Don Chedi Monument
Location: Amphoe Muang
The monument is located in Tambon Don Chedi, on Highway 322, 31 kilometres from downtown.
The royal monument of King Naresuan the Great and the pagoda were built to commemorate
the victory over the Burmese troops. In January 1592, he defeated Phra Maha Upparacha,
the Burmese Crown Prince in a royal duel on elephant back; as a result,
the Siamese kingdom regained its sovereignty from the occupation of Burma.
The Royal Thai Army renovated the pagoda in 1952, and built a new pagoda over the ancient one.
The new pagoda is 66 metres high and 36 metres wide. His Majesty the King presided over the
worshipping and opening ceremony on 25 January 1959. Thus, it has become the Royal Thai Army Day since then.
A large celebration is held annually around the monument.
Location: Amphoe Muang
The four ponds name Sa Kaeo, Sa Kha, Sa Yomana, and Sa Ket are locate in the vicinity of Amphoe
Muang 14 kilometers from the township area. They are assumed to
provide sacred water ever since the prosperous U Thong era; water
from four ponds have been utilized for various coronation ceremonies.
Ancient Town Walls and Gate
Location: Amphoe Muang
The old town of Suphan Buri was located at Tambon Rua Yai on the western bank of the Tha Chin River.
Until today, an earth wall and moat remain between Wat Pa Lelai and the City Pillar Shrine. On the western side,
double walls were strongly built with a moat outside, then a mound and the wall.
The inner wall is 3,500 metres long on the north-south direction, and its width stretches
for a kilometre to the river. The wall on the eastern side has all disappeared as it was
dismantled during the reign of King Maha Chakkraphat. The Fine Arts Department rebuilt the town gate,
on Malai Maen Road, on the location believed to have been the site of an old gate.
Bueng Nong Sarai Histrorical Site
Location: Amphoe Don Chedi
The natural lake is on Highway 3038, 3 kilometres from the Don Chedi Monument or about 40 kilometres from Amphoe Mueang.
The huge lake was involved in the war when King Naresuan defeated the Burmese troops. With water supply that
could feed an army of over 100,000 warriors, elephants and horses as well as the better location over the hill
away from the enemy, here was the stronghold of the Siamese Army for months. It is pitiful that the lake,
at present covering an area of only 29 rai (11.6 acres), is in poor condition.
City Pillar Shine
Location: Amphoe Muang
This is located on the west bank of the Suphan Buri River. Originally it was built in Thai style
architecture but later altered to a Chinese pavilion design.
The shrine houses statues of the god Vishnu carved out of green stone.
Wat Pa Leylai
Location: Amphoe Muang
This is a very old temple located on the west bank of the river on Malaimaen Road in the town.
It is believed to have been built some 800 years ago when Suphan Buri was a prosperous community.
A huge sitting Buddha image named "Luang Pho To", 23 metres in height, is enshrined in the main chapel.
The image was originally situated in the open area and was later covered by the chapel.
Worship fairs celebrating the image are held twice a year in April and November.
Wat Khao Di Salak
Location: Amphoe U Thong
The hilltop temple is located in Tambon Don Kha, 8 kilometres from downtown Amphoe U Thong.
It houses quite a special Buddha’s footprint, a bas-relief footprint carved out of red sandstone.
The footprint is 65.5 centimetres wide and 141.5 centimetres long.
Archaeologists presumed that the footprint is an art object of the Dvaravati style, dating back
to 9th -11th century. Furthermore, Buddha images and artefacts were discovered from a rock cavity.
From the peak, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the town.
Location: Amphoe Muang
This is an abandoned temple on the east bank of the Suphan Buri River in the town. Only ruins of a large
pagoda are left to be seen. It is estimated that its height should be 70-80 metres if it were in perfect shape.
After the excavation, some human relics were found, and it was assumed that they
should belong to warriors who died on the battlefield in ancient times.
Location: Amphoe Muang
Located on Khun Chang Road, on the western bank of the Tha Chin River, opposite the market,
this temple dates back over 600 years to the late U Thong period. The ancient temple houses
a reclining Buddha statue, which is said to have the most beautiful face in Thailand.
With a length of 13 metres and 3 metres high, the east-facing reclining Buddha
image is surmised to have been built during the years 1257-1260.
Location: Amphoe Muang
This ancient temple is located on Somphan Khong Road, 300 metres off Malai Maen Road in Tambon Rua Yai,
on the western Bank of the Tha Chin River. The temple, whose history dates back not less than 600 years ago,
was once in the heart of the ancient town Suphannaphum. The main stupa once housed relics of the Lord Buddha,
but it was raided for treasure and neglected in ruins. The main target of the raiders was the famous version
of Suphan Buri’s votire tabletss, which are among the top five sought-after series of votire tablets of Thailand.
Location: Amphoe Song Phi Nong
This monastery was built in the present
era and is located in the vicinity of Tambon Bang Tathen on the
bank of Khlong Phraya Banlue, Amphoe Song Phi Nong. It houses the
largest metal cast Buddha image called "Phra Phutta Khodom " which
has a lap width of 10 meters and a height of 26 merters. There is
various construction concerning Buddhism, such as, the Three season
Palace of Prince Sithattha,place of gaining enlightenment, giving
the first preaching sermon, and Nirvana (passing away stage), the
hell being community, etc. The monastery is reached by Highway No.312
to Amphoe Song Phi Nong with right turn Wat Phai Rong Wua; or Saturday
and Sunday at 07.00 hours. The boat fare is approximately 150 Baht
per person.
Wat Phra Non
Location: Amphoe Muang
Located in Tambon Phihan Daeng, on the bank of Tha Chin River north of Wat No Phutthangkun,
the temple built in the Rattanakosin period, is famed for its large fish sanctuary that occupies
some part of the river as well as beautiful shady park which is the main recreational area of the province.
The image hall or Wihan of Wat Phra Non houses a special reclining Buddha image
carved from granite about 2 metres long. While most reclining Buddha
images lie on one side, the Buddha image here lies supine.
Thai Rice Farmers National Museum
Location: Amphoe Muang
Located on Phra Phanwasa Rd, in the compound of Mueang Suphan Buri District Office, the museum building
is a blend of a traditional Thai house and farmer’s granary. The museum interests visitors through
its rice farming exhibition. The ground floor exhibition features the history of rice farming,
equipment, farmer’s life, and rice-related topics from the past. Interesting evidence include potsherds
found at Ban Bang Pun, Tambon Phihan Daeng, Amphoe Mueang , Suphan Buri, which may prove the
existence of the Royal Ploughing Ceremony during the Ayutthaya Period. A library for researching
about the exhibits is available. The first floor is an exhibition of the role of Thai kings
and their royal patronage from the past till the present in supporting and developing rice farming.
A photo gallery features significant events in Suphan Buri when the Crown Prince visited demonstration
of padding fields at Bueng Phai Khaek, Tambon Don Pho Thong in Amphoe Mueang in 1986.
The Crown Prince made compost, sowed grain, and harvested the produce by himself.
The equipment used during the events is displayed. The museum opens from Wednesday to Sunday
(It is closed on Monday, Tuesday and public holidays), from 9.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m. Call Tel. 0 3552 2191 for more information.
Location: Amphoe U Thong
The museum is located on Malai Maen Road, next to U Thong
District Office and U Thong Sueksalai School. It exhibits archaeological
evidence and art objects from different periods found in Suphan Buri.
The first building exhibits the finding of U Thong City in both
pre-historical and Dvaravati periods as well as Buddha statues of the
Dvaravati style. An exhibition in the second building features ethnic
groups and beads found from such periods. Outside is a mock-up house in
the style of the Lao Song ethnic group featuring traditions, clothing,
and tools.
The museum opens on Wednesday to Sunday, from 8.30 a.m.-4.00 p.m.
Location: Amphoe Muang
Wat Mai means new temple, but the establishment of this temple dates back some 600 years ago
to the early Ayutthaya period. In the temple’s compound, the Museum of the Supreme Patriarch
(Pun Punnasiri Mahathera) displays many special items of antiquity such as Buddha images, clocks,
arms, betel box, vases, glasses, crockery as well as a glared ceramic alms bowl of the Sukhothai
period or around the 13th century. This is the only piece of its kind in Thailand.
The temple is located on Phra Phanwasa Road in the municipal area.
The museum is open daily from 8.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m. but prior permission is required.
Wat Thap Kradan
Located at kilometre 10 of Highway 3351, the temple has a museum dedicated to a famous singer of Thai folk song,
Phumphuang Duangchan. She spent her childhood around this temple. So, her belongings, equipment, photographs,
and news clipping are displayed in this temple. Her fans always place her portraits at the temple’s boat
landing after their wishes made here are fulfilled. An annual ceremony to commemorate her passing always attracts
lots of people to the temple. At the temple’s front gate is a shopping area with many stalls offering dried and fresh agricultural products.
Industrial Promotion Centre Region 8
Location: Amphoe Muang
Only a kilometre away from Wat Pa Lelai, on Malai Maen Road opposite Suphan Buri Water park,
tourists can enjoy selecting nice home-made handicrafts and souvenir items at reasonable prices
such as leather products, costumes and rattan works.
The centre opens on weekdays from 10.00 a.m.-3.00 p.m. Contact Tel. 0 3554 5518 - 9 for more information.
Old Market by Tha Chin River (Tarad Samchuk)
Location: Amphoe Sam Chuk
The market is located on Highway 340, by Tha Chin River next to Amphoe Sam Chuk District Office.
This Chinese community and old-fashioned market with wooden shophouses remain in Thai original style a century ago.
Visitors may be surprised to see a photograph shop, which remains taking pictures
by a century-old camera, herbal drugstore, or enjoy tasting local sweets, sipping old-fashioned
local-style coffee by the river. The three-storey building dedicated to be a museum can draw
visitors back to the yesteryears by different photographs featuring the way of life in the last era.
Banharn - Jamsai Tower
Location: Amphoe Muang
Located in the downtown area on Nang Phim Road, this country's first and highest view point tower
overlooking Chaloem Phatthara Rachini Park allows tourists to enjoy a bird's eye view over the
province at a height of 123.25 metres. The tower has four view point decks, including ticketing and souvenirs,
snack bar and park view souvenir and downtown viewpoint decks, and the fourth panoramic viewpoint
deck is at a height of 78.75 metres. Telescopes are available on the decks.
The interior is decorated with murals featuring King Naresuan the Great.
Affinit Orchids
Located at Mu 9 Tambon Chorakhe Samphan, the orchid nursery grows orchids of different families
for study and sale such as Dendrobium, Cattleya, Vanda. Motorists can reach there via Highway 321
and take Highway 324 for 5 kilometres. Then turn right at kilometre 46-47, continue for another 200 metres.
The nursery opens daily from 8.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. Group visitors please contact in advance
at Tel. 0 1649 8585 and 0 2974 0886. More information is available in the website www.affinitorchid.com.
Location: Amphoe U Thong
40 kilometers from the
provincial city, at the right turning U-Thong-Bo Ploi, in the responsible
area of Forestry Division. Visitors can see a 5-tirered Phu Muang
waterfall, and lot of plants which are hardly seen. One can go along
the road which connects to Wat Tham Sue where well-known Buddha
images were made. There is another beautiful waterfall called "Sam
Nak" at the other side of the hill. At the foothill, there is a
large natural elephant stable covering the area of 10 rai, it was
used in Dhavaravadi period. This park was announced to be the National
Park many years ago.
Phu Toei National Park
Phu Toei National Park The park acquires a total area of 198,422 rai (79,368.8 acres),
covering Ong Phra Forest, Khao Phu Rakam Forest, and Khao Huai Phlu Forest of Amphoe Dan Chang,
Suphan Buri Province as well as Tham Khao Wong Forest Park of Amphoe Ban Rai, Uthai Thani Province.
The lush forest with a lot of flora and fauna is a major watershed of Suphan Buri and Kanchanaburi.
The mountain range of Phu Toei is home of thousands of mountain pines and also the best viewing point.
Tham Weruwan
Location: Amphoe Dan Chang
The cave is in the compound of Wat Wang Khan, 14 kilometres away from Amphoe Dan Chang,
and one kilometre from the entrance of Phu Toei National Park. Concrete stairs of 61 steps
allow visitors to access the cave entrance easily. With electric lighting, tourists can
enjoy exploring the cave and witness the beautiful formation of stalactites and stalagmites.
The cave houses a Buddha image in the Pa Lelai posture. In the temple compound,
district official have set up a bamboo garden in honour of Their Majesties where over 10 bamboo species are grown.
Tha Sadet Bird Sanctuary
Location: Amphoe Muang
To find the location one can travel along the road leading through
the Highway Division Intersection; then left turn is made to go
over a bridge and straight on to Tambon Tha Sadet where a right
turn is made for a distance of 12 kilometers to arrive at the unit.
Some bird can be viewed during the day time while a tremendous number
of birds such as open-billed stork, herson stork, cormorants, painted
storks , night heron, and white ibises, etc., can be seen in the
evening when they return home.
Location: Amphoe Dan Chang
51 kilometers from Dan Chang, on Ban Kluay Route, there is a Karen
village staying here more than 200 years. Green forest and plentiful
water source of Ta Poen Kee are for adventuring tour, Ta Poen Kee
Yai, two-tiered waterfall runs all year round. leader and four-wheeled
drive car should be needed for a journey.
Location: Amphoe Dan Chang
With a length of 4.25 kilometres and height of 32.5 metres, this country’s
longest earthen dam is built on Krasiao Stream in Tambon Dan Chang. Its reservoir,
with a maximum water storage of 240 million cubic metres, is also a major fish-breeding site.
From the dam, tourists can enjoy a picturesque view of
the vast reservoir stretching to Khao Phu Toei. Papaya Salad or
Somtam and roasted chicken shops are available nearby the parking lot.
The Western National Theatre of Suphan Buri
Location: Amphoe Muang
Located on Highway 340 in the compound of the Western Art and Cultural Centre, Suphan Buri, the regional
theatre is established for promoting and supplying knowledge about local cultural performances,
music and classical dances of western provinces. It also serves as a venue for cultural exchanges
at an international level. The public can enjoy regular performances by the College of Dramatic
Arts in this 850 seated theatre on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Saturday of each month.
Buffalo Village
Location: Amphoe Muang
The theme village is located at kilometre 115-116 of Highway 340. Occupying over a 100-rai (40-acre) plot of land,
the Buffalo Villages feature the rural lifestyle in the central region such as Thai farmer villages,
rice-threshing ground water, buffalo ranch, traditional Thai houses on stilts. Visitors can enjoy exploring
various corners, which feature different local wisdom such as Thai medical knowledge, traditional Thai massage,
local herbs, and Thai astrology. Visitors can enjoy 30- minute buffalo shows at 11.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.
The Buffalo Villages open from 9.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. on weekday and 9.30 a.m. - 6.30 p.m. on weekends.
Wat Pa Phruek’s Fish Sanctuary
Location: Amphoe Bang Pla Ma
The temple is located in Tambon Ban Laem, 17 kilometres from downtown. Motorists can use Highway 340 till kilometre 86
then turn onto Highway 3351 for ten kilometres. Around the temple’s waterside is a big school of various
fishes such as Nile tilapia, iridescent shark-catfish, and black-eared catfish. A concrete footpath
about 100 metres long lining the river allows visitors to enjoy watching or feeding them.
Bueng Chawak
Location: Amphoe Doem Bang Nang Buat
Bueng Chawak was originally a part of Tha Chin River. After a period of times,
a part or the river branched off to form a crescent shaped lake tht took up some
areas of Doem Bang Nang Buat district, Suphan Buri province, and Hankha district,
Chai Nat province. In 1994, the Suphan Buri Provincial Authority and H.E.Mr.Banharn Silpa-archa,
the Prime Minister, and various sectors, public and private.
Initiated the Bueng Chawak Chalerm Phra Kiet Development Project to celebrate His Majesty
the King Bhumibol Adulyadej's on his 50th Year Accession to the Throne.
The garden is located on a beautiful landscape. Numerous items on indigenous vegetables
are available at the kiosk and library. They hydroponics (planting without soil) agriculture
of more than 500 types of vegetables is demonstrated at the Garden. Seeds of many cultivars are also available for sale.
The Garden runs tours 4 times a day :
Morning from 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
Afternoon from 2.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m.
General visit is everyday from : 8.30 a.m.- 6.00 p.m.
The Exhibition Center for Aquatic Animals (Department of Fisheries) was constructed
under the Bueng Chawak Royal Development Project to celebrate His Majesty the King's 50 Year Accession to the Throne.
The construction was commenced on 19 July 1996, and opened to public in February 1998.
The aim of this construction is to provide a state of the art center for behavioral study
of Important aquatic animals for academics, students, as well as the general public.
Opening hours are :
Monday-Friday 10.00 a.m.-05.00 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday 09.00 a.m.-06.00 p.m.
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