About Pong Dueat Hot Springs
Pong Dueat Hot Springs is a geothermal attraction inside Huai Nam Dang National Park in Mae Taeng District, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. The site features naturally heated mineral water emerging at near-boiling temperatures, forming geyser-like spouts and steaming pools amid forested mountains. Notable for its high-temperature source and developed bathing pools where water is cooled for soaking, it is valued for scenic forest surroundings and therapeutic bathing and is accessed via a short nature trail.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a forested geothermal area with steaming, near-boiling source pools that spout intermittently like geysers, connected by a short nature trail and boardwalks. Cooled mineral water is channeled into separate concrete bathing pools and foot-soak pools where visitors can soak. The surroundings are mountain forest within Huai Nam Dang National Park with shelters, changing areas and egg-boiling stations where eggs can be cooked in the hot water.
Key highlights
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Natural geyser-like hot springs with source water at 90-99°C
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Cooled mineral bathing pools and foot-soak pools for visitors
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Egg-boiling activity using the natural hot water
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Forested mountain setting inside Huai Nam Dang National Park
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Short nature trail and boardwalk through geothermal area
History of Pong Dueat Hot Springs
Natural geothermal feature within Huai Nam Dang National Park, historically used by local communities and later developed and managed by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation for conservation and tourism.
Culture & Context
Locally valued for believed therapeutic properties of mineral-rich hot water; the practice of boiling eggs in the hot spring water is a popular cultural visitor activity.
Route
| By road | Approximately 70 km north of Chiang Mai city via Highway 107 to Mae Malai then Route 1095 toward Pai; turnoff to Huai Nam Dang National Park and follow park road to the hot springs parking area, then short walk on nature trail |
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