The Phu Langka Forest Park, or Phu Lang Ka Forest Park ( th, วนอุทยานภูลังกา), is a

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of the

Phi Pan Nam Range The Phi Pan Nam Range, also Pee Pan Nam, ( th, ทิวเขาผีปันน้ำ) is a long system of mountain ranges in the eastern half of the Thai highlands. It is mostly in Thailand, although a small section in the northeast is w ...

located in Chiang Kham District and

Pong District Pong ( th, ปง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Phayao province in northern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Song Khwae, Tha Wang Pha, Mueang Nan of Nan province, Chiang Muan, Dok Khamtai, Chun an ...

, Phayao Province,

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

. The park was established on May 8, 2002, and covers an area of . The main attractions of the forest park are the "

sea of fog A sea of clouds is an overcast layer of clouds, as viewed from above, with a relatively uniform top which shows undulations of very different lengths resembling waves on the sea. A sea of fog is formed from stratus clouds or fog and does not sh ...

" in the valleys in the early morning and the mountains of Doi Hua Ling, Doi Phu Lang Ka and Doi Phu Nom; the latter is a breast-shaped hill rising in an area of

grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natur ...

. The vast pink fields of Dok Khlongkhleng (''

Melastoma malabathricum ''Melastoma malabathricum'', known also as Malabar melastome, Indian rhododendron, Singapore rhododendron, planter's rhododendron and senduduk, is a flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. This plant is native to Indomalaya, Japan and Aust ...

''; th, โคลงเคลงขี้นก) are also one of the interesting sights of the park; other plants that are found in the area include '' Wightia speciosissima'', '' Colquhounia elegans'', '' Dendrobium heterocarpum'', '' Impatiens mengtszeana'' and ''

Paris polyphylla ''Paris polyphylla'' is an Asian species of flowering plant native to China, Taiwan, the Indian Subcontinent, and Indochina. It produces spider-like flowers that throw out long, thread-like, yellowish green petals throughout most of the warm sum ...

''. Formerly there had been

opium Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: ''Lachryma papaveris'') is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which i ...

cultivation in these mountains.Parkreserve - Phu Langka Forest Park
/ref> Phu Langka Forest Park should not be confused with

Phu Langka National Park Phu or ''variation'', may refer to: Places *Phủ, prefecture in 15th–19th century Vietnam People Given name *Phu Dorjee (died 1987), first Indian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen *Phu Dorjee Sherpa (died 1969), first Nepali to climb Mount ...

(อุทยานแห่งชาติภูลังกา) in Nakhon Phanom Province.

References

External links

Phu Langka Forest Park - Bangkok Post: Travel
{{National and forest parks in Thailand Phi Pan Nam Range Forest parks of Thailand Protected areas established in 2002 Tourist attractions in Phayao province 2002 establishments in Thailand