Lam Nam Kok National Park
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The area of Namtok Khun Kon Forest Park, Namtok Huai Kaeo-Bo Namron Huai Mak Liam Forest Park and Namtok Pong Phra Bat Forest Park., Chiangrai province, which have the site in the vicinity boundary. There is rather fertile natural condition but there are no support laws to administer so it was unable to develop the potential of the area and the main tourism spots for carry the expansion of a community, also with the tourists who travels into Chiangrai Province, which is the north important tourism border town, so the Royal Forest Department sent some of officers to survey Forest Park as mentioned and including National Reserved Forest area and in the vicinity area and on January 2001 started to explore a primary information and also sent some of the officers to control the area. On July 2001 and in the budget year 2002, the Royal Forest Department planned the program and the estimates to assume setting Lam Nam Kok to be a National Park including approval to construct the office buildings at the site of Huaimakliam watershed management unit office, in the local of Doi Hang sub-district, Mueang District, Chiangrai province. Permission using this area was from the Royal Forest Department on May 10, 2002.
Topography of Lam Nam Kok National Park is high sloped mountainous alternate narrow plain. North and south of the area is high downhill, the middle is river plain alternate the hill groove with 500-1,720 m high above msl. The main mountain ridges are Doi Yao, Doi Bo, Doi Chang, Doi Pha Mup etc. Maenam Kok is the main river of the north that the upper part flows through middle bottomland of the area. Head water start from Myanmar flowing pass the boundary of Thailand at Thaton sub-district, Chiangrai Province from the west to the east with total distance from Thaton to National park about 85 kms. Beside that there are many of streamlines which is born from the other mountain ridge in the area as Huai Mae Kon, Huai Mae Mon, Huai Yadi, Huai Chomphu, Huai San, Huai Mae Sai and Huai Lao-ai, these are confluence to be the main river and tributary to Maenam Lao and Maenam Kok, which are the main river of Chiangrai Province.
Khun Kon waterfall
34 kms far from the city of Chiangrai. It is a waterfall, which has clear stream all year long without limestone sediment and more than 70 meters high. Route to Namtok Khun Kon is encircling with the several of plant species and outlandish hillocks with the pleasant atmosphere for relaxing .There is abundant general forest condition and high bio-diversity.
Huai Kaeo waterfall
25 kms far from the city of Chiangrai. Go to the west of Chiangrai-Siyaek Bandenha road. It is a waterfall that is born from Huai Kaeo stream tributary to Huai Pongnamron and tributary to Maenam Kok River.
Pong Phra Bat waterfall
14 kms far from the city of Chiangrai in the north along highway number 110 (Chiangrai-Mae Chan). An islet waterfall with the milky fluffy spray when fall down and clear water in the pleasant atmosphere which is encircling with the abundant of plants for relaxing. And enjoying the beauty of the nature.
Huai Mae Sai
The waterfall that is born from Huai Mae Sai River which has even stream flow all year. There are 2 levels in this waterfall, the first is 14 m high and 20 m high as following. The beautiful and the pleasant of the outlook of nature are waiting for everyone.
Pang Sa waterfall
With total 7 levels, each has different of the beauty. The highest is 70 m. Around the area of waterfall encircle with the beauty of several of plant species and high bio-diversity.
Huai Mak Liam Hot Spring
20 kms far from the city of Chiangrai. This hot spring is come from the nature heat beneath the world, which has hot water to bob up all time. When brought the eggs into this hot spring about 30 minutes, the flavor of the boiled egg will better and more delicious than normal boiled. This waterfall is appropriate for night visitor to put up the tent in the beautiful night.
Pong Fu Fueang Hot Spring
About 1.8 kms from the crossroad of Mae Suai-Chiangrai Land highway. There are 2 hot spring wells in this place with about 75C.
Lam Nam Kok Rafting
Lam Nam Kok is the welknown river of Chiangrai that flows along the foothills plain from west to east, the beginning is Ban Thaton and flowing pass the city of Chiangrai and then tributary to Maenam Khong at Chiang Saen district with total distance about 80 kms.