General Information
Mae Wa National Park located in Mae Wa, Thoenburi , Lomrat, Mae Pa , Mae Mok, and Wiangmok sub-districts, Thoen district, Phrabatwangtuang sub-district, Mae Phrik district, Lampang province, and Wanchan sub-district, Samngao district, Maesalit sub-district, Ban Tak district, Tak province. It consists of complicatedly high mountains, productive forest which are the habitat of a great number of animals in many kinds, and wonderful places to visit such as Mae Wa Waterfall which has water flow all the year round and been well known by many people. Having convenient way to visit and locating only 19 km. from Thoen District Administration Office, Mae Wa National Park is about 587 square kilometers and has been declared a national park since November 17, 2000.
Topography
Mae Wa National Park, generally, is complicatedly high mountains. The north part consists of high and erected mountains while the middle and south part consists of mountain range which has vastly plain area on the top. The area has huge pine tree grow everywhere that makes this area is very beautiful. The west part of this area is Limestone Mountains high 300-400 meters above sea
level.
Climate
The weather is tropical monsoon influenced by southwestern monsoon in rainy season and northeastern monsoon in winter. Rainy season starts in the middle of May to September which has heavy rain. Winter starts in October to the middle of February. Summer starts in February to the middle of
May.
Flora and Fauna
The forest in the surveyed area consists of mixed deciduous forest, rainforest, dry evergreen forest and pine forest, all of which have valuable plants such as Makhaa Mong, ironwood, Burmese ebony, Lagerstroenia, rosewood, wild hog plum, almond-wood, laurel, Careya sphaerica Roxb, Anisoptera, Siamese sal, ingyin, as Pinus merkusii Jungh and Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon.
There are a great number of wild animals, such as tiger, seladang, bear, buffalo, dear, barking deer, hare, frog, many kinds of fish, and birds such as hawk, coucal, and owl, because the area has the complicated mountains, productive forest, and food and water supply spreading all
over.
Mae Wa Waterfall
Mae Wa Waterfall locates in Village No.3, Namdip Village, Mae Wa Sub-district, Thoen District, Lampang Province. Consisting of high and erected mountains, Paeluang Mountain (Doi Paeluang) is the source of the waterfall which its water flows down to Wang River. The waterfall, consists of eight levels each of which are different in beauty, locates 100 meters from a by road between kilometer stone number 498 499, national road number 1 (Asia Highway Road), approximately 105 kilometers from Lampang
Province.
PhraChedi Cave
,lo>Phrachedi Cave, in Village No 3, Numdip Village, Mae Wa Sub-district, Thoen District, Lampang Province, is a medium-size limestone cave which has pagoda-like stalagmite on the floor and tiered ponds inside. People of Namdip Village have developed the cave to be the traveling place of the village. There also are Elephant Cave and many small-size caves nearby. All of which locate about 3 kilometers from Namdip
Village.
Nampha -Pha Ngam Cave
Nampha-Pha Ngam Cave, in Wangsamran Village, Phrabatwangtuang Sub-district, Maephrik District, Lampamg Province, is a big limestone cave which has very beautiful stalagmites and stalactites, and a cold-water stream inside. The pathway inside the cave is very long and
complicated.
Forest and Sceneries
The areas on the ridge of Doi Khunhuaipong, Doi Kingkot and Doi Tachi, in the middle to the south of surveyed area, is the vast plains which have pine tree such as Pinus merkusii Jungh and Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon mixed with many kinds of Fagaceae. And because almost all the areas are covered by cogon grass so that make the areas are beautiful and suitable for walking to study
nature.
Contact Address
Mae Wa National Park
Mu 2, Mae Wa Sub-district, Amphur Thoen Lampang Thailand 52230
Tel. 0 9556 1265
How to go?
By Car
Use national road number 1 (Asia Highway Road) from Lampang Province to Tak Province and turn left at a byroad between kilometer stone number 498 499 for 10 kilometers. In addition, the north part of the surveyed forest is close to national road number 1048 which goes from Thoen District, Lampang Province to Thungsaliam District, Sukhothai Province.