Benjakitti Forest Park

Benjakitti Forest Park is a large wetland park next to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, created on the site of the old Thailand Tobacco Monopoly factory and opened in stages in the early 2020s. Its highlight is the raised skywalk, a walkway that loops through the treetops and over ponds and reed beds, with the towers of Asok and Sukhumvit rising behind.

It feels very different from Lumphini Park: less social, more like a nature reserve with a skyline.

Benjakitti or Lumphini?

If you only have time for one, Lumphini shows you more of Bangkok life; Benjakitti is the more unusual landscape.

What to do

• Walk the skywalk. The elevated walkway is about 1.6 km long. It's lit after dark, and the evening view of the towers over the wetlands is the park's best moment.
• Walk or run the ground-level paths around the lakes. The main loop around the big lake is popular with runners.
• Cycle. Cycle lanes run around the lake.
• See the old factory buildings, some converted into sports facilities.

When to go

The park is open roughly 5am to 9pm (one listing gives 4am opening) and free to enter. Go early in the morning or from about 4:30pm, when it's cooler. The skywalk has little shade, so midday in the hot season is hard going.

The story of the site

The land was the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly's factory site. When production moved out of central Bangkok, the government decided to turn it into a public park. The first section, with the large lake, opened in the 2000s; the forest park and skywalk, designed as a working wetland that helps manage rainwater, opened in 2022. Several of the old factory warehouses were kept and reused, giving the park its mix of industrial buildings and new forest.

Getting there

• MRT Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre — Exit 3 is at the edge of the park.
• BTS Asok, then about 10–15 minutes on foot.

Good to know

• Bring water; there are few places to buy drinks inside the wetland area.
• It's flat and easy for pushchairs and wheelchairs on most paths, though some skywalk sections have ramps and steps. See Bangkok with kids.
• An elevated walkway known as the Green Mile links Benjakitti with Lumphini Park. It was closed for renovation, and a 2026 report said the revamped link would reopen from 1 May 2026 (Koktail Magazine, checked October 2026). Check locally; otherwise it's two stops on the MRT from Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre to Lumphini.
• Late afternoon here pairs well with dinner in Phrom Phong or Thong Lo; see the Sukhumvit guide.

• Sukhumvit, BangkokSukhumvit isn't a neighbourhood; it is a 20-kilometre road. Which stretch you choose changes your trip more than which hotel you book.
• Lumphini ParkAt 6am, Lumphini Park is the most Bangkok place in Bangkok: tai chi, aerobics to loudspeakers, joggers and monitor lizards the length of a person. By noon it's almost empty.