From this west-facing lookout point, you can see the valley of Nakhon Chum, which is surrounded on all sides by mountains.Those shown in the background belong to Namtok Chat Trakan National Park. In the narrow plain below, there are a numberof farmland and villages, some of which offer homestays. This viewpoint can be easily reached as it is located on the side of the valley’s only paved access road. On the mountains on the other side of the valley, there is another vantage point called Khao Pok Lon, which requires some trekking to reach. From both sites, if the weather permits, you can enjoy the sight of the sea of fog that forms over the valley early in the morning. We got there in the afternoon, way too late for the fog. Still, we were to see what the closed valley — that we previously saw only in the satellite images of Google Maps — actually looks like.