Doi Phu Kha
Botanist’s paradise
NAN PROVINCE. Doi Phu Kha National Park is a great
finish for those wanting to combine laid-back relaxation
amongst moderate exploration of nature. Visitors volition notice that the
landscape has been groomed too altered to have guests. That
said, it does non hateful they volition non acquire a high dose of nature within
the Park.
Beginning amongst the journeying upwards the mount from Pua district,
visitors volition come across that large patches of wood on the gradient of the hills
bring been turned into fruit orchards, namely for lychee. The sight
may non endure the best introduction, exactly on arrival inward the Park area, it is
a relief to disclose that nearly of its wood remains intact.
Take fourth dimension to thought the exhibition inward the Visitor Centre. Here, guests
volition larn that likewise the star attraction, Chomphu Phu Kha
flowers, in that place is also a adventure to come across a living fossil, Caryota gigas.
Also known every bit Hahn ex Hodel, or Tao Rang Yak inward Thai, this giant
palm has a pinnacle of xl one thousand too is endemic to the area. The Park also
offers the possibility of spotting a myriad of wild animals, ranging from
rare birds (the nearly remarkable 1 beingness Sitta formosa) deer, and
gibbons to bears, wild elephants, or fifty-fifty tigers.
Something for EveryoneFor those content amongst lovely strolls through the woods, in that place are 2 nature trails close the Park headquarters to enjoy. The minor trail is 2 km long; the longer 1 is four km, both winding through a wood of Kesiya, or three-needled, pine, whose fallen needles supply a soft chocolate-brown rug over the paths every bit they Pb to Chomphu Phu Kha too Tao Rang Yak groves. The trails are sufficiently well-defined, exactly the Park recommends visitors endure accompanied past times a ranger. Trekking should endure avoided during the rainy season, every bit leeches are quite brutal. Doi Phu Kha offers other activities the whole twelvemonth round. From August
to December, the river Nam Wa, amongst its xx rapids, provides good
rafting (contact the Visitor Centre to suit a trip). Bird too butterfly
lovers should watch betwixt Nov too June. During Feb and
March, the wood volition endure tinted amongst the pinkish blossoms of Chomphu
Phu Kha. There are also a set out of caves too waterfalls that tin be
explored from Oct to May.
For to a greater extent than sedentary travellers, the Park provides comfortable and
aesthetically pleasing accommodation. The smallest options are
made from former carts too bamboo, amongst thatched roofs. Bigger
bungalows perch on a minor colina to relish a panoramic thought of
the mount range. Alternatively, a tent tin endure pitched inward the
campground to relish stargazing. To wrap upwards the day, the Park also
provides a pavilion to disclose the sunset over the hill-lined horizon.