The Sai Yok District is 60 kms north of the provincial capital.
Its landscape, generally rich in forests and mountains, is dotted with
many natural attractions and historical places.
The ancient site is 43 kms out
of Kanchanaburi on the bank of the Kwai Noi River on Highway
323. The principal structure, the Khmer Prasat Muang
Sing (Tower of the City of Lions), is beieved to have been
the western most outpost of the Angkor-centere Khmer empire.
A wide range of artefacts including temple carvings,
religious statues, implements, and pottery shards indicate
the once-thriving city must have been inhabited from
approximately the 12th to14th centuries. The park is daily
open for tourists from 09.00 a.m. to 04.30 p.m.
Also known as Khao Phang Waterfall, about
60 kilometers from town on Highway 323. The roadside cascade is
best visited between July - September, when water is
most plentiful. Visitors can take a train from town to Nam Tok
Station and continue by local transport to the waterfall, which is 2 kms
away.
This is located some 80 kms
north-west of the town on Highway 323. To commemorate
all those who died in the Pcific during the Second World
War, the Australian Government in co-operation with the
Government of Thailand, has provided thisinterpretive
memorial, the Hell Fire Pass Memorial Museum, and walking
trails. This museum explains to visitors the story of
why and how the railway was built and attempts to convey the
hardships and suffering endured by so many who were forced
to work in extremely harsh conditions. The museum
symbolised the importance of this site to Austrialian
people. It also reflects the enduring bonds of
friendship that have grown between the people of Thailand
and those nations whose citizens worked on the
Burma-Thailand railway.
Since its opening Tiger Temple or Wat Pa Luangta Bua
gained a reputation as a wildlife sanctuary. It started with an
injured jungle fowl given to the monk by the villagers. Then
peacocks came attracted by the calls of by then rather large
colony of jungle fowl. An injured wild boar stumbled in to the
monastery and the monks cared for him until he could be released
back into the forest
75 kilometers from town, and about 50 meters from Kwai Noi
riverside. Visitors may take boats from Pak Saeng Pier or by car across
the bridge at Ban Kaeng Ra Boed. It is the biggest interesting
cave in the area and has stalactites and stalagmites. It offer an
exciting adventure.
This flows directly into the Kwai Noi River, and is the most popular
attraction in the 300 sq.kms of Sai Yok National Park. Its idyllic
beauty has been repeatedly celebratged in Thai poetry and song.
Wildlife in Sai Yok's deciduous forests include small mammals such as
bats, squirrels and deer, and numerous bird species, including wreathed
hornbills and blue-winged pittas. The waterfall is 104 kms from
Kanchanaburi and can be reached either by boat or car on highway 323.
Bungalow accomodation, river rafts and camping facilities are available.
Located about 1 kilometer near the bank of Kwai Noi River, 110
kilometers from the city, visitors can go by boat from Pak Saeng
Pier or Sai Yok Yai Waterfall. Stalactites and stalagmites inside
the cave are wonderful and make the beautiful scene.
Situated at the curving Kwae
Noi River, a wooden viaduct of the "Death Railway", on the
bank of Kwae Noi River, about 55 kilometers out of town.
This cave is where a Buddha image placed inside.
