General Information
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.
Climate
Chiangrai Province is in the site of monsoon zone, which received the influent of southwest monsoon wind in rainy season and northwest monsoon wind in the winter. It is able to separate obviously into 3 seasons as summer runs from March to May with average temperature about 38oC, Rainy season runs from June to October with average rain amount about 1,629 ml/year (1991-2000) and Cold season runs from November to February, December is the month with the bottom temperature about 5oC and there is the mist on summit of the hill all along cold
season.
Flora and Fauna
Lamnamkok National Park composed 4 of forest types as Dry dipterocarp forest found distributes all the area to up 400-600 m from msl. Plant species found Shorea obtusa, S. siamensis, Dipterocarpus tuberculatus, Vietnamosasa ciliata etc. Hill evergreen forest found to up 800 m from msl on the summit of Doi Chang and Namtok Khun Kon Forest Park species found Quercus spp., Podocarpus neriifolius, Michelia floribunda, Rhododendron sp. etc. Mixed deciduous forest found most cover in the area at 50-800 m from msl. Plant species found Tectona grandis, Terminalia chebula, Millettia sp., Croton sp. etc. Dry evergreen forest found at 300-600 m from msl. The valley and a rim of the creek found Plant species as Dipterocarpus turbinatus, Anisoptera costata, Hopea ferrea, Aporosa aurea
etc.
Main wildlife group, which was found in this area, is mammalia as common muntjac, wild boar, civet, Asiatic brush porcupine, Siamese hare
etc.
Lam Nam Kok National Park covers an area of 732.98 sq.km in the local of Mae Chan district, Mueang district, Mae Suai district and Mae Lao district, Chiangrai Province. This area was from the combination an area of 3 Forest Parks as Namtok Khun Kon Forest Park, Namtok Huai Kaeo-Bo Namron Huai Mak Liam Forest Park and Namtok Pong Phra Bat Forest
Park.
Please Select Attraction : + The Beautiful of Nature Khun Kon waterfall Huai Kaeo waterfall Pong Phra Bat waterfall Huai Mae Sai Pang Sa waterfall Huai Mak Liam Hot Spring Pong Fu Fueang Hot Spring Lam Nam Kok Rafting
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 75oC.
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.
Contact Address
Lam Nam Kok National Park
Doi Haeng Sub-district, Amphur Muang Chiang Rai Chiang Rai Thailand 57000
How to go?
By Car
From Chiangrai Province to Chiangrai road-Bandenha crossroad pass Khai Mengrai Maharat then go to Doi Hang sub-district and 19 kms to Ban Phasert then go about 1.5 kms to headquarters or will chose to raft along Lam Nam Kok with travel from Lam Nam Kok bridge in the city of Chiangrai, about 20 kms to headquarters.