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"Phae Muang Phi is originated from the soil landscape and
natural erosion of sandstones into various shapes. It is the
hill higher than other areas. It was erode naturally by water
streams for a long time, leading some of its areas become
dynamic which some areas are high and some are low
alternatively, The cliff and columns stand prominently upright
in various shapes making them look beautiful and complicated as
the mysterious city. The various shapes of columns were
originated from collapse and falling down from the normal level
resulting in mound and columns. Most of the texture have stripe
lined from the top to down. The columns are both low and high,
and for some of them are nearly 30 meters high. The area of Phae
Muang Phi is about 1 Rai.
The history about the mystery of the location of the Phae
Mueang Phi is that in an ancient time, it was the sacred area in
which the local people of Toong Hong Subdistrict and
neighborhood pay respect due to its interesting history. The
legend has it that there was an aged woman who travelled into
the forest to find bamboo shoots for food lost the way to some
places, then she found silver and gold well so she took the
money and gold from the well to carry back her home; however,
she still lost the way because the angel protecting the forest
do not allow her to take them out of the forest, but to see.
Since she could not carry them back home, she left them and
cutting a piece of wood to make handrails, still she could not
carry them back home. The more she tried to move forwards,
the more it seemed that someone was pushing her back. The woman
quickly placed the handrail there and left out of the forest to
tell others to look the handrails. However, when they arrived,
the money and gold were disappeared. When they found the
footprint, they followed until the columns but could not find
the footprint to any direction. As a result, the aged women and
the local people named the place that Phae Mueang Phi since that
time and the story became the legend telling it as the sacred
and mysterious places until nowadays.
At the front of the
Phae Mueang Phi Forest Park is tourist service. Here are a big
parking lot and retail stores lined including food and drink
stores and souvenir shops especially Mo Hom clothes which are
traditional costume of Northern region. Along the way to the
Phae Mueang Phi Forest Park is the forest park which has various
kinds of rare plants and trail for learning nature. All along
the park, there are bowers provided inside. The trail will lead
to the small hill which you can view the scenery above the Phae
Mueang Phi that we can see it, which is a beautiful view, and
the mountain and Phra That Cho Hae as well.
The Phae Mueang Phi
Forest Park is located at Moo.2, Nam Cham Subdistrict, Mueng of
Phrae Province. It opens from morning to late every day. For
more information, please contact tel.054-533489 or
tel.054-521118 or Fax.054—521119. You can travel here in every
season but the most appropriate season for travelling is the
winter due to its cool weather.
If you have a car, it
will be very convenient to travel to the Phae Mueang Phi Forest
Park. You can travel from Phrae Province along the highway 11,
Phrae Province to Nan Province. Away about 7 kilometers from the
city of Phrae Province, there, you have to turn right to the
Phae Mueang Phi Forest Park taking about 3 kilometers throughout
the asphalt road. If you do not have a car, you can take a bus
at the Phrae Mass transport Company or take a motorcycle taking
about 10 kilometers.
For facility provided by the Phae Mueang Phi Forest Park,
the camp is not included as the National Park. If tourists want
to stay overnight there and take recreation or study nature,
please bring tent and stay in the area the park provided with
the toilet. Moreover, you should prepare your meal by
yourselves. You should directly contact and ask for permission
from the officer of the park. There are also private toilets and
retail stores provided. For more information pleat contact
at.5614292-3 to 719 calling the park management section of the
National Park, Forest Department, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900 or
the office of Forest, Phare of Phare Province tel.511162."
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18.18369 N |
100.21310 E |
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