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Visit a cooing dove
farm, nature and beautiful beaches.
The beaches of the Sathing Phra peninsula stretch
as far as Amphoe Thepha and Pattani province. Many of the beaches attract vacationers, notably Hat Sakom,
Hat Soi Sawan and Hat Sai Kaeo.
The full-cycled industry of small Java cooing
doves raising centers is located at Amphoe Chana.
Here you can witness song bird raising, bird food
manufacturing, and fabrication of bird cages and their
accessories.
The industry earns millions of bath each year.
Thepha estuary
The embankment of the wall which keeps sand out of
the Thepha estuary, is a social gathering place for
fishing enthusiasts, especially on weekends.
This spot is in Amphoe Thepha, opposite Ban Phra
Phut school.
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Hat Sakom, Hat Soi Sawan, Hat Sai Kaeo, Ko Kham
Hat Sakom is in Amphoe Chana, about 53 kilometers
from Songkhla city on highway 4.
A 1 kilometer long access road leads to the teach
and its many seafood restaurants.
Fishing enthusiasts can rent boats to Ko Kham,
about 2 kilometers away, where fish can be found.
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Bird Cage Making Village
At ban Sakom, Tambon Sakom; Mu 2 Ban Na,
Tambon Ban Na, and Mu 8, Ban Hua Din, Tambon Pa Ching,
the housewives have formed groups since 1996 to produce
bird cages.
This led to the formation of a credit union and a
community store.
The women in Mu 2, Ban Na, design inexpensive souvenirs
lamps made from little bird cages.
The other 2 villages make high quality, more
expensive, bird cages.
For more details, please contact: Khun Surasak
Mani, President of the Chom Rom Nok Khao Chana (01)
308-0154 or (074) 379101.
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Ae Thong Dove Farm
People of southern Thailand have probably
raising cooing doves since the reign of King Rama III.
The pretty little birds with a charming song are
raised for pleasure and for good-fortune.
In the past, the cooing doves were caught from
the foresees of Trang.
Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi, Krabi, Chachoengsao,
Supan Buri and Nakhon Sawan.
Wild birds later became scarce.
In 1962, Khun Pin Chintana, a resident of Amphoe
Chana, was the first person to breed these birds.
Ae Thong farm is located at 460 Mu 2, Rat Uthit
Road, Tambon Phaphana.
This was the first farm in the Chana to breed
cooing doves,. Achan Sama-ae I-so, a former student of Khun Pin Chintana,
has accumulated knowledge and expertise about these
birds from study and experiments.
The most expensive cooing doves in Thailand come
from this farm.
The birds bred at Ae Thong are in great demand in
Malasia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, China and
Australia.
Achan Sama-ae opined that the industry yielded
many related industries, such as cage and bird feed
making, which help reduce the migration of local people
into the cities.
Tourists are allowed in Ae Thong farm.
Group tours can request for a special lecture by
Achan Sama-ae. Contact Tel. (074) 379139, 378268.
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Khok Sak Thamma (Dhamma) Practice Center
Is found in Mu 5, Ban Khlong Han, Tambon Khae,
Amphoe Chana.
The abbot, Phra Khru Sunthon Thamma Siri (Khamsai
Yuttiko), constructed the temple in 1993 on a 20 rai
area, which was donated by disciples.
Bottles were used to decorate the entire
building.
Nowadays, many tourists, both thais and foreigners,
visit the temple. |
