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Friday, December 15, 2006

Hat Chao Mai National Park



Hat Chao Mai National Park consists of land area and sea area, located in the western side of southern part of Thailand. It covers land area about 93.64 sq.km and sea area of Andaman sea in Indian ocean about 137.21 sq.km. This national park is divided into 2 parts, the first part is the coast land including Muk island, Kra Dan island, Wan island, Cheaung island, Pring island and Meng island. This area consists of a steeply high limestone mountain where the northern part of the eastern side has Chong Chan mountain, Kwan Med Chune mountain, Kwan Dang mountain, etc. where are the source of many streams which joins together at Bang Sak canal and drains to the Trang river. In addition, this national park also consists of grass field, rainforest, mangrave forest, beach forest and sand beach whereas sea area has the deep sea widely covered with coral reef along the steeply high shoulder of mountain. This coral reef would be found in the Waen island, Cheaung island and Kradan island.

Location and Journey
Hat Chao Mai National ParkMu 5, Ban Chang Lang, Mai Fad Sub-district,, Sikao, Trang, Thailand 92150Tel. : 0 7521 3260 Fax : 0 7521 3260
By Car
To reach the park leave Trang on the # 4046 road and head towards Krabi until the 30 km post is reached when you turn left onto the # 4162 road. This road is followed until you reach Pakmeng beach when the road turns left to run along the beach. This followed for about 7 km. to the headquarters is reached.
By Ship


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