The mountain with 300 peaks

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Khao Sam Roi Yot is a marine national park, it covers 98.08 km2 of which 69 km2 of wetlands have been classified as a Ramsar site since 2008. The park includes Thailand's largest freshwater marsh. A limestone massif of spectacular peaks including Khao Yai, Khao Tham Prathun, Khao Daeng, Khao Hup Chan and Khao Kan Bandai. The most frequented is Khao Daeng (the Red Mountain), famous for its viewpoint and its large population of crab-eating macaque monkeys present all year round. The highest peak culminates at 605 m. According to local history, a Chinese merchant ship was beached during heavy storms times, resulting in three hundred survivors who sought refuge on an island. The legend of the mountain with 300 peaks was born.