Lan Sang National Park


Lan Sang National Park is in the Dawna Range, Tak Province, northern Thailand. Established in 1979, it is an IUCN Category II protected area measuring. On the Tak-Mae Sot Highway in Mueang Tak District, it became the country's 15th national park.

Etymology

The precise meaning of the name is not known. Each of the two words have various interpretations.
  1. Lan fan palm tree, bai laan leaf of fan palm sometimes used for writing religious texts; noun yard, lawn, court, courtyard, open space, plaza, grounds; spring; modifier dazzled, flustered, dazzling, overwhelming.
  2. Sang or saang may refer to the stench or odor of decaying flesh and as a modifier, putrid, foul, rank; as a noun, ghost, spirit, spook, apparition, spectre, wraith or tiger-like mythical animal; as a verb, to clear out, clear up.

    Sights

Lan Sang National Park covers an area of 65,000 rai. Various types of forest, such as rain forest, coniferous forest, hill evergreen forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, and mixed deciduous forest, are found in different geographical areas. Wild animals found are common wild pig, barking deer, Siamese big-headed turtle, serow, civet, Black-crested Bulbul, and flying lizards