Hin Sam Wan
A 75 million year old rock formation jutting from a hill near the Mekong in Bueng Kan. From certain angles the rocks look like a family of whales, which is what the name means, and two of them can be walked out onto, though the baby whale is out of reach.
- Where
- Bueng Kan, Bueng Kan, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 18.2510, 103.8139
Get the Hin Sam Wan stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hin Sam Wan. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bueng Kan volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hin Sam Wan
Wat Phu Tok 15 km
A meditation wat built up the sides of a lone sandstone mountain in Bueng Kan. Wooden walkways cling to the cliffs, climbing level by level past caves and shrines, with the plains of the northeast spread out below.
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site 92 km
A village in the Udon Thani countryside where digs from 1966 onwards turned up red-painted pottery, bronze made on the spot and more than a hundred burials. The finds have been studied for clues to the farming, diet and health of the people who lived here, and the site has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1992.
Sala Kaew Ku 116 km
A park of giant concrete figures drawn from Buddhism and Hinduism, close to the Mekong and the Lao border at Nong Khai. It was begun in 1978 by Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat and his followers, who had already made the Buddha Park across the river in Laos, and here the visions grew larger and wilder still.
Pu Mat National Park 121 km
A large national park of forested mountains along the Lao border in Nghe An province, part of the Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve. Its rivers and streams run past villages and waterfalls such as Khe Kem.
Phu Phra Bat Historical Park 164 km
A wooded hillside in Udon Thani scattered with strange sandstone formations, pillars, overhangs and balanced boulders, around which religious shrines were built. Some of the rock shelters still carry prehistoric paintings, and a trail links them through the forest.
Wat Phra That Phanom 175 km
A wat near the Mekong in That Phanom whose tall white and gold chedi is said to hold the breastbone of the Buddha. It is the most important Buddhist site in Nakhon Phanom province, and a week-long festival each year brings thousands of pilgrims to the town.
Sirindhorn Museum 176 km
A geology museum at Non Buri in Kalasin's Sahatsakhan district, given over to the dinosaurs whose fossils have been dug from the hills here. Skeletons, casts and models tell the story of the creatures that once lived in what is now Isan.
Erawan Cave 210 km
A cave high in a limestone hill in Nong Bua Lamphu, reached by a long stairway from the road. A large white Buddha sits at the entrance looking out over the rice fields, and the chambers behind run deep into the rock.
More hidden gems in Bueng Kan
Questions
Where is Hin Sam Wan?
Hin Sam Wan is in Bueng Kan, Bueng Kan, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Wat Phu Tok (15 km), Ban Chiang Archaeological Site (92 km), Sala Kaew Ku (116 km).
How do I get the Hin Sam Wan stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hin Sam Wan and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bueng Kan volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hin Sam Wan before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bueng Kan volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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