PLACE OF INTEREST

Interesting places along your journey

Huai Nam Dang National Park

Huai Nam Dang National Park covers on area of 1,252.12 square kilometers in Amphoe Mae Taeng and Wiang Haeng of Chiang Mai and in Pai of Mae Hong Son. The National park is a scenic splendour located amidst the rugged high mountains of the Thai-Burmese border. It is well-known as one of the most picturesque seas of mist in Thailand. If visitors choose to go there in the cold season when the temperature drops and the sky is crystal clear, they will have the opportunity to enjoy innumerable, twinkling stars in the celestial sea.

Blessed with scenic mountains, Huai Nam Dang is one of the country’s favorite tourist attractions. The Kio Lom scenic area is the most popular place during December-February, when tourists love to stay overnight to witness the impressive sunrise and the soft white sea of mist enshrouding entire vast valleys. On a sunny day the majestic Doi Chiang Dao mountain wonderfully emerges from the sea of cloud and can be seen vividly.

The mist is the result of the distillation of fine particles of water vapour in the air. During the daytime the soil absorbs heat from the sun before gradually cooling down at night. When air of a higher temperature flows past the area it is cooled, distilled, and then turns into mist. Normally mist is formed at night, or on a cold morning, when the sky is clear and the wind is mild. The impressive misty sea of Huai Nam Dang appears in the vast valleys where a stream of mist flows down and gathers, creating this picturesque natural wonder.