Location Tak Province, Thailand Area 855 km² | Nearest city Tak Phone +66 55 500 906 | |
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Governing body Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Address Chong Khaep, Phop Phra District, Tak 63160, Thailand Hours Closed now Monday8AM–6PMTuesday8AM–6PMWednesday8AM–6PMThursday8AM–6PMFriday8AM–6PMSaturday8AM–6PMSundayClosed Similar พบพระ คอฟฟี่วิว, Khlong Wang Chao Nat, ซอโอ กู๊ดวิว แอนด์ รีสอร์ต (sho‑o‑go, ไร่ปฐมเพชร | ||
Namtok Pha Charoen National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติน้ำตกพาเจริญ) is a national park in the Phop Phra District, Tak Province, Thailand. Most of its area is high complex mountains of 1,765 m elevation and features a mixed deciduous forest and a coniferous forest.
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Geography
Namtok Pha Charoen National Park is west of Tak town. The park's area is 855 square kilometres (330 sq mi) (534,375 rai).
Climate
As the area of the national park is affected by the southwestern monsoon, its weather is cool and can be divided into three seasons: summer (March–May), when the weather is not extremely hot because of the altitude and breezy condition of the area; the rainy season (June–October), when there are heavy and continuous rains throughout; and winter (November–February) when the weather is not much cold with the lowest temperature of 6 °C. Rainfall in the park is between 1,500-2,000 mm per year.
Flora and fauna
The area has many deciduous trees, pine forest and curcuma (Siam tulip), which is a flower with big bright orange coloured petals. It blooms during July to October every year at the natural park office area.
Wild animals found in the national park include gaur, deer, Muntiacus Muntjak, birds, Indochinese tigers, wild boars, red junglefowls, pheasants, snakes, porcupines, masked palm civets, gibbons, monkeys, mouse deer, and wolves.