Good question! We were wondering that too, and I was checking over my shoulder a lot when we were on the various trails (accompanied by a great ranger, khun Jeab, from the video), however there are less than 100 tigers in the sanctuary, and the sanctuary is more than 5700 square kilometers, so the odds of encountering a tiger, let alone being attacked is extremely slim. The Tiger Nature Trail is only about 800 meters long in total and circles around back to the main camp area, so it doesn't take long to hike (under 30 minutes, depending how often you stop to look at things, although you can make it a bit longer if you go down to the river and walk along the river bank for a while). The first time we visited the sanctuary, I did in fact get a glimpse of a tiger crossing a river bank (too quick to get a photo, but we found its footprint afterward), however from the way it moved and fled quickly into the jungle it was quite clear that it was trying to avoid being seen by humans, so unlike India where tiger attacks on people are relatively common I don't think we need to worry much in Huai Kha Kaeng. We'll be going back for a third visit to Huai Kha Kaeng this year to see what we can find though! There are also leopards there, and we would love to see one.
Thanks for watching! We actually don’t have Jeab’s contact details, as he was there in the ranger’s area when we arrived on the trip in this video, remembered us from our first trip, and took us out to the trails. Incidentally, we just got back this past weekend from our THIRD trip to Huai Kha Khaeng-video coming in the near future. Anyway, if you go, you’ll find after the gates that there’s just one road into the sanctuary, and where it terminates you’ll be able to park and find a staff/ranger who will be happy to take you on the tiger trail (there are very few visitors every time we’ve gone, so there’s always someone available to take you around). Jeab wasn’t there this time, so we went with a different ranger and he was great as well. Have a great time, and hope you get to spot a tiger!!
Unfortunately we didn't see one this time. The first time we went, in 2022, we had a very quick glimpse of a tiger coming out the jungle and running across a riverbank, which was later confirmed by paw prints it left in the sand there, but the last two times we haven't had such luck. We did see multitudes of beautiful birds, a wild boar, monkeys, a ton of butterfly lizards, deer and banteng on this latest trip, but alas the tigers, leopards and elephants eluded us!
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Do you like wildlife?? What wildlife would you like to see in Thailand?
ชอบสัตว์ป่าไหม? อยากเห็นสัตว์ป่าอะไรในประเทศไทย?
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What happens if a tiger attack someone on the way? Cause you just walking:O and how long does the track take :)?
Good question! We were wondering that too, and I was checking over my shoulder a lot when we were on the various trails (accompanied by a great ranger, khun Jeab, from the video), however there are less than 100 tigers in the sanctuary, and the sanctuary is more than 5700 square kilometers, so the odds of encountering a tiger, let alone being attacked is extremely slim. The Tiger Nature Trail is only about 800 meters long in total and circles around back to the main camp area, so it doesn't take long to hike (under 30 minutes, depending how often you stop to look at things, although you can make it a bit longer if you go down to the river and walk along the river bank for a while).
The first time we visited the sanctuary, I did in fact get a glimpse of a tiger crossing a river bank (too quick to get a photo, but we found its footprint afterward), however from the way it moved and fled quickly into the jungle it was quite clear that it was trying to avoid being seen by humans, so unlike India where tiger attacks on people are relatively common I don't think we need to worry much in Huai Kha Kaeng.
We'll be going back for a third visit to Huai Kha Kaeng this year to see what we can find though! There are also leopards there, and we would love to see one.
Amazing video, really wanna go there and try to spot a tiger, do you mind sharing gib’s contact details?
Cheers !
Thanks for watching! We actually don’t have Jeab’s contact details, as he was there in the ranger’s area when we arrived on the trip in this video, remembered us from our first trip, and took us out to the trails.
Incidentally, we just got back this past weekend from our THIRD trip to Huai Kha Khaeng-video coming in the near future. Anyway, if you go, you’ll find after the gates that there’s just one road into the sanctuary, and where it terminates you’ll be able to park and find a staff/ranger who will be happy to take you on the tiger trail (there are very few visitors every time we’ve gone, so there’s always someone available to take you around). Jeab wasn’t there this time, so we went with a different ranger and he was great as well. Have a great time, and hope you get to spot a tiger!!
Thanks allot ! I will try to go there :)
Did you see any tigers last time ? 🫣
Unfortunately we didn't see one this time. The first time we went, in 2022, we had a very quick glimpse of a tiger coming out the jungle and running across a riverbank, which was later confirmed by paw prints it left in the sand there, but the last two times we haven't had such luck. We did see multitudes of beautiful birds, a wild boar, monkeys, a ton of butterfly lizards, deer and banteng on this latest trip, but alas the tigers, leopards and elephants eluded us!