probably our favourite day in Thailand. We saw:
Hornbills
Deer
Porcupines
Snakes
Civit cat
Jackal
An elephant (which was amazing to see in the wild)
So many different species of birds.
A great experience and we were so glad of our amazing guides
By: Joycelyn Soh | posted Mon 3 Mar, 2025
We have enjoyed our tour and night safari very much. We appreciate our guide Jum in her skills in spotting wildlife even when driving. She would say there are 2 black giant squirrels there and we will be "where?", then she will show us using her wildlife spotting scope. We will be happy to join the tour again, hopefully we are lucky enough to meet the elephants!
By: Clive Graham | posted Thu 27 Feb, 2025
I enjoyed the tour. There were many positives: the guide (I forget his name) was fairly knowledgeable, but he was not an expert (maybe he knew more but did not have the English to express it). He was laid back which suited me, but might not suit others. For example he put me on two trails on my own. I felt comfortable but if something had happened, it would not have been good. He was friendly and solicitous. He and Tom, his driver, made strong efforts to find animals. At the end of the day we saw elephants which was brief but spectacular. The 3 or 4 km off-road hike we did was great! I loved the landscape, vegetation, sounds and smells The dusk safari was great too. I was impressed how many animals we saw, and how the guys spotted them. The two drivers, one to and from Bangkok, and Tom were excellent. I felt safe and secure
By: Gareth Jones | posted Mon 17 Feb, 2025
Excellent guide and day. We would not have seen half the wildlife if it wasn’t for his expertise.
By: Hilary Turner-King | posted Sat 8 Feb, 2025
M was excellent; incredibly observant of animal life and very knowledgable. Seeing many of the animals close up through his telescope was wonderful. Many thanks for making our visit to Khao Sok such a memorable experience.
By: Mattia | posted Sun 2 Feb, 2025
Nature in the park is amazing, we were quite lucky in spotting a wild elephant early on.
The guide was very kind but we would have expected to learn way more about local animals and plants from him.
I would suggest the night safari to be planned in ending with some time dedicated to stargazing as currently it is not part of the itinerary.
> Tour operator's response
Dear Mattia,
Thank you for your feedback.
As we informed you in the correspondence prior to your booking, the guide assigned to your group is a new freelance guide that only recently has started doing some trips for us. Like in your case, we inform all our guests prior to the booking that this guide is not part of our usual team. But because our team was fully booked, we offered you this option with the new freelance guide. We are thankful for your feedback. We will inform the guide about this, so he can improve.
Thank you for your review, and thank you for booking with us.
By: Courtnay Crowell | posted Wed 29 Jan, 2025
We saw many interesting animals during our day tour, and our guide was enthusiastic. I would not recommend night safari as a way to see animals because it seemed to disturb them.
By: Maj Nielsen | posted Sun 19 Jan, 2025
We absolutely loved our tour. We had the best guide, Jum and she found animals all over for us. She spotted things we would have never found ourselves. We really enjoyed the day and would recommend it to everyone. Would love to go again. We spotted:
Hornbill
Pigtale macaque
Gibbon
Otters
Water Lizard
Indochinese Water dragon
Water snake
Grey headed fly catcher
Squirrels
Sambar Deer
Elephant
Owl
Jakal
Porcupine
By: Ash | posted Sun 19 Jan, 2025
This tour has been the highlight of our trip. Our guide and driver were both excellent; polite, knowledgeable and friendly. We were lucky enough to see elephants and gibbons as well as a many bird species. The lunch and dinner both excellent too. Would highly recommend!
By: Isaac Tan | posted Thu 2 Jan, 2025
Amazing experience with Apple (our guide). Apple arrived early at our hotel to pick us up, and from then on, the whole day's journey was well-planned and Apple ensured that all of us are well taken care of. You always feel that he is thinking ahead of our needs and the whole experience to the National Park was so pleasant and enjoyable! The night SAFARI topped the entire tour with amazing sights of the park's animals, like elephant, lots of deer, sloth, jackal, gibbon, rare right of Austen's brown hornbill and even porcupines mating!
> Tour operator's response
Thank you for your kind review!
Sounds like you got to see a great selection of wildlife.
Even though I can see some similarities in behaviour I assume the 'sloth' you've mentioned was in fact a Bengal Slow Loris?
Thank you for booking with us!