Ban Khwai

Ban Khwai is the Thai Buffalo Conservation Village in Wang Yang Subdistrict, Si Prachan District, Suphan Buri Province, central Thailand. Established to preserve the Thai water buffalo and traditional agrarian life, it operates as an open-air museum and cultural village. The site features herds of buffalo, traditional central Thai houses, farming tools and exhibits illustrating historic rice cultivation and rural heritage of Suphan Buri.

Visitors can expect an open-air village setting with grazing water buffalo, traditional Thai wooden houses on stilts, and exhibition areas displaying farming implements, carts and household tools. Paths lead through farm landscapes, buffalo pens and recreated rural houses. Staff provide information on buffalo care and traditional agriculture. The environment is rural and open, with shaded pavilions, photo spots and small shops selling local products.

Established to conserve the Thai water buffalo, historically essential for rice cultivation in the central plains, and to preserve traditional farming practices and architecture of Suphan Buri as mechanization reduced buffalo use.

Represents the agrarian heritage of central Thailand and Suphan Buri's identity as a rice-farming province, highlighting the cultural role of the water buffalo in rural life, traditional house styles and local farming customs.