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Leisure & Adventure >> Wanakorn National Park


Travel 22 kilometers south of Prachuab city and you'll find 7 kilometer long Wanakorn beach lined with casuarina trees. This beautiful wide white sandy beach offers tranquility and is a good swimming spot. Koh Chan and Koh Taisea are two small islands that lie in front of this beach.

Hat Wanakon National Park
Hat Wanakon is the 18th and currently newest Marine National Park in Thailand (1995). It was opened by royal decree on 30th December 1992. The park covers a total area of 38km2 which also makes it the smallest Marine National Park. The park is relatively close to Bangkok being 315kms south. Prior to becoming a National Park, Hat Wanakon was an Arboretum and Silviculture Station, and has long been associated with forestry. The park consists of a terrestrial and marine section, the landward part (59.5%) is dominated by beach forest and plantations. The marine section (40.5%) is nearshore sandy beach and the deeper water surrounding two islands 6km offshore.