The visitor s centre is quite elaborate and there are daily slide shows on Erawan and other national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in Kanchanaburi. There are bungalows and dormitories available in the park and also many hotels, resorts, and raft lodges on the Kwai River between town and the park Buses run daily from Kanchanaburi. This park is a favourite destinations for bird watchers as many migratory fowl visit the fresh water lagoons and mangrove swamps each year, especially in August and September, when over 300 species can be seen. The park is one of only two sites in Thailand to support a nesting colony of purple herons, great and small egrets, stilts, and eagles, including the white-belied, spotted and the imperial. Thailand s first marine park, Khao Sam Roi Yot offers both quite, white sandy beaches and towering limestone outcrops.
Wildlife includes deer, serow, macaques, dolphins, loris, porcupine, mongoose, linsang, and langur.
The name Khao Sam Roi Yot officially means the mountain of 300 peaks though some locals claim that long ago a boat ran aground here and there were 300 fatalities-this version ties with the legend that the area was nonce populated by pirates and highwaymen who preyed on boats and travellers. The view form the top of Khao Daeng, near the park headquarters, provides a beautiful panorama of the park. Kaew, Tham Sai, and Tham Phraya Nakhon, which is the largest of the three. This pavilion is a spectacular when viewed in the early morning when light first breaks through openings in the roof of the cave. The oldest marine park in Thailand, however, suffers from many environmental problems especially the encroachment of shrimp farming into the park grounds, which has severely endangered the habitat of native and migratory wildlife.