Nakhon Si Thammarat

Nakhon Si Thammarat is a province of Thailand located about 800 km /500 miles/ South of Bangkok. It occupies a area of 10,000 square km /4000 square miles/ along the coastline of Gulf of Thailand . Capital city is also named Nakhon Si Thammarat. With population of 105,000 Nakhon Si Thammarat is the second largest city in the Southern part of Thailand. Having an airport, Nakhon Si Thamarat is daily serviced with Thai Airways flights from Bangkok.

This part of Thailand is attractive for tourist for the beautiful nature and historical past it provides. Nakhon Si Thammarat is the most important cultural place of the South as it houses Lord Buddha’s relicts in one of the holiest wats in Thailand - the 1000 year old Wat Mahathat - and being center of Buddhism during Sivichaya period. Also you will find Hindu temples, a mosque and an old church in the city of Nakhon Si Thammarat. As the regions is dominated by Nakhon Si Thamarat mountain range with highest point Keymode mountain at 1303 metres above sea level it has lots of waterfalls, limestone caves, cliffs, streams, ponds and forests. Si Kid Waterfall National Park, Khao Yai National Forest Reserves, Samnakhian Waterfall, Phurin Waterfall, Nortong Waterfall, Suanprang Cave and Koram Cave are one of the best places to visit and appropriate for recreation and exploration.