Sun bear vs. „urinal men“ – or: Is it safe to camp in Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan jungle?

I have camped all my life in wilderness areas. I have had bears, leopards, spotted hyenas visiting my camps. But what I heard and saw in three days and one night in Kaeng Krachan is another level.

https://www.wilddocu.de/camping-in-the-jungle-of-kaeng-krachan-thailand-is-it-safe/

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Ralf Bürglin

5 Comments

  • Flemming Versloot

    I guess for sun bears the same rules count as for other bears, never leave any food item or garbage smelling like a food item in the tent.

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  • Ralf Bürglin

    no food in the tent: exactly!

  • PandaSmith

    I’ve always thought the bear (now many bears) at Kaeng Krachan are an accident waiting to happen. Luckily so far, going on 15+++ years, there have been no accidents. They’ve tried relocations to no avail… Mother bears are enculturating their young to come as well. I think everyone is simply hoping for the best. If it were America the bears would have already been killed, which is something they would not readily do here in Thailand.

    • Zhou Fangyi

      Sun bears are relatively gentle. In somewhere in Xizhang, China, it is more horrible as tourists are interacting with brown bears like that.

      • Zhou Fangyi

        Besides, the sun bears in Thailand are just picking up the kitchen waste, while in China toursits are feeding the wild brown bears by hand.

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