Bukit Kayu Hitam is a small town in Kubang Pasu District, Kedah, Malaysia. It is situated near the Malaysia–Thailand border and the main and busiest road border crossing between Malaysia and Thailand is located here. On the Thai side of the border is the village of Ban Danok, where the Sadao checkpoint is located.
The old Bukit Kayu Hitam checkpoint before expansion.
Entry stamp for Malaysian citizen from Bukit Kayu Hitam
Bukit Kayu Hitam exit stamp
Malaysia–Thailand border stone, looking into Bukit Kayu Hitam
The Malaysia–Thailand border divides the sovereign states of Malaysia and Thailand and consists of a land boundary running for 595 km across the Malay Peninsula and maritime boundaries in the Straits of Malacca and the Gulf of Thailand/South China Sea. The Golok River forms the easternmost 95 km stretch of the land border.
The border wall between Malaysia and Thailand near Padang Besar checkpoint.
A Malaysia-Thailand boundary stone at the Bukit Kayu Hitam-Danok border crossing.
Malaysian boundary wall near Padang Besar, Malaysia
The Sadao checkpoint (Ban Dan Nok), just across the Malaysia-Thailand border marked by the border stone in front. Photo taken from the Malaysian (Kedah) side of the border.
