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Pah Chana Dai and Pa Dong Natham |
Dazzled by flower fields, view the sunrise before anybody else at Pah Chana Dai and Pa Dong Natham at Amphoe Khong Chiam, Ubon Ratchathani. Well known is Pah Chana Dai as the spot to view sunrise before anybody else in Siam. This name is heard whenever the Meteorological Department reports the time of sunrise. This vast forest land of Pa Dong Natham is also abundant with varieties nature has to offer, with the highest peak as high as 510 meters from average sea level. Most stone ground area is source of beautiful wild flowers. As the rainy season is passing by in October, these flowers will be blooming all over.
Pa Dong Natham is in the north of Pah Taem National Park with a total area of about 88 square kilometers or about 55,000 rai. Its eastern area connects Mekhong River forming the Thai and Laos border line. The forestland of Pa Dong Natham was announced as part of Pah Taem in 1991.
Pa Dong Natham is an ideal sight for trekking to study the nature. Apart from floral and wild flowers on stone grounds that bloom in late rainy season up to early winter between October – December, Pah Dong Natham has many a small and medium sized waterfall with abundant water in September – December. The steep cliffs by Mekhong River also offer good viewpoints, especially the scenery of the river and the sunrise, such as at Pah Chana Dai where the Meteorological Department refers to in determining time for the first sunrise in Thailand.
A tour at Pa Dong Natham can be done by trekking in two main routes – either a two-days and one-night or a three-day and two-nights.
Route 1 About 16.4 kilometers in total. Get start at Wat Tham Patihan passing Namtok Gid, a small but beautiful waterfall; Hin Tao Chomchan, a huge rock shaped like a turtle looking up in the sky; Namtok Za pan, a small waterfall similar to Namtok Gid; Nam Pud or a natural fountain; Plan Hin Tham Hi to view the field of wild flowers and a beautiful sunset; Sao Chaliang Koo, a giant mushroom – shaped rock; Ngone Taem, a flower field on stone ground and a viewpoint for the Mekhong; view Pine forest on the hill ridge and see the first sunrise before anybody else in Siam at Pah Chana Dai; stay overnight by the steam to admire the beauty Namtok Huay Phok.
Route 2 About 18.6 kilometers in total. Get start at Baan Tung Na Muang’s Forest Guard Unit 4, see the cave Tham Phra Soong and swim at Namtok Tung Na Muang, a beautiful waterfall that falls from the cliff as high as 30 meters; go ahead to view Phu Namtham and Pah Hinfon, a sandy high ground with water coming up all year long; visit Bok Long Cave and the stone pillar in the hill’s heart before going to see the marvelous giant swaying rock Hin Yok Yek weighing over 50 tons but push able with only one hand; skirt by to have a look at the wild flower field at Laan Phu Ormkom; stop for a view of Mekhong River and the sunrise at Pah Daeng; have the first view of sunrise before anybody else in Siam at Pah Chana Dai; across the forest to the cliffs Pah Kampan and Pah Hin Taek for a view of the morning’s fog sea and stop to visit the cave at Tham Famue Daeng; and end with a boat cruise for scenery by the Mekhong at Baan Park La. |
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Top 10 Thai Attractive Flower Fields
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Doi Mae U-Kor’s Tung Dok Buatong.
Mae Hongson possesses Thailand’s largest Tung Dok Buatong. Regarded as valueless weeds in the old days, Tung Dok Buatong today is Mae Hongson’s most famous attraction. |
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Phu Soidao National Park.
It is in the area of Nam Pard National Forest Reserve covering Uttaradit’s Amphoe Baan Koke, Nuaymun, Nam Pard and Pitsanulok’s Amphoe Bor Park, Chat Trakan, with a total area of about 200.18 square kilometers. |
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Tung None Son and the Savannah of Thailand.
It is realized that to get to see the beauty of Tung None Son is not a piece of cake. The 16 kilometers long trail on foot may seem so far, but easy to walk not too steep. |
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Phu Pah Toeb.
In the Isan plateau that connects the Mekhong River exists the unique landscape. These sandstone mountains, though look dry, possess a tourism charm no other regions do that is the sandstone sculpture in as many different shapes as the viewer’s imagination may lead to. |
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Flower Fields, Lotus Ponds at Phu Sa Dokbua.
These flower fields on the stone ground may not be of much difference, as they are made up of the same kind of wild flowers found in other places. But the uniqueness is the small ponds with lotus flowers of new varieties on the mountaintop.
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Phu Samui at Ubon Ratchathani.
Similar in name to the famous beautiful island in Surat Thani’s sea, but this Samui is a hill located north of Pah Taem National Park. On the top of Phu Samui and its surroundings lie outstanding attractions, including viewpoints and flower fields. |
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Pah Chana Dai – Pa Dong Natham.
Dazzled by flower fields, view the sunrise before anybody else at Pah Chana Dai – Pa Dong Natham at Amphoe Khong Chiam, Ubon Ratchathani. Well known is Pah Chana Dai as the spot to view sunrise before anybody else in Siam. |
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Tung Dok Bua Sawan Pa Hin Ngam National Park.
Feel the chilly fog, admire Tung Dok Bua Sawan at Pa Hin Ngam National, Amphoe Thep Sathit, Chaiyaphum. As the rain is starting to fall along the wind’s blow, many tourists can’t help thinking of the days when the beauty of Chaiyaphum’s Pa Hin Ngam National Park revealed to their eyes. |
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Tung Dok Krachiao – Zai Thong National Park.
Zai Thong National Park is Chaiyaphum’s another well known national park with highlands pilling up in alternation with forest hills creating an all season fine scenery. But in the rainy season, apart from the magnificent fresh and green forest, the Krachiao flowers both in purplish pink and white will bloom all over the field. |
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Tung Dok Tantawan.
Take the Floating Train, View Tung Dok Tantawan Amphoe Pattana Nikom, Lopburi. When the rain has gone, here come the blows of colder wind, most tourists plan to go up north for jungle treks to view fields of winter land flowers that compete in blooming. |
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