Udon Thani Attractions

Amphoe Muang

Ban Na Kha and Ban Men

Ban Na Kha and Ban Men is situated 16 kilometres from town on Nong Khai route. It is a centre of cotton, silk, and khit silk trading.

Huai Luang Reservoir

Huai Luang Reservoir is located on Udon Thani-Loei Highway.The huge reservoir under the Irrigation Department offers beautiful scenery.
 

Krom Luang Prachaksinlapakhom Monument

Krom Luang Prachaksinlapakhom Monument, built to commemorate the founder of Udon Thani, is located in the centre of the town.

Nong Prachak

Nong Prachak is located within the province and an islet arranged as a public park with a great variety of trees and flowers centres the lake. It is a popular place for recreation among the townspeople.

San Chao Pu-Ya

San Chao Pu-Ya is a chinese-style shrine located near Nong Bua market within the provincial town. It is a large beautiful Chinese shrine nearby the pond. The shrine keeps a 99 metre-tall replicated golden dragon, which is used in the annual festival at Thung Si Muang in December.

Udon Saeng Tawan

Udon Saeng Tawan (Sunshine) Orchid Garden is located in Soi Kamol Watthana on Udon Thani-Nong Samrong route (Highway No. 204). The garden produces and puts on sale a new species of Thai scented orchid called ’Udon Sunshine’. It is the only know vanda hybrid which is fragrant between the early morning hours and about 2 p.m., and it is the first orchid in the world to be made into a perfume.

Wat Ban Tat


Wat Ban Tat is located off the centre of the province. Take Highway No. 2 (Udon Thani-Khon Kaen) and make a right at Ban Kong Keng for 9 kilometres. The temple is teeming with trees and small, wild animals. A numbers of Thais practise meditation at this temple.

Wat Matchimawat

Wat Matchimawat is a temple located within the province, renovated in the reign of King Rama V. The temple houses a white rock Buddha image.

Wat Phothi Somphon

Wat Phothi Somphon is located within the province, built at the end of King Rama V era (around the early of 20th century).

Amphoe Ban Phu

Phra Phutthabat (Holy Footprint) Bua Ban

Phra Phutthabat (Holy Footprint) Bua Ban is enshrined at the foot of the Khao (Mount) Phu Phan 12 kilometres south of Phu Phra Bat Historical Park. Battlements carved in Dvaravati and Khmer arts are also placed here.

Phu Phra Bat Historical Park

Phu Phra Bat Historical Park is located on Udon Thani-Nong Khai Highway. Turn left at the 13-km marker to Highway No. 2021 , which leads to Ban Phu for 42 kilometres and along Highway No. 2348 for 12 kilometres.

Rocks of different sizes and shapes dot the park’s 1,200 acres of beautiful landscape, also teeming with caves and caverns. Pre-historic paintings over cliff faces have been discovered here, though merely the faintest traces are still visible. Nature-loving trekkers would enjoy the hike around the area.

Amphoe Nam Som

Yung Thong Waterfall

Yung Thong Waterfall is 103 kilometres from the province. Located in Na Yung Nam Som National Park, it is a three-layer waterfall surrounded by number of trees and valleys.

Amphoe Nong Han

Ban Chiang Archaeological Site

Ban Chiang Archaeological Site is considered to be cultural property of outstanding universal value and was nominated as a World Heritage Site in December 1992. It is located at Ban Chiang, Amphoe Nong Han, 55 kilometres from the province on Highway No. 22 (Udon Thani-Sakon Nakon). Turn left at the 50-km marker to Highway No. 2225 for 6 kilometres.

Ban Kham Or

On the way to Ban Chiang, visitors can stop at several villages where handicrafts are made. Ban Kham Or located along Udon Thani-Sakon Nakon Road is a Ban Chiang pottery sculpture centre while Ban Pu Lu is a pottery-painting place.


Wat Pho Si Nai

The site comprises of two parts. The first part stores antiques. Inside the building of the Ban Chiang Naitonal Museum, old artefacts, ancient Ban Chiang culture, tools and utensils that show ancient technology and surroundings, as well as earthenware pots from 4,000 to 7,500 years old, are displayed. The museum is open Wednesday-Sunday 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. The second part comprises an open museum in the compound of Wat Pho Si Nai. Most of the objects here consist of potteries that were found in the burial ground.

Amphoe Nong Saeng

Than Ngam Waterfall

Than Ngam Waterfall is 45 kilometres on Highway No. 2 (Udon Thani-Nong Bau Lamphu-Nong Saeng). It is a medium-size waterfall surrounded with trees.