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

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

of the

Phi Pan Nam Range The Phi Pan Nam Range, also Pee Pan Nam, (, ) is a long system of mountain ranges in the eastern half of the Thai highlands. The range lies mostly in Thailand, although a small section in the northeast is within Sainyabuli Province, Sainyabul ...

located in Chiang Kham District and Pong District, Phayao Province,

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. 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" 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 Some breast-shaped hills are named "wikt:pap#Etymology 2, pap", an archaic word for the breast or nipple of a woman, particularly those with a small hilltop protuberance. Such anthropomorphic geographic features are found in different parts of t ...

rising in an area of

grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ecology), dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes such as clover, and other Herbaceo ...

. 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 native to Seychelles, tropical and subtropical Asia ...

''; ) 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''. Formerly there had been

opium Opium (also known as poppy tears, or Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the seed Capsule (fruit), capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid mor ...

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

Nakhon Phanom Province Nakhon Phanom province (, , ; , ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat'') lies in upper northeastern Thailand also called Isan. Directly adjacent provinces are (from south clockwise): Mukdahan, Sakon Nakhon, and Bueng Kan. ...

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