Haew Suwat Waterfall (Namtok Haeo Suwat)

The Haew Suwat Waterfall was probably the most popular waterfall in Khao Yai National Park, but we say this because it was so easy to access, it had a campsite not far from here, and we saw heaps of people. We thought

We were here in the Dry Season so the 15m or so waterfall was split into a pair of parallel segments before reaching the dark plunge pool at its base. I'd imagine in the Wet Season, the falls would take on a thicker appearance and might even lack the character that we saw under average to lower flow. In other words, this might be one of those "less is more" cases.

Even though we took a real short 15-minute walk to the bouldery edge of the fairly wide plunge pool at its base, there was a separate, short trail that went to the top of the waterfall. In fact, we saw numerous people chilling from the top of the falls providing us with a sense of scale as to the height of the falls. There was also an upper lookout platform on the way to the bottom offering up a bit of a different perspective of the falls. At the bottom of the plunge pool access trail, we managed to see a few people who actually swam to the rear of the waterfall and chill behind it.

Khao Yai was about 3 hours northeast of Bangkok or 2 hours east of Ayutthaya.

[Back to top]

View from the upper platform

Another look from the base of the falls

[Back to top]


Sweep from lower left to upper right as seen from the upper viewing platform

View Larger Map

TRIP REPORTS

• December 27, 2008

GUIDEBOOKS / OTHER RESOURCES

NEARBY WATERFALLS

• Haew Narok Waterfall
• Haew Sai Waterfall

Have You Been To This Waterfall?

Share your experience!

Click here to see visitor comments for this waterfall

Click here to see visitor comments for other waterfalls that we've visited in this region

Click here to go to the Comments Main Page