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| Amphoe Kantharalak |
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| Khao
Phra Wihan National Park |
|  This
park covers an area along the Thai-Cambodian
border. Tourist attractions in the park include
viewpoints on a cliff and a khmer bas-relief.
The park is at the end of Highway No. 221,
36 kilometres south of the district office
and 98 kilometres from Si Sa Ket town.
Pha Mo I Daeng, a major attraction of the
park, is a wide rock plateau on a high cliff
on the Thai-Cambodian border. This is a good
spot to view the Phanom Dong Rak range and
Khao Preah Vihear sanctuary 1 kilometre away
in Cambodia. A chapel here houses the Nak
Prok Buddha image and the oldest Khmer-style
bas-relief in Thailand from the 15th Buddhist
century.
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| Namtok
Phu La-O |
| This is a medium-sized waterfall
at its loveliest in the rainy season. It is
on the Ban Phumisaron-Ban Samrong Kiat road.
A 2.5-kilometre road on the left then leads
to the waterfall. One can find interesting
flora along the way which makes for fine nature
study. |
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| Prang
Chong Don Tuan |
| This is on a steep cliff in
the Phanom Dong Rak mountain range near the
Thai-Cambodian border, 8 kilometres from Ban
Phumisaron or 38 kilometres from the district
office. This small Khmer site has a square
pagoda built of brick, a doorway of stone
and a lion guarding the entrance. |
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| Prasat Khao Phra
Wihan |
 Prasat
Khao Phra Wihan or the Preah Vihear Sanctuary
is a grand historical site and the centre of
a Khmer community on the highlands of Cambodia.
The site was built during the 16th-17th Buddhist
century and is more than 600 metres above level
ground. Though physically in Cambodia, the sanctuary
is easier to reach from the Thai side. From
Pha Mo I Daeng, there is a 2-kilometre footpath
with historical sites lined all the way to the
mountaintop. The sanctuary offers a spectacular
view of the Cambodian lowlands. |
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