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Proclaimed a national park on 8 May 1981. With a total area of in Si Satchanalai and Thung Saliam Districts, Si Satchanalai offers trekking routes through waterfalls and caves. There is Tad Dao Waterfall, originating from the Tha Pae stream. Thara Wasan Cave, with fantastic stalactites and stalagmites, is about 1.5 km away from the park's office. Wildlife is found here, including hundreds of thousands of bats. Tad Duan Waterfall, about 500 m from the office of the park, is ideal for swimming.
Si Satchanalai National Park is a national park in Thailand.
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พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติสวรรควรนายก
Houses exhibits in a two-storey building. Upstairs houses sculptural collections from various periods, mostly those formerly collected within the compound of Wat Sawankharam and offered by Phra Sawankhaworanayok. In addition, there are Buddha images, relocated from the Ramkhamhaeng National Museum, from the pre-Sukhothai to the early Ayutthaya period.
Thai: วัดสะพานหิน
Located on top of 200-m-high hill Wat Saphan Hin is the most visited monument in the western zone. It contains a 12.5-m-high statue of standing Buddha, known as Phra Attharot. The name Saphan Hin translates as ‘stone bridge’ and refers to the slate and stone pathway that leads to the top of the hill where the original temple once stood. Today apart from the giant statue only a handful of pillars stand. According to an inscription King Ramkamhaeng would ride his white elephant up to Wat Saphan Hin on the full moon to pay his respects to Lord Buddha.
Thai: โบราณสถานวัดพระพายหลวง
Just north of the central zone, the Wat Phra Phai Lung group of monuments stands on an area surrounded by a moat 600 m long on each side. The group of structure consists of several monuments constructed over different phases and provides an insight into the evolution of Sukhothai art and architecture.The oldest monument in the temple are 3 buildings constructed in prasad form (imitated Hindu Shikhara Vimanas) out of which only 2 stands to this day.
Thai: วัดศรีชุม
Wat Si Chum complex is north west of the central zone and south west of Wat Phra Phai Luang. It is known for its giant Buddha statue known as Phra Achana (Buddha who is not afraid) and Phra Poot Dai (speaking Buddha).