Chainat Sightseeing

Amphoe Muang

Chai Nat Bird Park



Chai Nat Bird Park This is located 4 kilometres before arriving in Chai Nat. Birds of more than 100 species live in a huge cage which maintains a natural environment. The park also has an aquarium which has a collection of various kinds of freshwater fish found in the Chao Phraya River. Local products such as bird models, wickerwork, and pomelo is available at the shops in the park.

Chai Nat Muni National Museum


Within the precincts of the temple is the Chai Nat Muni National Museum which displays several kinds of artefacts discovered in the town including Buddha images of different postures, as well as Thai and Chinese ceramics. It also exhibits various types of votive tablets.



Wat Phra Borommathat Worawihan


Wat Phra Borommathat Worawihan This is an old temple on the bank of the Chao Phraya River. Located 4 kilometres from the town, it can be accessible by Route Nos. 340 and 3183. There is an old pagoda housing Lord Buddha's relics. It had been originally constructed with laterite in the Khmer period and was renovated in the Ayutthaya and Rattanakosin periods.

Wat Thammamun

Wat Thammamun This hillside temple is located on the bank of the Chao Phraya River, 8 kilometres from Chai Nat. It was constructed during the Ayutthaya period and enshrines 'Luang Pho Thammachak', a standing Buddha image with a mixture of the Sukhothai and Ayutthaya styles. Two fairs to worship the image are held in May and October.

Amphoe Sankhaburi

Khun San Statue

Khun San Statue Khun San is one of the Bang Rachan folk leaders who fought against the Burmese during the Ayutthaya period. It is taken for granted that he was a Sankhaburi resident. The statue is 2.5 metres high, standing in front of the Sankhaburi district office.

Monkeys at Wat Thammikawat



Monkeys at Wat Thammikawat Located in Tambon Pho Ngam, Amphoe Sankhaburi, this temple is 38 kilometres south of Chai Nat along Route No. 311 (Chai Nat-Sing Buri route). Its pleasant area next to the Noi River is home to a number of monkeys.

Wat Mahathat

Wat Mahathat This is an old temple of Mueang Phraek or Mueang San which was an ancient city dating back to the Dvaravati period. Sankhaburi had been also an important fort town of the Sukhothai and Ayutthaya Kingdoms. It is located by the Noi River, 20 kilometres southeast of Chai Nat along Route No. 340. The temple houses ruined chapels with seated Buddha images and a distinguish Lop Buri style chedi with a fluted spire like the petal of a star apple.

Wat Phra Kaeo



Wat Phra Kaeo This is another ancient temple in Sankhaburi. It is situated to the south of Wat Mahathat. Its old chedi (pagoda) was constructed during the Ayutthaya period in harmonious Lop Buri and Dvaravati styles. In front of the chedi enshrines a seated Buddha image. A complicated lintel was found inside at the back of the image after stucco covering the image was broken.

Amphoe Sapphaya

Chao Phraya Dam

Chao Phraya Dam This is Thailand's first dam constructed in 1956 for irrigational purposes. It is located 13 kilometres east of the town along the route to Amphoe Sapphaya (Road No. 311). The dam has a total length of 238 metres and a height of 14 metres. The reservoir over the dam site is the habitat of numerous waterfowl during February.

Wat Inthraram


Wat Inthraram This is an old temple, about 100 years old, Located by the Chao Phraya River in Tambon Taluk, Amphoe Sapphaya, 12 kilometres east of Chai Nat. Outstanding old structures in the temple include twin belfries and a hall for keeping scriptures. The latter, situated in the middle of a pond, has been constructed with elaborate decorative designs.

Wat Karuna


Wat Karuna Located near the Chao Phraya Dam, this temple houses a large sandstone Buddha image namely 'Phra Phutthamaha Sila', which is highly revered by the local people of Chai Nat.

Amphoe Wat Sing

Wat Pak Khlong Makham Thao

Wat Pak Khlong Makham Thao This is an old temple situated at the mouth of Khlong Makham Thao, which runs into the Tha Chin River at Amphoe Wat Sing, 25 kilometres northwest of Chai Nat. The shady temple offers pleasant scenery and houses mural paintings made by Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak, the father of the Thai navy.