Mork Fa Waterfall (Nam tok Mork Fah)

Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

About Mork Fa Waterfall (Nam tok Mork Fah)

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The Mork Fa Waterfall (Nam tok Mork Fah) took Julie and I by surprise because prior to our trip, we had never heard of it during our trip research so we didn’t have much expectation going into our visit.

I somehow had this preconceived notion that it was going to be a dinky waterfall, but once we looked upon the real thing, we were impressed with its size and segmented characteristic.

Mork_Fa_022_12282008 - Mork Fa Waterfall
Mork Fa Waterfall

We’ve been told that this waterfall drops 60m (though we think it was more like 30-40m), but it apparently flows year round.

However, given the amount of overgrowth around the falls, we never really got a totally clean look at it, which might cause us to underestimate its overall size.

In any case, even though we had never heard this waterfall before going to Thailand, we shared this waterfall with many people so it was definitely a known and busy place.

Experiencing Mork Fa Waterfall

From the car park, we walked along a shady, mostly flat, forested trail.

A little over half-way to the main waterfall, we noticed a much smaller waterfall that was signposted as the Ob Noi Waterfall.

Mork_Fa_005_12282008 - On the somewhat easy trail leading alongside the stream towards the Mork Fa Waterfall as well as the Ob Noi Waterfall
On the somewhat easy trail leading alongside the stream towards the Mork Fa Waterfall as well as the Ob Noi Waterfall

There was a short spur trail leading closer to the Ob Noi Waterfall, but I don’t think we lingered too long once we got as far as we could go on that short detour (which stopped well short of the waterfall itself).

After continuing on the main trail, we ultimately arrived at the Mork Fa Waterfall not long thereafter.

Once there, we had to contend with obstructions by both cliff and trees, which conspired to keep the falls from being completely visible from the trail (though we were still able to see most of it).

Thus, we went beyond the official end of the trail, crossed the stream, and went right up to the side of the waterfall’s base where we got some decent profile views.

We tried to get direct views, but it was too misty to get clean photos without mist blowing onto our camera lens.

Mork_Fa_010_12282008 - The Ob Noi Waterfall
The Ob Noi Waterfall

We saw a few people swimming or cooling off here, and I’d imagine more people would do this had it been a warmer time of year.

However, our visit occurred in late December, which was well into Thailand’s much cooler Dry Season.

All in all, we spent roughly 45 minutes, which encompassed the hiking, the short detour to the Ob Noi Waterfall, and all the picture-taking.

Nomenclature

Given the inexact mappings of Thai-pronunciations into the Romanized alphabet, we’ve also seen this waterfall spelled as Mok Fah, Mok Fa, or Mork Fah.

I even saw one website call this the Tad Mork Fah waterfall.

Mork_Fa_037_12282008 - Direct look up at the Mork Fa Waterfall with a rainbow across its base
Direct look up at the Mork Fa Waterfall with a rainbow across its base

Since I don’t know Thai, I can’t shed any light about what any of this means other than they’re just approximations of the Thai language being Romanized for English.

Authorities

The Mork Fa Waterfall resides in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park near Mae Taeng in the Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. It is administered by the National Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Department. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, visit their website.

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