Loei Province
A more adventurous destination than the famous Suan Hin Pha Ngam, the walking path through 'Heavenly Garden' requires a little climbing over rocks and…
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Loei Province
Loei (meaning ‘to the extreme’) is a diverse, beautiful province mostly untouched by mass tourism, despite all it has to offer. This isn’t the wildest place in Thailand, but the region’s national parks and nature reserves are excellent. And if you have the luck to arrive at the right time, you can balance the hush of nature with the hubbub of Dan Sai’s incredible Phi Ta Khon Festival.
Attractions
Must-see attractions
Loei Province
High up in a beautiful karst mountain, directly on the Loei–Nong Bualamphu border, Tham Erawan is an amazing cave shrine reached by a steep but easily…
Loei Province
If you want to harden up your legs for Loei's national parks, Phu Bo Bit gives you about 1400 steep steps to practise on, and rewards your effort with…
Loei Province
The actual 'Beautiful Rock Garden', which lent its name to the greater region, is a strange patch of eroded rocks known to Thais as Kunming Mueang Thai, …
Loei Province
Wat Phon Chai, the temple behind the big white gate, plays a major role in the Phi Ta Khon festivities, so it's an appropriate home for this museum, also…
Loei Province
Capped off by its eponymous peak, Phu Kradueng National Park covers a high-altitude plateau cut through with trails and peppered with cliffs and…
Chiang Khan
The bóht (ordination hall) at Wat Si Khun Mueang, which probably dates to the Rama III era, is mostly Lao-style (in particular, note the sweeping roof),…
Chiang Khan
In the cool season, people head from Chiang Khan to nearby Phu Thok mountain for sunrise and 'sea of fog' views. If you don't have your own vehicle, ask…
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