"Pha Cho", Thailand's Grand Canyon

🌳⛺ “Pha Cho”, Thailand’s Grand Canyon, is beautiful and extraordinary. 🌳⛺ 🌳"Pha Cho" is located in Mae Wang National Park, Doi Lor District, Chiang Mai Province. It is considered one of the amazing geological phenomena in our country, similar to Phae Mueang Phi (Phrae), Khok Suea-Sao Din Na Noi (Nan), and Lalu (Sa Kaeo), etc. "Pha Cho" is formed from sediments accumulated on the edges of basins and foothills of the Thanon Thong Chai Klang mountain range since the late Tertiary period (about 5 million years ago). It is assumed that this area used to be a river flow route (as evidenced by the round pebbles and rocks similar to river rocks scattered throughout the soil). 🌳Pha Cho may look strong and majestic, but it is full of the charm of beauty, especially with the beautiful lines and patterns (soil) created by nature, resulting in beautiful and magnificent natural sculptures. As for the name Pha Cho, from asking the park officials, they said that the name Pha Cho comes from the shape of the cliff that looks like a layered cluster. (It looks like a bunch of flowers.) The locals here call this beautiful cliff "Pha Cho". 👉Another source states that Pha Cho was originally called "Pha Cho". In 2001, Ms. Duangdao Techawatthanaboon, Chief of Mae Wang National Park (in the position of Forestry Expert) came to survey the area and found this cliff. She changed the name from Pha Cho to the Central Thai language "Pha Cho". Currently, Mae Wang National Park has created a Pha Cho nature study trail about 900 meters long with information signs with various meanings for study, totaling 10 stations. 👉Pha Cho nature study trail is a round-trip footpath back the same way. There is a loop trail for a while after Pha Cho, the highlight, and then meets the original trail near Station 7. It takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour or more to walk around. The starting point is a walkway down through an open forest path and then a walkway along an old waterway. During this time, you will pass the interpretive signs. 📍 Listed from one to ten 📍 as follows: 1. Mango with a fly head, a poisonous plant 2. Human-like 3. Chamuang, a food and medicinal plant 4. Cycas, a soil-nourishing plant 5. White cheeks, different-flowered leaves 6. Mango vine 7. Kham Mok Luang 8. Por Tao Hai 9. Roman columns and 10. Pha Cho 🌈🌳⛺ For the highlights of this route, there is the "river rock" between stations 4 and 5. It is a layer of sediment with round river rocks embedded in it. These river rocks are formed from water erosion. They are sediments that flow along the water flow, scraping, rubbing, rolling on the water surface and sides of the watercourse, or they may move and collide with each other, causing the sediment rocks to become smaller and rounder. It is assumed that this is the path (flow) of the Ping River before. This river took more than 5 million years to create until it is in its current state. In many sections, there are rocks arranged beautifully on the sediment layer as if someone had arranged them. But this is the work of nature. 👉🌈🥾At this point, if anyone takes off their shoes and walks (barefoot) on the rocks, our feet will touch various small and large round rocks. It's like a foot massage, a natural spa in an interesting natural atmosphere. From the river rock point, the path will take you along the old canal through various stations before reaching the point of walking up to Pha Cho at "Mon Long Haeng", which the park has made into a staircase to walk up a moderately steep path to the hill above. It is a "test of strength" as the name of the mountain suggests, before reaching the viewpoint where, when looking down, you will see a special geological feature, forming several standing earthen pillars, which the park calls the "Roman Pillar". 📍🌈The Roman Pillar is the interpretive point of Station 9. It is a stone pillar about 30 meters high. On the pillar, there is a pattern formed by the accumulation of layers of sediment in the late Tertiary period (the period when the continental plates moved to their current positions). Later, geological changes occurred. This area was lifted up and eroded by water and wind. The data assumes that the early erosion in this area It may have the appearance of a cliff similar to Pha Cho (which is nearby), until over time, the cliff has been washed away and eroded away until only the earthen pillars with beautiful natural patterns remain. 🥾🚶🏿🚶🏿♀️To visit Pha Cho, tourists must walk along the paths set by the park. Do not deviate from the path. Also, do not touch the earthen cliff (at the point where Pha Cho is) because Pha Cho is a loose sediment that has been eroded by natural factors over time. Touching it will accelerate the damage. And this is the charm of Pha Cho, which is considered a natural phenomenon that is amazing and worth visiting to learn about. 🌈📍In addition to Pha Cho, in Mae Wang National Park There are also other interesting places to visit, such as the viewpoint (located near the Pha Cho walking path) where on a clear day you can see the view of 3 provinces: Chiang Mai, Lamphun and Lampang. Other interesting places include Kiew Suea Ten (a natural sculpture similar to Pha Taem), Doi Pha Tang, Khun Puai Waterfall, Tad Mok Waterfall, Nam Pla Duk Daeng, Mae Wang Waterfall, and Mae Chaem Rafting. ⛺For more information, please contact Mae Wang National Park. 📞Tel. 08-1881-4729, 06-3523-9518 📌🚙 https://maps.app.goo.gl/vR8bHMLsNBgKr7QbA #ChiangMaiTravel #TravelPlan #NaturalAttractions #trip