Lan Sang National Park, Tak
A compact park of granite hills and waterfalls on the road west from Tak towards the Burmese border.
Lan Sang National Park, Tak
Lan Sang is a small national park in the granite hills west of Tak town, on the road that climbs towards Mae Sot and the Burmese border. Its name refers to the waterfall at its centre, which falls in a series of drops down a steep rock course.
A stepped path follows the stream up past the main fall to several smaller tiers, through mixed deciduous and evergreen forest, and longer trails climb the ridges behind to viewpoints over the Ping valley. The forest holds gibbons, macaques, deer and a good range of birds, and the park is compact enough to see properly in a day.
Because it is directly on the Tak-Mae Sot highway it is one of the easiest national parks in the country to stop at in passing.
- Bhumibol Dam, Tak — The largest concrete arch dam in Southeast Asia, holding a reservoir over two hundred kilometres long.
- Taksin Maharat National Park, Tak — Hill forest west of Tak, holding the largest krabak tree in Thailand and a nine-tier waterfall.
