Nong Bua Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Sǎwngthǎew to Tha Wang Pha (20B) leave from opposite Nan’s Sukasem Hotel. Or take a bus from the main bus station. Get off at Samyaek Longbom, a three-way intersection before Tha Wang Pha, and walk west to a bridge over Mae Nam Nan, then left at the dead end on the other side of the bridge to Wat Nong Bua. It’s 3.1km from the highway to the wat.

If you’re coming from Nan via your own transport on Rte 1080, you’ll cross a stream called Lam Nam Yang just past the village of Ban Fai Mun but before Tha Wang Pha. Take the first left off Rte 1080 and follow it to a dead end; turn right and then left over a bridge across Mae Nam Nan and walk until you reach another dead end. Turn left and continue for 2km until you can see Wat Nong Bua on the right.