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Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
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Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park is a first coastal national park of Thailand. It is located in Sam Roi Yot district in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand.

Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park covers 98 sq km (20.9 sq mi). Its name, Khao Sam Roi Yot, means "mountain with 300 peaks", an apt description of the limestone hills within the national park. The highest peak within the park is Khao Krachom, at 605 m above sea level.


Phraya Nakhon Cave, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
Phraya Nakhon Cave, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
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 Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park is within a mangrove area. About 36 sq km of the marshland is within the national park, out of a total of 69 sq km. The areas outside the park sustain an industry in shrimp farming. Within the park are two stretches of white sand beaches, namely Hat Laem Sala and Hat Sam Phraya.

Khao Sam Roi Yot is believed to be the site where King Mongkut invited European guests to join him in the sighting of the solar eclipse on 18 August, 1868. Unfortunately he contracted malaria during the visit and passed away shortly thereafter.

One of the most famous places in Khao Sam Roi Yot is the Phraya Nakhon Cave. Within it is the Kuha Karuhas Pavilion, built on the occasion of the visit of King Chulalongkorn in 1890. Subsequent kings of Thailand have also visited the cave, which is renowned for its beauty.

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