Video: Tourists flocking to beautiful "sticky waterfalls" in Chiang Mai

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Video: Tourists flocking to beautiful "sticky waterfalls" in Chiang Mai

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

Chiang Mai News reported that tourists were flocking to the Bua Tong waterfall in the national park in Mae Taeng district on Wednesday. 

 

The beautiful surroundings of pristine and well established forest were cool and inviting. 

 

Small forest mammals and birds were in the area too. 

 

The waterfall can be climbed in relative safety as the rocks down which the water flows has a gripping quality and is free of slippery algae.

 

The falls can be seen referred to as "sticky waterfalls" in online blogs. 

 

Chiang Mai News said that there are three levels and there is a 100 meter climb up a 50 degree gradient. 

 

A video showed Thai and western tourists enjoying the falls. 

 

Source: Chaing Mai News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-09-20

 

[BritManToo]

Never seen any 'forest mammals' there or anywhere else in the Thai jungle.

[from the home of CC]

some drunk foreigner will take a header and the hand wringing will begin.

[PatOngo]

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Never seen any 'forest mammals' there or anywhere else in the Thai jungle.

Killed and eaten long ago.

[holy cow cm]

How about flash flooding and rain is still in the CM air? Not a smart move. 

[arithai12]

7 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Never seen any 'forest mammals' there or anywhere else in the Thai jungle.

I have seen a few, but it was the higher part of Doi Inthanon at night time... certainly not around the tourists.

Now mammals in bikinis, that's another story.

[lonewolf99]

It's sticky because it might be made of Fibreglass covered in sand and grit.

I've seen this at other "Waterfalls" around Thailand with exposed blue PVC pipe that runs the water back up from a pumping station.

Real waterfalls would be covered in slime and algae making it very slippery.

 

Just looking at the photo you can see these "rocks" bare no resemblance to anything else in geological terms nearby. Where do you get 20 foot wide seams of sand stone ???

 

I have seen several examples of fake Thai waterfalls. One on Koh Chang where a jet of water shot out 15 feet from the top of  a vertical 60 foot cliff face obviously from a 6 inch pipe and I clearly saw damaged fibreglass rocks at a waterfall near Kanchanaburi covered in hundreds of Chinese tourists.

Another is south of Chantaburi where I followed the blue pipes up through the jungle and went through a small barbed wire fence that was supposed to stop access to see exaclty how the falls worked.

The large concrete building at the bottom of the falls houses the pumping station.

 

Now you know one of the reasons you get charged money to see these attractions and if you have blue eyes you get charged 10 times more.

 

 

 

 

[Bill Miller]

8 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Never seen any 'forest mammals' there or anywhere else in the Thai jungle.

Never seen a monkey, nor an elephant?
There are 264 mammal species in Thailand, all of which are to be found in the forest, unless you are going to try and quibble about whether "jungle" is considered "forest".
The only way to avoid seeing any is A) To be blind, or B)  To never go into anyplace that has trees.?

[Dancin Dna 11]

I can confirm that this is not made from Fiberglass, it is a natural formation and quite incredible. Yes, it does have moss on it in sections and as far as I can tell is completely natural, The waterfall is spring fed so no need for the pumps anytime I have been there. 

[Jeremy50]

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Never seen any 'forest mammals' there or anywhere else in the Thai jungle.

Mostly hunted out, that's why. I see more wild mammals during a three hour walk in rural Dorset, than many years walking and cycling through rural Thailand.

[worgeordie]

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Never seen any 'forest mammals' there or anywhere else in the Thai jungle.

I think they mean rats

regards Worgeordie

[BritManToo]

4 hours ago, lonewolf99 said:

It's sticky because it might be made of Fibreglass covered in sand and grit.

Just looking at the photo you can see these "rocks" bare no resemblance to anything else in geological terms nearby.

 

That's because it's one of only two known limestone waterfalls like this in the world.

The other one being Pumakkale in Turkey.

 

Made from a type of limestone called 'tufa' created when calcium from springwater is deposited on rocks.

At Sticky Waterfall is also a walkway to the 'seven colour spring'.

Edited September 20, 2018 by BritManToo

[Bangkok Herps]

On 9/19/2018 at 6:54 PM, BritManToo said:

Never seen any 'forest mammals' there or anywhere else in the Thai jungle.

Barking deer on Doi Suthep, tree shrews in Chiang Mai and Bangkok, macaques, gibbons, barking deer, sambar deer, palm civet, crested porcupine, and giant squirrels in Khao Yai. They're there if you're quiet and go out at the right time. 

 

https://bangkokherps.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/khao-yai-national-park-around-the-dorms/

Edited September 21, 2018 by Bangkok Herps

[bamboozled]

The Thai bashers never rest. Nothing nothing to do or see or experience or enjoy in Thailand, the land of crappy people and everything else crappy, too. Why the heck are you here? Geez....

[Samuel Smith]

On 9/22/2018 at 5:37 AM, Bangkok Herps said:

Barking deer on Doi Suthep, tree shrews in Chiang Mai and Bangkok, macaques, gibbons, barking deer, sambar deer, palm civet, crested porcupine, and giant squirrels in Khao Yai. They're there if you're quiet and go out at the right time. 

 

https://bangkokherps.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/khao-yai-national-park-around-the-dorms/

I've seen Tiger, Tapir & loads of mammals near the base of Doi Suthep ? 

 

But seriously, most of the forests around Chiang mai have been cleared by hunters.  People do go hunting for wild pigs, so they are out there, but I too have never seen much on my hikes (solo) & bike rides in the jungle ?   Seen lots of locals with guns heading into the forest...