Raksawarin Arboretum
The arboretum is located in the same area as Raksawarin Hot Springs.
Places to Visit in Ranong
Browse 34 place records listed for Ranong in a TAT Data API snapshot. Each entry shows a recorded snapshot date; verify current details with the place or provider before travelling.
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Ban Laem Nao Community
Ban Laem Nao is a Muslim fishing community with a simple, peaceful way of life in a rich natural setting. It is not an island; it sits on a coastal cape extending into the sea. There is no road for cars to reach the village, so visitors must travel by boat. Anyone wishing to visit should contact a community representative in advance to arrange a program suited to the season and timing.
Laem Son National Park
Laem Son was declared a national park on 19 August B.E. 2526. The area includes coastal beaches and well-known islands, including Mu Ko Kam, Ko Khang Khao, and Bang Ben Beach. Its total area is 196,875 rai.
Namtok Punyaban
Formerly known as Namtok Set Takkuat, it is in Moo 1, Bang Non Subdistrict, beside Highway 4 on the route to Chumphon.
Rattana Rangsan Throne Hall
The throne hall was built as a memorial to visits and overnight stays in Ranong by three kings: Rama V, Rama VI, and Rama VII.
Ranong Walking Street
Ranong Walking Street takes place from December through April, 17:00–22:00, along Rueang Rat Road between the Krung Thai Bank and Myanmar Market intersections. In December it runs every Friday and Saturday; from January through April it runs every Saturday. Stalls sell food, drinks, daily goods, and souvenirs, alongside cultural performances and buskers.
Khao Kho Ma Viewpoint, Lam Nam Kraburi National Park
The viewpoint is near the Lam Nam Kraburi National Park office. It offers broad views of the Kraburi River, which forms part of the Thailand–Myanmar border. Islands visible in the river include Ko Khwang, Ko Yao, Ko Pling, Ko Chon, Ko Siat, and Ko Nok Plao. The area also overlooks mangrove forest described as among Thailand’s most intact. It is a place to watch the sunset and visitors can camp overnight.
Kraburi River Mangrove Nature Trail
The Kraburi River Mangrove Nature Trail was improved for the coronation celebration of King Vajiralongkorn and offers nature learning and recreation. The entire route is an elevated wooden walkway 900 metres long, with signs naming plants and animals found in the area, including crab-eating macaques, mudskippers, and fiddler crabs.
Governor’s Cemetery
The Chinese-style cemetery is about 1 kilometer from the municipal area. It is the burial place of Phraya Rattanasetthi (Kho Chu Chiang), Ranong’s first governor. The cemetery stands on land granted by King Rama V (Rama 5).
Ban Thale Nok
Ban Thale Nok is a Muslim community whose way of life depends on the surrounding mangrove forest and follows a sufficiency-oriented lifestyle. The community is also described as managing its tourism resources well.
Ko Phayam
Ko Phayam is about 33 kilometres from Pak Nam Ranong. It is a well-known cashew-growing area in the province; cashews are also locally called “kayu.” The island has clean white-sand beaches.
Namtok Ngao
Namtok Ngao is in Namtok Ngao National Park and is surrounded by moist evergreen forest.
Phon Rang Hot Spring
Phon Rang Hot Spring is a natural hot spring where mineral water rises from the ground and spreads into pools. The site has 13 water-source points.
Ranong Canyon
Ranong Canyon is in Mueang Ranong District.
Ban Hatsompaen Community
There is not yet enough verified historical information available about Ban Hatsompaen Community.
Raksawarin Hot Springs and Public Park
From Ranong Municipality, follow Highway 4005 east from the provincial hall to the hot springs. The source describes this as Thailand’s only hot mineral spring without sulfur compounds and says water can be drunk at its source; that claim is not independently verified here.
Namtok Ngao National Park
Ngao Waterfall flows down from a steep mountain ridge and can be seen from a distance. The water flow is at its highest in June.
SuwanKiri Temple (Wat Na Muang)
The temple is within Ranong Municipality and can be reached via Route 4004 (the Ranong–Pak Nam road). It is more than 100 years old. Its 10-metre Burmese-style pagoda is over 70 years old and was built by Burmese people. The ordination hall houses a richly decorated standing Buddha, and the temple also has a bell tower with a cat pattern.
Wat Hat Som Paen
Wat Hat Som Paen is about 7 kilometres from Ranong municipality. A large number of pla phuang fish live in Khlong Hat Som Paen beside the temple.
Khao Fa Chi
Khao Fa Chi is in Bang Kaeo Subdistrict. The mountain is shaped like a traditional food cover (fa chi) and rises 259 metres above sea level. Its summit is a viewpoint known for sunset scenery.
Ko Kam
The Ko Kam Islands are in Laem Son National Park, in Kapoe District, Ranong Province.
Tham Phra Khayang
The cave is 18 kilometers from the Kra Buri District Office. It is a small cave with an old legend connected to the founding of Kra Buri. About 40 meters inside the entrance, stairs lead upward and emerge outside at a place believed to have been planted with rare herbs.
Klong Naka Wildlife Sanctuary
Klong Naka Wildlife Sanctuary has rich forest and a beautiful waterfall called Nam Tok Phan Meter (Thousand-Meter Waterfall). Unlike national parks, it is not open to tourism in the same way. Educational visits that include an overnight stay in the area require a written request for permission.
Namtok Ton Phet
Namtok Ton Phet is in Village No. 4, Ratchakrut Subdistrict, 29 kilometres from Ranong Municipality. The page locates it on the Ranong–Phang Nga route at kilometre 641.
Mangrove Arboretum
The government granted a private operator a 15-year concession. Planting for the Khlong La-un Mangrove Project began in March B.E. 2526 (1983), and the area was developed into a mangrove arboretum in B.E. 2528 (1985).
Bok Krai Waterfall
Bok Krai Waterfall is about 54 km from the provincial town along Highway 4. The source describes it as a large waterfall with water flowing year-round.
Hat Chan Damri
Hat Chan Damri lies along Highway 4004, the Ranong–Pak Nam route, 9 kilometers from Ranong Municipality.
Siam Hot Spa
Relax at Siam Hot Spa with Thai massage and mineral-water spa treatments. The source describes its mineral-water source as one of the world’s three best.
Ban Rai Nai Community (Water Onion)
The source places Ban Rai Nai in Na Kha Subdistrict, Suk Samran District, Ranong, where local guides take visitors to see water onion plants along village streams. It describes the water onion (family Amaryllidaceae) by several common names, including Water Onion, Water Lily, Thai Water Onion, Onion Plant and Yellowish Leaves Lily; local names include Chong Nang Khli and Hom Nam. It calls the plant the “Queen of the Waterways” for its white flowers and says it is endemic to Thailand’s Ranong and Phang Nga provinces. The source lists distribution across Kra Buri, Kapoe and Suk Samran districts in Ranong, and Khura Buri, Takua Pa and Thai Mueang districts in Phang Nga. It also states that the plant was listed on the IUCN Red List of threatened plants in 2011.
Muang Kluang Community Tourism Enterprise
Khlong Lat Nod is associated with the Muang Kluang Subdistrict Community Tourism Enterprise in Kapoe District, Ranong Province.
Kra Isthmus
Kra Isthmus, also called Kio Kra, is the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. It is described as extending from Ban Thap Lee in Lam U Subdistrict, Kra Buri District, Ranong, to Sawi District in Chumphon.
Ngao Mangrove Research Centre
The centre is about 15 kilometres from Ranong town. The source describes Ngao Mangrove Forest as a place where many kinds of marine animals are born and grow before becoming strong enough to live and feed in the sea.
Chum Saeng Waterfall
Water flows over the rocks only in the rainy season and spreads into streams that look like a rainbow. The page says local residents therefore call it Rainbow Waterfall.
Salapaotublee (Tub Lee Steam Bun)
Salapaotublee is described as a One Tambon One Product specialty. The page invites people passing through to stop and buy the steamed buns.