About Doi Intanon National Park, Thailand

Doi Intanon National Park covers a vast area and is home to Thailand’s highest mountain. Doi Intanon is cool year-round and spawns the Mae Klang, Mae Pako, Mae Pawn, Mae Ya, Mae Cham and Mae Khan rivers.

The mountain’s forested slopes include evergreen, pine forest and mixed deciduous teak & mountain pine. Doi Intanon also has some appealing waterfalls

The park supports a range of wildlife (although the species are diminishing due to encroachment). Barking deer, gibbons, serow, tigers (claimed), hare and wild pigs can be seen. And birds, birds, birds.

Due to the many different elevations, each with its distinctive type of flora/fauna, Doi Intanon boasts the highest number of bird species, many of them migratory, of any site in Thailand.

The Wildlife research center at Mahidol University claims the park has 362 species, with 192 classified as common or abundant. They also claim many of the birds at the summit are permanent migrate species from northern Asia.

Trips to the park can easily be arranged with tour operators and reasonably priced overnight accommodation is available. However, we recommend you arrange your own transport, preferably a motorbike, since it gives you complete freedom to hit some of the unpaved trails.