Northern Gulf Coast
The Northern Gulf Coast is a region on the Central Plains of Thailand. It is travelled through to get to Southern Thailand.Photo: Kritmongkholrat Arunsuriya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Hua Hin and Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Hua Hin
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Hua Hin is a seaside resort city of about 50,000 residents in Thailand. Three or four hours south of Bangkok, it is popular with middle-aged and older foreign visitors, as a weekend getaway spot for Bangkok Thais, and as an expat retirement home.
Kaeng Krachan National Park
Kaeng Krachan National Park is on the Northern Gulf Coast region of Thailand, the country's largest national park, and since 2021 a natural world heritage site.
Prachuap Khiri Khan
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Prachuap Khiri Khan is a coastal town of roughly 27,000 inhabitants in western Thailand, roughly 100 km south of Hua Hin and 200 km north of Chumphon. Culturally it could be considered part of the central plains, but is geographically connected to southern Thailand as it is a part of the Malay Peninsula.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Phetchaburi and Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park.
Phetchaburi
Photo: Kritmongkholrat Arunsuriya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phetchaburi - pronounced and sometimes spelled Phetburi - is the provincial capital of Phetchaburi Province.
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
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Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park is a national park in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. It is home of one of the largest freshwater marshes in the country and is the country's first coastal national park.
Cha-am
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Cha-am is a small, quiet beach town on the Gulf of Thailand. If nearby Hua Hin is too crowded and noisy for you, then Cha-am is the place to go.
Kui Buri National Park
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Kui Buri National Park is a national park in Prachuap Khiri Khan, on the Northern Gulf Coast of Thailand. It is famous for its healthy population of wild elephants and gaur.
Ban Krut
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Ban Krut is a beach village on the Northern Gulf Coast of Thailand, about 160km south of Hua Hin. A beach road runs parallel to a 12km long, beautiful beach shaded by coconut and casuarina trees.
Northern Gulf Coast
- Type: region
- Location: Central Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
12.14° or 12° 8′ 24″ northLongitude of center
99.72° or 99° 43′ 12″ eastWikidata ID
Q14227392
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In Other Languages
From French to Venetian—“Northern Gulf Coast” goes by many names.
- French: “Côte septentrionale du golfe de Thaïlande”
- Italian: “Costa settentrionale del golfo di Thailandia”
- Shan: “ဢၢဝ်ႇပၢင်ႇလၢႆႇ ပွတ်းႁွင်ႇ”
- Venetian: “Costa setentrionałe del golfo de Taiłàndia”
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