Sea of cloud
At sunrise.
This Photo was taken by Supanut Arunoprayote. Feel free to use any of my images, but please mention me as the author and may send me a message. (สามารถใช้ภาพได้อิสระ แต่กรุณาใส่เครดิตผู้ถ่ายและอาจส่งข — CC BY 4.0 · Nicetory — CC BY-SA 4.0 · This Photo was taken by Supanut Arunoprayote. Feel free to use any of my images, but please mention me as the author and may send me a message. (สามารถใช้ภาพได้อิสระ แต่กรุณาใส่เครดิตผู้ถ่ายและอาจส่งข — CC BY 4.0 · Pulperm Phungprachit — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nicetory — CC BY-SA 4.0
Phu Kradueng National Park is a flat-topped mountain in Loei Province, northeast Thailand, about 70 km south of Loei town in a straight line. It was declared a national park on 23 November 1962, the second in Thailand after Khao Yai. The mountain is a sandstone mesa rising some 1,000 metres above the surrounding valleys. Its roughly square summit plateau covers about 60 square kilometres at an average of about 1,250 metres, peaking at 1,316 metres, and is bounded on the west, south and east by sheer straight cliffs. Its name means «big bell mountain», from a legend about the sound of a bell heard on a Buddhist holiday. The plateau holds pine forest, meadows and ponds, with small waterfalls dropping between the rocks and maple leaves turning red late in the cool season. From the cliff edges come views over a sea of cloud at dawn, the best known being the Nok Aen cliff at sunrise. Visitors hike up a steep trail in four to six hours, with porters carrying luggage, and stay at the park campsite on the summit. The park is closed to visitors in the rainy season, from 1 June to 30 September.
At sunrise.
Among the rocks.
On the plateau.
Phu Kradueng District, Loei Province, northeast Thailand
Four to six hours on foot.
1 June to 30 September.