Begin your adventure with a visit to Kew Lom View Point, one of the most beautiful viewpoints in the area. Located 1,431 metres above sea level in Pang Ma Pha District, it offers stunning mountain views perfect for photography. Enjoy a cool breeze year-round and take advantage of the coffee shop, restaurants, bathrooms, and shops selling local souvenirs from the community.
Next, head to Muang Pham Village, a village that still retains its unique character and traditional, simple way of life. Most of the villagers are Karen or Pa-Ker-Yore. Discover traditional historical accounts that state that the area where the village is located was once inhabited by the Lua or Lawa people. See archaeological evidence from the Lanna period, including ancient sites and earthenware tobacco pipes, which were items used by the Lua people.
Learn about the remains of an old city, including an old pagoda and Wang Pla area, which supports this. Hear how the community was later relocated during World War II because Japanese soldiers used this route to march to Burma. Today, the people in the community still live simple lives and continue traditional handicrafts such as backstrap weaving, wood carving, and basket weaving. Hand-woven cotton fabrics and during the rainy season, villagers cultivate rice in terraced paddy fields, offering a relaxing view of the lush green terraces.
Finally, visit Tham Nam Lod (Water Tunnel Cave), a major highlight. It is a large cave complex containing three prominent caves: Tham Sao Hin (Stealthy Stalactite Cave), which features numerous large stalactites and stalagmites, some reaching up to the cave ceiling at a height of approximately 15 metres, creating a stunning and amazing sight.
The Tuk ga ta Cave (Doll Cave) is filled with numerous stalactites and stalagmites resembling dolls. Ancient paintings depicting animals are also found within the cave. Inside the Phee Man Cave, there are fragments of wood, believed to be from coffins, scattered throughout the cave, considered valuable ancient artefacts.
Besides the cave's amazing stalactite and stalagmite formations, the cave is also home to large numbers of swallows and bats. A highlight is the evening when flocks of swallows fly back to their nests, alternating with flocks of bats flying out to forage. Rafting through the cave is the main activity. The highlight is taking a bamboo raft to admire the beautiful stalactites and stalagmites inside Tham Nam Lod Cave, an important archaeological site and an “Unseen Thailand” attraction.
