Thailand Guides - North East

Buriram

Buriram is a former centre of Khmer culture. The small northeastern provincial capital with its population of only 30,000 people has little to offer visitors but makes an excellent base for visiting Khmer ruins in the surrounding area.

Kalasin

Kalasin and its provincial capital sit at the heart of the northeast. It is known for its traditional music and for being the site of the biggest concentration of dinosaur fossils ever discovered in Thailand.

Khon Kaen

Khon Kaen is Thailand’s fourth largest city and the commercial capital of the north east. This vibrant city has expanded quickly in recent years and is a melting pot of traditional and contemporary traditional Issan culture.

Loei

Loei province challenges all preconceptions of Thailand’s northeast, a region often thought of as flat and barren. Loei is in fact one of the most beautiful, lush and untouched provinces in Thailand.

Mukdahan

Mukdahan is a quiet province bordering the mighty Mekong River. Established by Laos migrants during the Ayutthaya period, this rural area of the northeast has some beautiful scenery and an interesting mix of cultures and traditions.

Nakhon Phanom

Nakhon Phanom is a beautiful province in the upper north east and borders the mighty Mekong River. Over 700 kilometers from Bangkok, the seldom visited Nakhon Phanom is surrounded by mountainous terrain, the source of its Sanskrit name, ‘the city of mountains.

Nakhon Ratchasima

Nakhon Ratchasima, generally known as "Khorat", is Thailand's largest province situated on sprawling northeast plateau. It is currently the main transportation, industrial and economic hub of the Northeast.

Sakhon Nakhon

Sakhon Nakhon is a beautiful province in the upper northeast and encompasses the Phu Phan mountain range. The provincial capital is a busy town and makes a good base for exploring this interesting and little visited part of Thailand.

Sisaket

Noted for its numerous Khmer- style religious temples scattered all over the province.
Sisaket is one of the most well-known destinations in northeastern Thailand, with its location about 571 kilometers from Bangkok. The province is located in the valley of the Mun river, a tributary of the Mekong. It borders with Ubon Ratchathani in the east, and to the south of the province is the Dongrek mountain chain, which also forms the boundary to Cambodia.