Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Namkheng Rafting


Namkheng Rafting


Kheng river is located in Phitsanulok Province, the upstream is originated from flowing pass in some parts of Nakhonthai district, Salangluang National park in Wangthong district to the Nan river in Bangkratum district. It is for the rafting area far from Phitsanulok downtown around 40 kms.

It is very comfortable to travel to Phitsanulok by railway, car and air. Tourists can start from Bangkok and go by car and air to nearby province that has old capital and ancient city in Khamphengphet and Sukhothai province. Phitsanulok province has many ancient buildings, it s advantageous for natural attraction. There is also a beautiful waterfall in Namkheng area such as Sridit Waterfall, Keangsopha waterfall, Poi waterfall and Keangsong waterfall.

Accession to rafting area is more comfortable than other places. Because it has the highway number 12 from Phitsanulok –Lomsak and gets along to the way of water level from 1-5.

Two coast area also have resort, food shops and villages. It is convenient and not really expensive. There is variety of beautiful sceneries along two coasts and located resorts with Keng river such as Saphaiwan, Grand Hotel and Resort, Phanawan, and Warithinan.
From the variety of above elements proved that Namkheng rafting is worth to be case study.
Location:
Rafting area is located between kilometers from 45- 53 along highway of number 12,Phitsanulok- Lomsak in Wangthong district- Phitsanulok.It is far from Phitsanulok downtown around 40kms.

3) Nature of stream
The area of upstream in the past is the forest land. When the hill tribes migrated to settle down, it includes doctrine and politic problems and destroys the forest to enrich soil for agriculture, so the forest land is reduced. The land surface was washed out when it is raining. The water in the Kheng river would be cloudy in the raining season but around the late raining season, from October- November, the water would be clear.
4) Namkheg Rafting:
The area that can raft to be safe, it starts from Ban Pakyang, Tam bon Saphaiwan to Keangsong – Wangthong district. The distance is around 3kms, and takes you there around 3 hours.
The starting point has three places .
- The starting point 1 at Saphaiwan Grand Hotel and Resort
- The starting point 2 at Ban Tha Kham.
- The starting point 3 at Phanawan Resort Port.

Time
Programs
07.00am.
Depart from Phitsanulok Province to Wangtong district.
08.30am.
Arrive to location of rafting , prepare and change clothing, prepare equipments for rafting ,listening to the lecture, demonstrate on paddle, knowledge and information about the islet and reef including performance during rafting, signals and instructions
09.00am.
Begin rafting and spend 3 hours there.
12.00pm.
End of rafting and then change clothing and have lunch
13.30pm.
Back to Phitsanulok for traveling in the next program.
Example: Namkheg Rafting Program.

Design the conspectus for adventure tourism.
At the present, the social style emphasizes the material development that makes human being far from the nature and the origin of all life. Making human being want to get in touch with nature again by setting up the challenges activities and closely with nature, so the feature of the beautiful physic geography such as mountains, plains, sea, or rivers including with inquisitive and what to overcome human being, so it should be originated from the adventure tourism.

Basic needs for adventure tourism.
Adventure tourists have the different needs from common tourist
because type of tourism must concern with special facilities as following :
- Accession to location
- Roads, slope ways, stairs and bridges are necessary to consider about size, materials and they should be suitable with the size of vehicles and design for crippled service as well.
Parking area for tourists support
- Tourist Attractions
Appropriate location is to accept activities of any type of tourism and use the location legally.
- Abilities and knowledge for managing activities in adventure tourism, having a center of information knowledge and skills in tourism, especially, having train from tour guide who has knowledge about adventure tourism and location.
- Standard equipment for adventure tourism ,every equipment must have standard for use. It is safe and necessary to have store room and regular repair.
- Accommodation
Choose and select appropriate for tourists such as size, type of room and view point of suitable location.
- Public utility and public health systems.
Company with electricity system, water system, suitability of rest room service
Consider in development and conspectus design for adventure tourism
Summarized as following:
1. Environment friendly.
- Every process is started from plan of location ( land ), construction on architecture and the project doesn’t have the effect on the nature and environment such as destruction of ecology system , including plants and animals or construction of environment is not balanced with the old environment.
2. Energy Conservation
- Bring information of geography, concern about climate of location in design, plan diagram of project and architecture to match with climate of environment. Moreover, we should select construction material and equipment to save energy.
3. Appropriate in infrastructure design.
- Roads, slopes roads, stairs , bridges, electric and water system. Public health system should have the announcement broad for telling the detail in location. The detail in location must have appropriate size and proportion with project. It should respond who using and receiving the project and doesn’t have effect in the aspect of internal and external view in project.
4. Visual Appropriateness for environmental design.
- The project plan must not have effect with location such as size or highness of building. It is not hidden of view in the location; sometimes it has effect with destroying the view in location.

5. Cultural authenticity concerned
- Use the local material, art, tradition and architecture in project to remain identity of location because the identity of location is the need of tourist for different visual.

6. Health and Safety
- Design for setting center of relieves with a public hazard, security center, including plan for equipments to reduce accident.
7. Specialist and community involvement.
- In project, should collaborate with community and special expertise
such as nature conservative ,architect, engineer to have analysis collaboration , design and control the construction to get the most of value and less effect on environment.

12) The idea for architectural design.

ภาพที่21 Port designing
The most important port design must be in ministerial regulations such as 63 edition and 64 edition . It will be passed the permission of Harbor Department.

ภาพที่22 Port designing
The feature of port depends on a type and size of boat including quality of user. The design must be done by the constructive engine and a right license.

ภาพที่23 Steps and steep slope designing

Scenery design steps on steep slope of area to facilitate for transportation

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