General Information
Located in Nakhon Sri Thammarat, There is nature trail that you can walk and touch the nature to Khao Men peak, 1,100 meters from mean sea level. The park comprises of fertile forest and may beautiful setting, they are Yong, Khlong Chang, Nan Plew, Nan Chon Waterfalls and Khao Lan Rom Peak
Geographically it is mountain ranges runs North-South consists of many mountains with an average high of 600 meters from average sea level. The important mountains are Mhen, Kuan Tung (Khan Mak mountain as a local name), Wang Heeb, Phra, Lum Roam, Pak Praek, Plai Berg, Koo Ha, etc. The highest mountain is Mhen mountain which is 1,307 meters above average sea level. Its also an important watershed area of many canals consisting of Kui canal, Jung canal, Wang Heeb canal and Pak Praek canal which all of them are very necessary for people living around this area. Generally soil characteristic is clay, clay mixed with friable soil, friable soil mixed with sandy soil and less laterite. Mountain ridges and its shoulders consisted of friable soil, sandy stone and granite stone. Geological Department explored this area and fount out its abundant of iron and
wulframm.
Climate
The park is located on the Indian Peninsula and under the influence of monsoon wind of both sides : Andaman Sea which is on the western side and the South China Sea which is on the eastern side, so its fairy rain throughout the year. The weather is quite cold during May-December and summer is around January-April. Average temperature is 26 Degree
Celsius.
Flora and Fauna Generally, the park consists of Moist evergreen forest and Hill evergreen forest with abundant of valued species of plant as well as big tree such as Dipterocarpus macrocarpus Vesque, Intsia palembanica Miq (Malacca teak), Hopea odorata Roxb, Mesua nervosa Planch&Triana. (Chestnut iron rood), Anisoptera costata Korth, Heritiera sumatrana Kosterm, Pentace tripterm Mast, Neocinnamomum caudatum Korsterm, Artocarpus rigidus Bl. subsp. A. asperulus Jarrett, Michelia Champaca Linn, Payena havilandii King&Gamble, Lithocarpus cantleyanus Rehd, Gluta compacta Evrard, Sandoricum koetjape Merr.Syn.indicum Cav, Parkia speciosa Hassk. Lowland fauna consisted of species of ferns, bamboos, vines and plants in family Rubiaceae / Leguminosae / Capparaceae, etc. Many wild animals and birds can be found in this park are panthers, barking deers, porcupines, wild pigs, mouse deers, leopard cats, linsangs, civets, monkeys. leaf monkeys, great argus pheasants, green pigeons, red jungle fowls, orioles, tree
babblers, etc.
Khao Mhen Waterfall
Nam Tok Khao Mhen, about six to seven-levels waterfall, comes from Hemon Mountain Range. There are only two levels of the waterfall, about 18-20 meters high, which are convenient for visitor to visit, and have water drop directly from the cliffs onto the ponds below. The waterfall is situated in a valley between Hemon Mountain Range and Khunmark Mountain Range. Traveler can walk along the stream about one to five kilometers to get there. Many local travelers now like to travel
there.
Plew Waterfall
Nam Tok Pliew, one of the most beautiful waterfalls, comes from Yong Mountain Range, and situates in Pakprag Forest inside the high mountain range. The waterfall is cascading on eight levels, each is 15-18 meters wide and about 25 meters high, and has water all the year round. And because of its high that makes water drop like blowing in the wind, so that the waterfall is called Pliew (means blowing in the wind) after that. Traveler can walk from Namrob Village about one hour to get
there.
Yong Waterfall
The Royal Forest Department has declared the waterfall to be Yong Waterfall Park since 1973. Yong Waterfall is a very beautiful waterfall which has water all the year round, and has 15-meter high water drop from its erectedly high cliff directly onto a big pond below. And Yong Noi Waterfall has a wide and erected cliff which its water runs by two ways to meet each other
below.
Contact Address
Numtok Yong National Park
Mu 7, Thum Yai Sub-district, Amphur Thung Song Nakhon Sri Thammarat Thailand 80110 Tel. 0 7535 4967
How to go?
By Car
Form Nakhon Sri Thammarat use the highway 41 (Nakhon Sri Thammarat-Thung Song) about 50 km. , thenturn right to Ratchamongkon Institute for 4 km. to The Park
Headguarters.
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