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 together with 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 woods on the gradient of the hills
convey been turned into fruit orchards, namely for lychee. The sight
may non endure the best introduction, simply on arrival inward the Park area, it is
a relief to discovery that nearly of its woods remains intact.
Take fourth dimension to sentiment the exhibition inward the Visitor Centre. Here, guests
volition larn that too the star attraction, Chomphu Phu Kha
flowers, at that spot is also a jeopardy 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 superlative of forty thousand together with 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 i existence Sitta formosa) deer, and
gibbons to bears, wild elephants, or fifty-fifty tigers.
Something for EveryoneFor those content amongst lovely strolls through the woods, at that spot are 2 nature trails nigh the Park headquarters to enjoy. The modest trail is 2 km long; the longer i is four km, both winding through a woods of Kesiya, or three-needled, pine, whose fallen needles render a soft brownish carpeting over the paths every bit they Pb to Chomphu Phu Kha together with Tao Rang Yak groves. The trails are sufficiently well-defined, simply 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 adapt a trip). Bird together with butterfly
lovers should view betwixt Nov together with June. During Feb and
March, the woods volition endure tinted amongst the pinkish blossoms of Chomphu
Phu Kha. There are also a discover of caves together with 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 together with bamboo, amongst thatched roofs. Bigger
bungalows perch on a modest loma to relish a panoramic sentiment 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 discovery the sunset over the hill-lined horizon.