Khao Yai National Park
Thailand's first national park and a UNESCO site — jungle waterfalls, wild elephants, gibbons and viewpoints, just a few hours from Bangkok.
Region
Isan (Northeast)
Thailand off the tourist trail — Khmer ruins, silk villages, fiery food and some of the friendliest people in the country.
Phanom Rung: Thailand's Khmer Temple on a Volcano
A breathtaking 1,000-year-old Khmer temple crowning an extinct volcano in Buri Ram — Isan's answer to Angkor Wat, and gloriously crowd-free.
Sam Phan Bok: The Grand Canyon of Thailand
A surreal maze of rock pools and swirling stone canyons carved by the Mekong River in Ubon Ratchathani — one of Isan's most extraordinary hidden gems.