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Chiang Khong Travel Print E-mail
Located 114 kilometres northeast of Chiang Rai and 55 Kilometres east of Chiang Saen, this is a small district by the Khong River. Its fame lies in its cloth weaving at Ban Hat Bai and, in the Khong River, the Pla Buk the world's largest freshwater cat fish capable of reaching 2.5 metres long and weighting 300 kilograms. Each April celebrations are held when the giant fish are caught. At the Chiang Khong Fishery Station, Fertilisation of the fish can be witnessed.

Baan Haad Klai
Marks the Chiang Khong area where the freshwater plabuek catfish, which can attain lengths of 2.5 metres and weights of 300 kilogrammes, are caught between April 18 and early June each year.

Baan Haad Bai
25 kilometres along the Chaing Saen-Chaing Khong raod, this Thai Lue community is best known for its hand woven cotton.
 
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