Khao Yai National Park (Thailand Part 6)

In the evening, we drove to a viewpoint in front of a bat cave before sunset. When it gets dark, thousands of animals fly out to search for their prey at night.

For some birds of prey, the bats were the prey, so they circled above the flight path of the bats until they caught one of the animals.

In addition, we were able to see the sunset over a small pineapple field.

The next morning, we were picked up by our guide for the national park, who introduced himself as "Apple" (although his name is probably spelled completely differently, but that was his mnemonic device that worked).

We spent the whole day in Khao Yai National Park, while he showed and drove us to see animals and through the park.

The day started quite successfully with a sighting of two great hornbills. In total, we were able to see three species of hornbills.

Shortly afterwards, we saw some white-handed gibbons jumping through the trees in a small group.

Then we set off on our jungle hike, which was truly a jungle hike. We walked on very small paths through the undergrowth or over it or under it.

The attractive gaiters serve as protection against ticks or leeches in the rainy season - wonderful at 34°C in the shade.

On the way, we saw some pig-tailed macaques, which are common in the national park.

We discovered the paths, footprints, and droppings of elephants, and we could even smell their scent, but unfortunately we didn't see any.

At the restaurant parking lot, as always, there were some animals to see: a bamboo pit viper had made itself comfortable in a tree.

At the river, there were some Sambar deer resting in the shade after the morning stress of eating grass.

In the river, there was a quite large water monitor lizard bathing, and its little relatives were scurrying around on land.

In the afternoon, we reached the scenic part and drove to the Haew Suwat Waterfall, where the movie "The Beach" with Leonardo DiCaprio was filmed.

During that time, we saw a white-rumped shama, which actually has a red belly...

Finally, we drove to a viewpoint on the highest mountain in the park. From there, we saw some hornbills flying.

There, we also saw a golden bulbul, which should not go unmentioned solely because of its great name.