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Doi Phukha National Park

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Named after the 1,980m tall Phukha mountain, Doi Phukha National Park is the largest park in Nan province and the largest in Thailand's north, stretching over 1,680 square km.

The park's late establishment in June 2000 meant that the areas gazetting failed to save much, if any, of the larger wildlife that were previously hunted extensively here. Even the birdlife appears to be lower than what you'd expect for a park of this size.

Nevertheless the park has quite a good network of trails that make for pleasant walking -- walking safe in the knowledge that you're chances of being attacked by anything larger than a leech are close to non-existent.

One of the trails, a scenic 4.5km (2-3 hours), leech-infested wander, departs around 50m from the park restaurant and takes you through a range of forests from untouched watershed and reforested forest to wild banana groves and natural regrowth. The trail also takes you by the park's famous Ancient Palms -- very very old palms.


 
















You can see more palms from a constructed viewing platform around 8km from the park office -- you'll need your own transport (or be willing to walk 16km round trip to see some old palm trees) to get there.

Despite a dearth of material in English, foreigners pay 200B admission.

Our recommendations

Nan has more than its fair share of national parks, and Doi Phukha is easily the best. The views are staggering, the flora spectacular and there's an excellent range of accommodation, from camping through to quite smart chalets. For the nature lover, the park has tremendous potential and while it sees a steady trade in Thai tourists, foreigners are few and far between. The park is rumoured to have all manner of wild and wicked beasties, but a ranger told us they'd all gone to Laos on holiday.

Text and/or map last updated on 11th August, 2009.

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Doi Phukha, and now Khun Nan NP
By peterdavids (dabbler - 3 reviews)
Written on 2nd September, 2009 after a visit to Doi Phukha National Park in ,

Doi Phukha is indeed well worth a visit, with few foreigners as you say. But about 20 minutes down the mountain in the Mang River Valley (Bo Klua) is Khun Nan National Park, Thailand's newest national park. I have visited it about five times now and never encountered another car in the car park, or even a soul on the many walking tracks. The tracks are relatively easy and follow a lovely creek to a number of waterfalls and lookouts. You really do have the place to yourself.

For the fitter types, the park provides walking access to Saphan waterfall along a spectacular track. For the lazier ones, you can come in from Saphan village itself, but is still involves a degree of walking. If visiting Doi Phukha, nature lovers should also consider Khun Nan, while in the area.
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Also reviewed by peterdavids: Nan to Ban Huay Kon,

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