- Features of thermal springs in Thailand
- Nong Ya Plong Hot Spring
- Hindad Hot Spring
- San Capaeng Hot Springs
- Hot springs in Bang Pina park
- Rommani Hot Springs
- Tha Pai Thermal Springs
- Ranong
- Krabi province
Are you interested in thermal springs in Thailand? Bathing in their waters will help you get rid of muscle and back pain, improve your overall physical condition, solve skin problems, relieve stress and cure some diseases. But before traveling, be sure to consult a doctor!
Features of thermal springs in Thailand
There are many hot springs in the north of Thailand: their waters are so hot that tourists are offered to boil eggs in it as entertainment.
If you follow the highway leading to Chiang Rai, you can stumble upon the Pong Din hot spring. The area around it has been ennobled - there are restaurants, souvenir shops and even a temple complex.
In a picturesque valley in Chiang Mai, there are Pong Duang springs (they are distinguished by high temperature and geyser type - the water rises about 4 meters in height from the ground), around which a garden is planted. Nearby, vacationers will find a camping, mineral baths, a restaurant.
Nong Ya Plong Hot Spring
A visit to this source can be combined with a tour of the temples in Phetchaburi. Near them you will be able to swim in special bathrooms, paying only 30 baht. It should be noted that buses do not go to radon sources, so you will have to use a taxi or rent a car.
Hindad Hot Spring
At the radon source, there are 3 swimming pools in which water is poured, the temperature of which is +29, 30 and 45 degrees, and next to it there is a reservoir with cool water. Bathing here will strengthen the immune system and stabilize blood pressure.
San Capaeng Hot Springs
The local thermal water is enriched with sulfur and flows out of the rocks with a fountain. The area near the springs is ideal for tourists - it is equipped with restaurants, a health resort, mineral baths and healing pools.
Hot springs in Bang Pina park
The park is famous for the jets of "mineral water" gushing from the depths of the earth with different pressure and temperature (up to +130 degrees) (in some places geysers come to the surface of the earth). Here everyone can walk along the rock garden and park paths, breathing in healthy air, or plunge into the healing baths at the local spa center.
Rommani Hot Springs
The water in the Rommani springs reaches + 45-50 degrees, and it is not recommended to stay in the pools in which it is poured longer than 10 minutes (it will help get rid of back pain and relieve nervous tension). The entrance will cost guests 50 baht, and those who wish can stay overnight at the campsite.
Tha Pai Thermal Springs
These springs, in which the water reaches +80 degrees (near the springs, they sell raw eggs so that everyone can boil them in this water) are an attraction in the vicinity of the small Thai town of Pai. Here, if you wish, you can swim in small pools, after changing your clothes in the appropriate booths and taking a shower before and after water procedures. Vacationers are not prohibited from settling in this area and for a picnic, but in any case, they will be asked to pay 200-300 baht / whole day to enter the springs.
And if you move about 50 km from Pai, you will be able to find another hot spring - Muang Paeng: its water is “warmed up” to + 95-97 degrees.
Ranong
Thermal springs (water +65 degrees) in the Raksavarin park, located near the city center, are equipped and equipped with swimming pools (water is poured into them, with a temperature of about +40 degrees), showers, baths, a toilet, a gazebo with a heated floor (there you can warm up in front of water procedures). Here you can gain strength and spend the whole day with health benefits.
In the vicinity of Ranong, there is Namtok Ngao National Park - in addition to hot springs, there is also a waterfall, whose waters rush down from a 300-meter height. Unlike the previous park, the entrance is paid (100 baht - adults, 50 baht - children).
Krabi province
It will be possible to find the thermal spring Krabi Hot Springs not far from the town of Ao Nang: there you can swim in any of the 7 pools, filled with both + 37-40 ° C and water reaching + 60˚C. Next to each pool there are benches, showers, changing areas. Important: visiting the springs will cost 90 baht, and those who decide to walk to the Emerald and Blue (you cannot swim in this reservoir) lakes located nearby will pay another 200 baht.
Krabi is famous for several more hot springs:
- Nattha Waree Hot Springs (you will have to pay 300 baht to enter): their waters are “warmed up” to + 39-49 degrees. There are also 20 baths (for individual use), public pools and a pool, where special fish will massage the feet of those who wish.
- Salty Hot Springs Khlong Thom and Saline Hot Springs Khlong Thom: These hot salt springs are 100 meters apart and will be asked to pay 100 baht to visit. On their territory there are swimming pools (they are cleaned daily), parking for cars and motorbikes, toilets, showers and changing rooms, designed separately for women and men.