Accomodation

There are many kinds of accomodation available in Khonkaen, the cost depends on the quality of the hotel.

 

Pullman Khon Kaen Raja Orchid Hotel:  9/9 Prachasumran Road,

Amphur Muang, Khon Kaen, Thailand.  It is a five star hotel in khonkaen.

Charoen Thani Princess Hotel:  260 Srichan Road,

Naimuang District, Amphur Muang, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Kosa Hotel:   250-252 Srijan Road ,

Amphur Muang,Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand

Bussarakam Hotel:  68  Pimpasut Rd.

 Muang, Amphur Muang,Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand

Rachawadee Resort and Hotel:  99 M.20,

Khon Kaen Airport Road, Amphur Muang,Khon Kaen, Thailand

Kaen Inn Hotel:  56 Klang muang Road ,

Amphur Muang,Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand

Shopping and Restaurant

Shopping

There are many places for shopping in Khon Kaen and there are a lot of souvenirs that you can buy back home, for example: silk products, bamboo mouth organ models, hats, bags, etc.

Phuwiang National Park:  You can buy silk wears, bags, hats at  front of  the Phuwiang Dinosaur Museum.

You can also buy dinosaur models that are made from coconut shells.

Dinosaurs models in different species are sold because dinosaur is a symbol of Phuwiang, KhonKaen.

At King Cobra Village you can also buy the models of king cobra.

                                     

Eating

You can make disicion on different styles of restaurant.

Eat-in style

Picnic style

Transportation

Bangkok-Khonkaen

There are many choices of transportation from Bangkok to Khonkaen.



By Plane : There are flights admistered by Thai Airways from Bangkok to Khon Kaen every day. It takes about 50 minutes. Call Thai Airways on 02 280 0060, 0 2628 2000 or visit the website http://www.thaiairways/. com for more information.

By Bus : If you would like to travel around Khon Kaen by bus, you are in luck, there are many daily bus services, departing from Bangkok's Morchit to Bus Terminal to Khon Kaen. For more detailed information, you may telephone Transport Co. Ltd at tel: 02 936 2852-66




By car : The journey from Bangkok to Khon Kaen will take you about 6 hours which speed of around 80 kilometres an hour. From Bangkok, take Highway number 1 to Saraburi and then Highway number 2 to Khon Kaen via Nakhon Ratchasima. The total distance of this journey is about 450 kilometers.




By train : trains leave from Bangkok's Hua Lamphong Railway Station bound to the capital of the Isaan, Khon Kaen, every day. Call 02 223 7010-20 for more information.

Culture and Festivals

The Khon Kaen Silk Festival or Phuk Sieo festival, Khon Kaen annually traditional event, is one of the most important events held in late of November at Khon Kaen City Hall. The purpose is to present the local silk industry which mostly are handmade works. The fair includes parades, local product booths and other interesting activities such as, students' performances, live bands of pop, rock, country  music and Northeastern traditional music.

The slogan  of  KhonKaen Province

Pha That Kham Kaen

Siang Kan Dok Koon

Soon Ruam Pha Mai

Ruam Jai Phuk Sieaw

Tieaw Khon Kaen Nakron Yai

Dinosaur Si Rin Thon Ne

Sood Te Hriean Tong Muay O Lim Pic

Wat Nong Wang

The first governor of Khon Kaen, Phraya Nakhon Sri Bororak BoRom Raja Bhakdi, built the temple in 1793, 80 meters height, on about 11 acres of land on Klang Muang Road, named Wat Nua. Duirng the time the city was founded, the temple was promoted as a royal temple in 1984 because of the outstanding architecture. The pagoda is a combination of Dvaravati and Indochinese styles, while the main structure remains truly representative of Isan; Northeastern

Phra Maha Tat Kaen Nakhon or The 9-storey pagoda maintains the Lord Buddha relics received from His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch of Wat Rachabopit, Bangkok in 1979 and the Tripitaka; Buddhist canon of scriptures on the top floor. Doors and windows of the pagoda are beautifully carved, featuring the life and former reincarnations of the Lord Buddha, 16 classes of visible deities in the Brahmas world, and Buddhist rites. Murals within the pagoda feature history of the town.

The pagoda was established to celebrate the 50th year on the throne of

the King and the 200th year of establishment of Khon Kaen.

Wat Pra Bat Phu Phan Kam

Phu  Phan Kam, Ubonrat

            

Tourists can go up to pay obeisance to the image of

Luang Pu Khaow, and the Lord Buddha's footprint.

There are 1,049 Naga steps to get to the top of the hill.

For some tourists who prefer an easier way, there is another way to get there by car.

 Every year, there is a traditional festival, called Tak Bat Te Vo: people offer food to the monks along the

 the distance of Naga steps.

Scenic point to look at Ubonrat dam

Attractions

Khon Kaen has many notable attractions which we would like to recommend as follows.

Phu Wiang National Park.
Amphoe Phu Wiang, Changwat Khon Kaen

     The national park covers the area of Phu Wiang ,Si Chomphu and Chum Pae Districts. It was declared by a national government on 8 December,1991. The total area is 325 square kilometers. The park is surrounded by mountains. In the valley there are various kinds of plants, trees, numerous kinds of wildlife, beautiful waterfalls, dinosaur fossil sites and the reclining Buddha on the cliff at the crest of Phu Wiang Mountain. Many places are accessible by vehicles, and the closest point is only 4 kilometers from Phu Wiang.

                                                                                                                                      

Phuwiang Dinosaur Museum.

          It is part of the Phu Wiang Dinosaur Fossil Study and Research Centre which was founded by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Khon Kaen Province, and the Department of Mineral Resources, with an aim to study and publicize knowledge on mineral resources. The museum is divided into three sections: service, academic and exhibition. The exhibition room displays the Earth’s origin, rocks, minerals, fossils, dinosaur models, etc. The working hour is 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. daily, except Wednesday. To get there, take Highway No.12 to ChumPae district and then turn right to Phu Wiang district on Highway No.2038. The museum is about 3 Kilometers from the national park.

        The first piece of dinosaur bone of Thailand was discovered in the Phu wiang national Park of Wiang Kao district, Khon kaen province as a result of from a uranium exploration carried out by the Department Of Mineral resources. The exploration found uranium in sandstone togehter with the piece of dinosaur bone but the cestain taxon of dinosaur was unknow at that time. The bone was later sent to France for further research. The result was that the bone belonged to the distal part of a Sauropod dinosaur.

         In 1980, Thai and French paleontologists conducted an excavation for dinosaur bones at pit No. 1 on the Phu Pratu Teema and discovered up to 21 pieces of bone of a large Sauropod dinosaur.

The discovery of dinosaur bones made the Phu Wiang valley an important area with a great interest by general people. In 1987, geologists from the Department of Mineral resources in cooperation with Frence experts discovered pit no. 2 of which 7 pieces of dinosaur bones were found and arranged in complete conditions. In the same year, up to 68 small footprints of Coelurosaur were found in Lad Pa Chad area. The Coelurosaurs were small Bipedal Carnosaurs hunting in groups.

        In 1989,Her Royal Highness Princess – Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visited pit no.2, followed by Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana – Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra in the year after. The dinosaur sites and Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum had been developed after then.

 (Photo from: Phuwiang Dinosaur Museum.)

Ubonrat Dam

Nampong District, Khon Kaen

The weather is very nice at Ubonrat dam.

   

Scenic view on the other side of the dam

A peaceful walking path

The map of Ubonrat dam which gives some detials of the tourist spots

King Cobra Village

Kok Sa Nga village, Nampong district.

  

King Cobras are kept in cage. They are fed with smaller snakes brought for sale by dwellers .

Crocodiles are member of King Croba villege. They lie still all day and like to open their mouths widely for suppression.

Tourist drop coins into the pond, then the staff  keep those coins to buy them some food.

                                     

There are several monkeys at King croba village. Tourist can feed them with corns, breads, apples, crackers, etc.

A fight with a King Cobra:

This guy was trying to kiss the King Cobra's head , he had to gaze its eyes in order to face it.

Isan Style Dancing:

In the picture, the girls were dancing in Isan style,

then two girls who had a King Croba around their necks put the sneak head into their mouths.

A boy  fighting with a King Cobra

Several  men at King Cobra village can fight with King Cobra. They were trained since their childhood like the boy in the picture.

                                     
Dancing with King Cobra
Same above,  the show demonstrated the relationship of Kok Sa Nga's villagers and the King Cobra.