Nature trips in Thailand
National parks, waterfalls, forest and lakes — the provinces where nature still leads.
42 provinces
Rayong
An eastern seaboard province with a fine coastline and one of Thailand's industrial heartlands.
Chanthaburi
An eastern province on the coast, close to the Cambodian border.
Trat
Thailand's easternmost border province, on the Gulf coast and scattered with beautiful islands.
Prachinburi
A lowland province on the Prachinburi River, near the forests of the Sankamphaeng range.
Nakhon Nayok
A small province holding the Khao Yai range and its forest, on the eastern edge of the centre.
Sa Kaeo
An eastern border province, up against Cambodia.
Nakhon Ratchasima
Korat, the gateway to Isan, spread across a vast plateau.
Ubon Ratchathani
A large city on the Mun River, at Thailand's far northeastern edge on the Lao border.
Chaiyaphum
A province of folded hills and deep green forest in lower Isan.
Bueng Kan
Thailand's newest province, on the Mekong, an Isan border town facing Laos.
Loei
A province of folded mountains, cool the year round, in upper Isan.
Nong Khai
A riverside town on the Mekong, a border province that carries you across to Laos.
Sakon Nakhon
A city beside a great lake, ringed by the Phu Phan range in upper Isan.
Nakhon Phanom
A town on the Mekong with a clear view over to Laos, quiet and easy on the eye.
Mukdahan
A Mekong town, a border province linked to the Lao side.
Chiang Mai
The old Lanna city, set in a northern valley, with cool air the whole way there.
Lampang
A northern town wrapped in mountains, on the Wang River.
Uttaradit
A town on the Nan River, where the plain meets the mountains of the lower north.
Phrae
An old town in a basin, ringed by mountains in the upper north.
Nan
A small town among northern valleys, on the border with Laos.
Phayao
A small town on Kwan Phayao, a wide freshwater lake among northern mountains.
Chiang Rai
Thailand's northernmost province, full of high mountains and cool air the year round.
Mae Hong Son
A town in a valley, ringed by folded mountains on the Myanmar border.
Nakhon Sawan
Pak Nam Pho, where the Ping and Nan rivers join and become the Chao Phraya.
Uthai Thani
A province with great forest and green mountains all around it.
Kamphaeng Phet
A historic town on the Ping River, full of old ruins on the lower northern plain.
Tak
A town on the Ping River, and the way west to the Mae Sot border.
Sukhothai
An ancient town and Thailand's first royal capital, on the plain of the Yom River.
Phichit
A quiet town on the Nan River, in the middle of the lower northern plain.
Phetchabun
A province ringed by hills and high ranges in the middle of the lower north.
Ratchaburi
A town on the Mae Klong River, near the Tenasserim range in the west.
Kanchanaburi
A province of mountains and the River Khwae, on Thailand's western border.
Nakhon Si Thammarat
A large southern city on the Gulf, with mountains and coastline in the one province.
Krabi
An Andaman coast province, full of limestone peaks and beautiful islands.
Phang Nga
An Andaman coastal province, scattered with islands and limestone peaks.
Surat Thani
A large province on the Gulf, with mountains, the Tapi River and islands offshore.
Ranong
An Andaman coast town on the Myanmar border, known for its hills and its year-round rain.
Chumphon
The first province of the south, the Gulf coast on one side and hills on the other.
Satun
The southernmost Andaman coast province, full of islands and green forest.
Trang
An Andaman coast town, with mountains and sea in the same province.
Phatthalung
A lake town on Songkhla Lake, held in by mountains on its western side.
Yala
The southernmost town, ringed by mountains and quiet among its own forests.
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?How to use this page
- 1These groupings are SawadiKub's own starting point, not an official ranking.
- 2A province can sit in several categories — Krabi is both beach and nature.
- 3Use “See it on the map” to find where this group sits in the country.