Phu Wiang National Park blankets a horseshoe-shaped mountain with beautiful views and waterfalls, but almost everyone comes here for the dinosaurs. This was the first place in Thailand dinosaurs were found and some bone and footprint fossils were left exposed after the palaeontologists finished their work. There's also a dinosaur museum.
Phu Wiang National Park
Khon Kaen Province
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3. Phu Wiang Dinosaur Footprints
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