Ob Luang National Park

The Mae Chaem River was originally called the “Salak hin”. The river created a big but narrow canyon , which is called Ob Luang. The rocks and cliffs are subject to erosion by the strong currents of the river and have formed the gorge and strangely shaped rock formations. The water have to force it’s way past rocks and boulders obstructing the course which is magnificent sight. From 1966 to 1991 the park was administered as a forest park. After more surveys by the Royal Forest Department it was gazetted, in 1991, as the 68th national park of Thailand. The area supports a wide variety of natural attritions like waterfalls, cave, hot springs and historical sites, which serve people education and recreation. At present the total park is 630 km2 and is entirely located in Amphur Chomthong, Hod and Mae Chaem, Chiang Mai province, Thailand.
Topography
The extensive, north-south running, mountain range of the park is the same range of which Doi Inthanon, the highest mountain of Thailand.
Climate
The park receives a monsoonal climate and has three distinct seasons, occasional heavy thunderstorms and strong winds.
Flora and Fauna
This national park consists of mixed forest, dry-dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, hill evergreen forest and mountain pine forest. You can find many kinds of plant such as Tectona grandis, Linn.f., Dipterocarpus, Pterocarpus macrocarpus, Xylia kerrii, Hopea odorata Roxb, Toona ciliata, Afzelia xylocarpa, Diospyros mollis Griff., D. fusca, Rose wood, Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth., Queen's Crape Myrtle , Queen's Flower, Anisoptera costata Korth., Mammea siamensis (T. Anderson ) Kosterm., Stereospermum spp., Dipterocarpus tuberculatus Roxb., Shorea obtosa, Shorea siamensis and Pteridium aquilinum var. wightianum, etc. some important low-level plants such as bamboo, palm and fern also have been found here.
Some of the Animals Found here are:
Serow, Tigers, Bear, Deer, Common wild pig, Common Barking deer, White-handed gibbon, Monkey, Viverra megaspila, Rabbit, Silver Carp, Idian or Bengal Monitor and 200 kinds of birds are also could be found in this national park, such as the White Rumped Shama, Scarlet Minivet, Spotted dove, Emerald Dove, Eudynamys scolopacea, Brown throated Sunbird, Coucal, Hill Myna, Parrot, Crested Serpent Eagle, Green peafowl, Siamese Fireback, Red Junglefowl, etc.