Wat Nong Pa Phong
is a meditation center. The atmosphere is quiet and peaceful. It is in Amphoe Warm Chamrap on Highway 2178 about 6 kilometers from the city. The ordination hall is an all white building of applied Thai style architecture. Inside is a wax image of Phra Achan Luang Pu Cha, a famous meditation monk who founded the temple and is much revered by everyone.

Wat Pa Nanachat
is also a meditation center like Wat Nong Pa Phong. Many foreigners have been ordained here and reside at this temple. It is in Tambon Bung Wai, Amphoe Warin Chamrap, about 12 kilometers from the city. Travel along Highway 24, turn left to Amphoe Kanthararom, Si Sa Ket Province (Highway 226). There will be a sign to point the way to the temple, which is about 1 kilometer off the dirt road.

Ban Tha Khong Lek
is on Highway 226 (Ubon-Si Sa Ket Route) about 3 kilometers from the district center (next to Warin Chamrap School). This village make clay pots. The clay, taken from the Mun River, is thoroughly mixed with chaff and other kinds of material. The whole process in interestingly done by hand.

Wat Phu Khao Kaeo
is on the slope of a hill in Phibun Mangsahan along Highway 217. It is 43 kilometers from Ubon Ratchathani. Inside the temple grounds is a beautiful ordination hall built entirely from ceramics. Inside the hall are replicas of all the Buddha relics found in Thailand.

Kaeng Saphue
is the most beautiful cataract in Ubon Ratchathani. The word "Saphue" means "a serpent". It is in the Mun River near the district office of Phibun Mangsahan, about 45 kilometers from Ubon Ratchathani city center, on the left-hand side of Highway 217. This beautiful cataract of natural rocks can be seen for half the year during the dry season. During the rainy season. It is covered with water. Their Majesties the King and Queen have twice visited this place. There is a summer pavilion for visitors to rest and admire the scenery.

The Sirindhom Dam
is another important multi-purpose dam in the Northeast. It blocks Lam Dom Noi in Phibun Mangsahan District (about 70 kilometers from the city center) on Highway 217. Turn right at Kilometer 71 for about 500 meters. The area is a plain with a thicket on the hills surrounding the reservoir. Guest houses are available for visitors. More information may be obtained from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Bang Kmai, Nonthaburi, Tel. 436-3271-2.

Bo Nam bun (Bun Spring)
is on Highway 217 about 700 meters from Sirindhom Dam. It is similar to a hot spring in terms of its appearance, but the water from this spring is of normal temperature and the water comes up from the ground. It was discovered by a monk who was on a pilgrimage, and so a religious center, called Wat Nam Bun, was established.

Chong Mek Bonier
the boundary between Thailand and Laos marks the end of Highway 217, which is 89 kilometers long. This highway will be connected to a 38 kilometer road in Laos leading to Pak Sae, which is a part of the Asian Highway.

Huai Sai Yai Waterfall (Kaeng I Khieo)
is a very beautiful, newly-discovered waterfall. It is bout 19 kilometers from the district center.

Attractions in Amphoe Na Chaluai

Phu Chong-Na Yoi National Park
is about 4 kilometers from the district center. It has many shady trees and many kinds of flowers. There is also a waterfall and pool for swimming, as well as a cave through which one can walk. At night, one can go out to watch wildlife such as tigers and deer. Accommodation is available.

Huai Luang Waterfall (Tham Bak Teo Waterfall)
is in Ban Kaeng Ruang about 20 kilometers from the district center. The water plunges from a very steep cliff onto the stone platform causing a thunderous sound that harmonizes with that from the trees and leaves, like the music from the Pong Lang, a local musical instrument.

Prasat Ban Ben
is located at Ban Nong Om, Tambon Nong Om, King Amphoe Thung Si Udom, about 63 kilometers from the town. It is a small Khmer sanctuary, which comprises of three brick stupas on laterite bases built separately. During the excavation by the Fine Arts Department, two pieces of lintel depicting the nine gods of directions and the God India on his Erawan carrier were found. According to its architectural design and the sculptures shown, this structure is assumed to have been established some time during the end of the 15th Buddhist century and the beginning of the l6th Buddhist century.

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