This park is located just 20 minutes from Mukdahan. As a foreigner, I paid 100b entry. Visited on a Saturday, so there were a fair number of visitors. There's a large parking lot with some souvenir sellers and a few shops with drinks, but no cooked foods - you must bring your own. Several public toilet areas. You can wander around on the nearby cliffs and snap some photos, or you can take a walk on the nature trail. Out and back, it's a total of 6 km to walk to a waterfall, cliffs, and a scenic overlook. 7 km if you add a side trip to another waterfall. Be aware that although there are a few rest areas under shaded pavilions, the trail is exposed to the sun most of the way, and it gets hot walking around on the black rocks. Overall it's a very interesting geological formation in a clean and well...
Read morePhu Pha Toep National Park, sometimes known by its old name of Mukdahan National Park, is a small but scenic reserve set on a sandstone plateau in the countryside of Mukdahan province. It is best-known for its otherworldly rock formations, which are often compared to mushrooms. A cluster of these can be found just behind the park headquarters. The more adventurous and motivated hiker can head for some nearby cliffs, which have views down into a lush gorge. Wildlife is sparse: we only saw a squirrel and some dragonflies. Entrance costs 200 baht...
Read moreThis is a beautiful National park. There are many walking trails for those who are not able to walk far and also for those who could walk a distance.
The scenery is beautiful, and the natural rock formation, along with the rainforest surrounding this, makes it a beautiful place to take photos.
I visited this twice, and it still never gets boring because of the beautiful scenery.
There is a small cost to enter the park, which you can see how clean and safe is the National park.
I highly recommend this as a...
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