About RanongRanong (day 10-12)
About Ranong
Ranong is located 586 kilometers south of Bangkok and is the fist southern province that is located on the Andaman Sea. It compasses an area of 3,298 square kilometers, with length from north to south 169 kilometers and the narrowest part of only 44 kilometers, hence the name "Isthmus of the Malaysia Peninsular".
Ranong is renowned for the wettest province in Thailand, this is the result of
the monsoon influence which brings with it the abundance rainfall.
The province economy is very diverse, ranging from tin mining in the past to
white clay extraction for the production of porcelain. Fishing industry still
plays a vital role in the present date economy. Rubber and cashew nut production
are an important agriculture product of the province.
The province administration is divided into 4 districts and 1 sub-district.
"Muang Ranong" District is the largest which is the town center and its
vicinity, others are "La-un" District to the east, "Kra-Buri" District to the
north and "Ka-Pur" District to the south.
Ranong is Thailand's least populous province and the land area is 80% forest and
67% mountains terrain. Like much of Southern Thailand west coast, it undergoes
monsoon season from June till October and the best time to visit Ranong is
between November and May for island hopping and to discover the magnificent
under water world. However the during the monsoon period the mountains
surrenders spectacular and breath taking scenery.
A letter writer who stopped over during the height of the rainy season decided
that Ranong must be a correction of the English 'rained On'! Actually it's
pronounced 'ra-nawng'.
Waterfalls
Ranong is blessed
with many beautiful waterfalls which you can find all along the Petchkasem
highway and by exploring into the mountains. A few of the best ones are
mentioned here.
PUNY
BAN
About 16 kilometers to the north of town is Puny ban waterfall. A fast rushing
fall with nice cool shady areas to sit, relax and enjoy the nature. There is a
gentle trail through some of the forest around the waterfall with a rest area
which gives a commanding view of the grass mountain. There is also a guest
house.
NGAO
Situated about 12 kilometers south of Ranong and opposite the grass mountain is
Ngao Waterfall National Park. The park comprises the magnificent waterfall
cascading down from an enormous height, which is visible for many miles around.
BOKKRAI
About 50 kilometers north of Ranong and 10 kms off of Petchkasem highway is
Bokrai waterfall which drops 13 levels. The surrounding deep forest has many
rare species of wild animal. A short nature trail runs through the forest.
Hot Springs & Wat Hat
Som Paen
About 1km east of Jansom
Ranong Mineral Hot Springs at Wat Tapotaram. Water temperature hovers around 65
Celsius, hot enough to boil eggs. You can bathe in rustic rooms (10B per person)
where you scoop water from separate hot and cool water tanks and sluice the
mixed water over your body Thai style.
Don't
get inside the tanks and spoil the water. The Jansom Thara Ranong Hotel also
pipes water from the springs into the hotel, where you can take a 42 Celsius
mineral bath in its large public spa for $100B.
This mine hot spring has been occurred out of nature. Its temperature is been
occurred of nature. Its temperature is 65 Celsius. There are tree mine hot
springs - the father spring, mother spring and daughter.
There is the garden along these springs. The atmosphere is calm and cool. One
can bathe and bathe and drink the water from there spring.
If you continue on the road past the hot springs for about 7km, you'll come to
Hat Som Paen, a former tin-mining community. At Wat Hat Som Paen, visitors feed
fruit to the huge black carp (
plaa phluang
) in the temple stream. The
faithful believe these carp are thewada, a type of angel, and it's
forbidden to catch and eat them. Legend has it that those who do contract
leprosy.
Ranong Accommodations
JANSOM THARA RANONG
HOT SPA HEALTH CENTRE
Health and Rest Resort
After departing the DiveMaster 2 and clearing customs we will head to our last stop of this thrilling adventure,
The Jansom Thara Ranong
Hotel. We will have a day
and
a half here to decompress while you explore the natural beauty and interact with
local Thai people before our final journey home. The Jansom is located a
short distance from remote beaches, relaxing hot springs, amazing water falls
and scenic vistas.
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Rooms All
rooms are Air-conditioning with an individual Control system, Television
with Satellite and In-house Video Programs, Refrigerator, Bath Room with
Bath-Tub, Hot and Cold running water, telephone with an (ISD) International
Self Dialing System and Mini Bar Hot Spa  The
Hot Spa, mineral water directly from the natural geyser is available Daily
from 06.00-21.00 hrs .in which Men and Women are separately from each other
at the width of 6.60 m.x 6.60 m. at the depth of 1.35 m of 1.35 m for men
and 1.25 m for the women. |
Other |
Swimming pool |
