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Prasat Muang Sing Historical
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About 8 kilometers from the Baan Kao National Museum, on Highway 323
between Kanchanaburi and Sai Yok, lies Muang Singh Historical Park.
Here you can find the ruins of a 16-18th century castle surrounded by a
moat and multi - tiered earthen wall.
□ The park is open
for tourists everyday from 09.00-16.30 hours. The admission fee is 40
bath. On the same route,
about 20 kilometers, you can visit the Sai Yok Noi waterfall (Khao Phang)
and further40 kilometers is the Sai
Yok Yai National Park where the Sai Yok Yai Waterfall (Khao Jone) is
located.
These are favorite spots for sightseeing, picnicking and swimming.
Those who enjoy swimming in hot springs
may travel to km. 107 and visit The Hindad Hot Springs.
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Sai Yok Noi Waterfall ]
Also known as Khao Phang Waterfall, about 60 kilometers from town on
Highway 323. The roadside cascade is best visited between July -
October, when water is most plentiful, and is located 2 kilometers
northwest of Nam Tok Railway Station, the terminus of the branch line
originating in the provincial capital and which crosses the world-famous
bridge.
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Sai Yoke National Park ]
Sai Yoke National Park, called the classic Waterfall of Thailand because
its beauty is the theme of an immortal classic Thai song composed by a
renowned artist prince almost a century ago. He had his inspiration when
viewing waterfalls from a boat, seeing the water tumbling and splashing
down from a high cliff bank. The vantage point to fully appreciate he
great waterfalls is still from a boat in the river.
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Sai Yok Yai Waterfall ]
A part of Sai Yok National Park, 104 kilometers from town on Highway
323. This flows directly into the Kwae Noi River, and is the most
popular in the 300 square-kilometer of the park. Sai Yok National Park
contains several interesting caves which also entails a river trip for
visits. Human presence at Sai Yok is known to date back to the Stone
Age, and the Sai Yok Waterfall has been repeatedly celebrated in Thai
poetry and song. Bungalow accommodations, raft houses and camping sites
are available.
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Lawa Cave ]
75 kilometers from town, and about 50 meters from Kwae Noi riverside.
Visitors may take boats from Pak Saeng Pier (southwest of Nam Tok
Railway Station and Sai Yok Noi Waterfall) or by car across the bridge
at Ban Kaeng Ra Boed. It is the biggest interesting cave in the area
and has stalactites and stalagmites in
several chambers and peculiar by
nature creation.
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Dao Wa Dung Cave ]
Located about 1 kilometer near the bank of Kwae Noi River, 110
kilometers from the city, visitors can go by boat from Pak Saeng Pier
or Sai Yok Yai Waterfall. Stalactites and stalagmites inside the cave
are wonderful and make the beautiful scene.
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Kra Sae Cave ]
Situated at the curving Kwae Noi River, a wooden viaduct of the "Death
Railway", on the bank of Kwae Noi River, about 55 kilometers out of
town. This cave is where a Buddha image placed inside.
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Hell Fire Pass ]
A part of the Death Railway, constructed during the Second World War and
now abandoned, is located in the thick forest near km. 66 of Sai Yok –
Thong Pha Phum Road. A long passage made through the stone mountain by
the Allied prisoners of war indicated the extreme difficulty in
constructing the Death Railway. |