Siribhume Waterfall is a part of The Royal Agricultural Station Inthanon Gate House. It is located at Ban Luang, Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai. For google map click here. To get here we rented a motorcycle and drove on a steep mountain for almost 2 hours. It is 95 kilometers from the city of Chiang Mai. The Royal Agricultural Station Inthanon Gate House is a part of Doi Inthanon National Park.
To enter the Doi Inthanon National Park, you have to pay 300 baht for foreigners and 50 baht for the locals. It is quite expensive but there are lots of places to visit inside the Doi Inthanon National Park. To enter the Royal Agricultural Station Inthanon Gate House you have to pay 20 baht foreign and locals. It's a huge place for agricultural scenery and you can visit the Siribhume Waterfall for free.
The Siribhume Waterfall is visible from a far. You can see the two waterfalls from afar but you can only reach the second waterfall. We tried to look for a trail going to the first waterfall but we failed. But you can still see the first waterfall from the second waterfall. For google map click here.
From the main road going to Siribhumi Waterfall, you have take the 355 meters trail going up. The trail to the waterfall is not high or steep so you won't get tired of going to the Siribhumi Waterfall. Along the way, you will find the Fern Kingdom, It's my first time seeing this fern so tall and it's higher than us yet smaller than trees. It's pleasant in the eyes. It makes the pavement shaded.
We also walk to the bamboo bridges which add some a little bit fun to pass by. You will really find yourself walking inside the tranquil forest. We also find a few small pavilions along the way. Some parts of the trails were paved cement so it's not muddy.
Here's the facts about Siribhumi Waterfall:
The Siribhume Waterfall has two beautiful flow lines falling from a high cliff. The former name of the waterfall, "Lao-Lue" came from the two brothers who first discovered this amazing location. Lao and Lue were the very first among the group og Hmong villagers to have settled down here. Later the name was change to "Siribhumi", which comes from the titles of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty the Queen.
The waterfall originates in Doi Inthanon, flows into a small basin and benefits the Khuan Klang Village downstream, where it combines with a number of tributaries within the Khun Klang Watershed then flows into the Mae Ping River, the northern waterway that sustains life for millions of people. This landscape of waterfalls and streams has never dried throughout any season. This indicates that the Doi Inthanon Forest origin does not lack the water to fill these waterways. Siribhumi flows yearlong reflecting the abundance of resources in the watershed-forest are.
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