Doi Inthanon National Park

Doi Inthanon National Park
อุทยานแห่งชาติดอยอินทนนท์
IUCN category II (national park)
284px The Wachirathan Waterfall, Doi Inthanon National Park, the highest point in Thailand
Location within Thailand
Location	Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Coordinates
Area	482 km2
Established	1972
Governing body	Dept of National Parks
Website	Doi Inthanon NP

Doi Inthanon National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติดอยอินทนนท์), nicknamed "the roof of Thailand", is in the Thanon Thong Chai Range, Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. It includes Doi Inthanon, the country's highest mountain. Established in 1972, it is 482 square kilometres (186 sq mi) in size.

Geography

The park is approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Chiang Mai. It includes Karen and Meo Hmong villages of about 4,500 people. Its elevation ranges between 800–2,565 metres (2,625–8,415 ft). Within its borders are a number of waterfalls: Mae Klang Falls, Wachiratan Falls, Siriphum Falls, and Mae Ya Falls. The park has varied climatic and ecologically different sections.

Flora and fauna

Flora includes evergreen cloud forest, sphagnum bog, and deciduous dipterocarp forest. There are some relict pines. With 383 avifauna species, it ranks second among Thailand's national parks in number of bird species.

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  Subtropical semi-evergreen seasonal forest at the end of the dry season

• Cethosia biblis - Doi Inthanon.jpg

  Cethosia biblis, Doi Inthanon National Park

• Aethopyga nipalensis male - Doi Inthanon.jpg

  An adult male green-tailed sunbird

External links

• Doi Inthanon National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage

• thaibirding.com on Doi Inthanon
• Betz, H., Srisanga, P., Suksathan, P. (2014). Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, Selected Plants of Doi Inthanon