Wind Turbine Park is a popular tourist attraction in Northern Thailand’s Khao Kho district.
Located at 1,050 metres above sea level, massive wind turbines are used to harness strong wind power to produce clean energy for Phetchabun Province. These wind turbines produce 140 million units of power or around 20 per cent of total demand in the province, sufficient for approximately 36,000 Thai households’ annual usage.
We visited the park during our family trip in late November and took their open tram around the park. These hop-on hop-off tram stops at several points within the park. There are several stalls selling tram tickets at the start point which is also a parking area. Just pick any one and the prices are standard at THB 60/adult (S$2.70) and THB 30/child (S$1.35).
Photograph spot at the first stop.
There is a strawberry field within the park but it appeared not to be a harvesting season for the fruit.
Next stop is Black Diamond Park, a theme park where separate admission charge of THB 40 per person (S$1.80) is applicable.
There are many photo spots within the well-maintained park, which will appeal to both young and old.
One of the favourites is the Teletubbies! Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La La and Po of the popular British pre-school children’s television series are still a crowd drawer. I queued for a while just to get this shot.
There is a small animal corner with goats and a few horses which will appeal to the younger ones. You can purchase a small basket of food pallets or a bottle of milk to feed the goats at THB 10 each (S$0.45).
Black Diamond Cafe where we rested our feet. The menu consists mainly of beverages; tea, coffee, hot chocolate and juices. The admission ticket can be used for a discount off beverages. For snacks, choices are only cookies or instant cup noodles (THB 30 or S$1.35) and the kids happily chose the latter.
Back at the parking area, there are many food and tribal souvenirs stores. Heard that there is also a small hill tribe village nearby which can be reached by local shuttle buses though we did not visit that.
Unique fruits spotted at one of the stalls.
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Phu Thap Boek is a 1,768m high mountain in Phetchabun Province. Surrounded by Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park, it is popular with locals.
The roads up the mountain are steep and windy. Our advice is don’t go up on a full stomach if you don’t want to be a Merlion. As we go up the mountain, we passed many vegetable farms, with cabbage being a popular crop.
Phu Thap Boek is known for its view of surrounding mountains and ‘sea of clouds’. The best months for the latter is from July to September. We did not manage to catch it, only saw a thin fog over the horizon.
At the summit, there are some signages in Thai language and a viewing deck.
If you are keen on an overnight stay to view sunrise and sunset, there are budget guest houses or camp sites to choose from. The camp site is adjacent to rows of food and souvenir stalls. There is a pay-per-use toilet and shower next to it as well.
On our way back, we bought some roasted sweet potatoes and local strawberries, which were sweet and juicy.
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Read more about our trip to Bangkok / Khao Kho in Thailand – Bangkok / Khao Kho Itinerary 2018 .
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