Kaeng Tana National Park is located in Khong Chiam District in Ubon Ratchathani Province

Ubon Ratchathani Province

-History:The area was part of the Khmer Empire. Before the late eighteenth century, this area evidently was outside Siamese or Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom....

, northeastern Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. It is situated on the Mun River

Mun River

The Mun River , sometimes spelled Moon River, is a tributary of the Mekong river. It carries approximately 21,000 cubic kilometres of water per year.-Geography:...

. It was established on 13 July, 1981, and is an IUCN Category II protected area.

Geography

It can be reached on two routes. The first route is by taking Highway No.2222 where visitors can see a beautiful view of an island in the river. Another way, visitors can go this way by taking the route to the National Park Office along Highway No.217. It is 80 square kilometres (30.9 sq mi) in size.The park is characterized by plateaux and undulating hills. There is a deciduous dipterocarp forest and grassland. The park’s headquarters are by Tana Rapids on the Mun River. The park's natural features include Don Tana, an island in the middle of the river; Kaeng Tana, the largest rapids of the Mun River; Tham Phra (or Tham Phu Ma Nai), a cave; Lan Pha Phueng, a sandstone terrace;
Namtok Rak Sai Nature Trail; and Namtok Tat Ton, a waterfall.