This is the rice growing province of
Southern Thailand. This Provincial Capital with the same
name is famous for its "shadow" play, a form of
play. The urban area has a large Chinese Population.
Sharing the same border with the Province of Trang, they
both have the long Mountain Range of Khao Bantad. The
eastern slope that is in the district of Phattalung has
its share of tropical rainfall. Therefore, here too are
another series of waterfalls along the entire mountain
range.
To the nature lovers, the one
spectacular phenomenon in Phattalung is the Tambon Thalay
Noi Bird Sanctuary.
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Beautiful chalets amidst the
water lilies filled lakes. |
This fresh water lake or the
“Little Sea” of 30 square kilometers is
connected to the northern part of Songkla Lake by a short
narrow canal Klong Nang Riam.
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shallow; often chest deep is home to large
varieties of birds such as the Purple Swamphen
and the Purple Heron etc. |
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There are 5 notable waterfalls in
this district and most of them can be seen while driving
along a country at the the eastern foothills of the Khao
Bantad Mountain Range:-
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along
country road 4016 from Pha Bon villages to Kong
Ra village. |
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along
same road |
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along
same road |
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The
Mon Jui series of waterfalls and cascades
This river is
located inside a recreation Park of the same name. At the edge of
the picnic area, a dirt road along the river bank leads
adventurous holiday makers up stream.
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The
accessibility to the Park and the waterfall is well
marked. |
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The river
rushes down through a series of long cascades.
This is the top or
highest cascade with our model seen as dot towards the
start on the left bank
Here the
stretch was 25 meters with the river dropping about 20
meters.
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The river
then sieve through a series of boulders and falling
within them. There also minor drops good for white waters
activities |
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When the
boulders gets too large to become a granite wall, the
river water erodes a narrow but deep gorge. A long
passage is made through the rocky hill side until the
level ground tames the grinding action of the river. |
The
Nok Nam
Series of Waterfalls
This is a very clean mountain stream flowing
through some rapids.
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The first
impression we had already charmed us. The tranquility of
the place and the lush tropical jungle, not to mention
again the clarity of the water from the mountain. |
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Off
course, there was a waterfall! To complete the whole
scene, there was this rather deep pool at the base of the
fall. |
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Standing
on top of this "baby" waterfall and watching
the river continued it way towards a rubber estate and
human settlement. |
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The
waterfall is located amidst tall mountain on the left of
the photograph and rolling hills on the right. The place
is more a "saddle" rather than a valley. |
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The very tall
Phraiwan
or
Boripath Waterfalls
This
tall waterfall like the other 2 along the same range can be seen
while driving along the country road. At that point the waterfall
is still about 5 kilometers away. Very impressive view from afar.
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This
photograph of the whole waterfall was taken at the base
of the fall.
The models are seen as a tiny speck,
right in the center and on the right side at the start of
the bottom cascade.
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A close up
view of the top vertical waterfall may perhaps improve
the impression as to its dramatic looks.
This portion here
drops for 250 meters and it is near vertical. There are
foot path in the Park to take visitors to the various
level and also the top of the waterfall.
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At the
base of the top waterfall the river dispersed itself into
2 flanks and flows down as a cascades, dropping another
30 meters. |
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