Location        :  72 M.23, Karb Cherng Sub-district, Karb Cherng District, Surin 32210

Open              :  every day 08:30-16:00 hrs.

Further Enquiries :  Tel. 044 069 920

facebook       : “Huay Thab Than – Huay Samran Wildlife Sanctuary”

In 1993 H.M. Queen Sirikit was visiting villagers at Ban Charas and learned that the forest around Wat Khao Sala, Huay Thab Than sector 3 and Huay Samran, left bank are in the process of becoming a reserved forest. As the area is fertile with water sources and streams and the habitat of wildlife, H.M. the Queen initiated the preservation of this forest to protect the water source. Then on 9 January 1996, the Cabinet Secretariat announced that H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great had signed a Royal Decree designating the area to become Thailand’s 38th Wildlife Sanctuary on 29 December 1995.
The area consists of 11 Sub-districts in 4 Districts of Surin Province which are Panom Dongrak, Karb Cherng, Sankha and Bua Ched Districts totaling 501,512,000 sq.m. (originally 210,800,000 sq.m.). The terrain is plains alternating with mountains and hills along the border of Thailand and Cambodia. It is 200-476 meters above sea level which is a mid-range height with the south on the Panom Dongrak mountain range (Cambodia), a mountainous and highland area descending down to the north. Due to this topography it is a water source/water shed area facilitating the development of the border area in many projects. There are many important streams, namely, Huay Samran, Huay Siad Cha-erng, Huay Charas, Huay Roon, Huay Galengwake, Huay Mon Baek, Huay Kanad Mon, Huay Singh, Huay Parng, Huay Ta Gao, Huay Jamrerng, Huay Sadao, Huay Jariew, etc. which are important streams to the population in the area. The climate is under the influence of the monsoon making it rich with moisture with general good rainfall, hence the 3 seasons clearly defined.
The Huay Thab Than – Huay Samran Wildlife Sanctuary is the only forest in Surin with a large continuous area abundant with water and food as well as bordering Cambodia along the range. Apart from indigenous animals there are also other animals found here and the most apparent are the birds of up to 120 varieties which are Wild Fowl, Siamese or Diardi Fireback Pheasant, Silver Pheasant, Red Billed-Blue Magpie, Red Breasted Parakeet, Lineated Barbet, White Crested Laughing Thrush, Black Crested Bulbul, Streak-eared Bulbul, Brahminy Kite, Sparrow Hawk, Black Baza, Grey Headed Fish Eagle, White-rumped Shama, Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Stork and other mammals such as Gaur, Banteng, Wild Boar, Barking Deer, Mouse Deer, Pileated Gibbon, etc.