Bo Klua (Salt Wells), Nan Province, Thailand

4.0 (98 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Bo Kluea Mines

A charming village in the hills

This is an interesting village full of tourists and charming shops. We saw a worker drawing up water from a salt well and then visited several places where big kettles of water were boiling to produce the salt. This is good for a short side-trip, but all of the accommodations that we saw in the area were very basic and highly over-priced.

Address

, Bo Kluea, Thailand.

Current local date and time now

Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 18:18

User Ratings

4.0 based on (98 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 4Wingfield73 5:00 PM Nov 5, 2020
    Unique - I think
    Having visited the salt mines outside Salzberg I was expecting something rather different. Primitive but highly effective technology producing amazingly white salt - bring the very salty water out of a well, boil it for a very long time, wait for the water to evaporate, put it in bags and sell it. Fascinating!
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  • 3KLworker 5:00 PM Dec 8, 2022
    Disappointing and didn't live up to all the advertising hype
    I've given this a 3-star (Average) rating for this attraction since it really didn't live up to all the advertising and recommendation hype seen here and from tourist information sources. In my opinion its not worth the long and arduous drive through the mountains to specifically visit this place. I would only recommend dropping in here on a wider driving tour taking in other attractions and only if passing by. The place was difficult to find with no obvious signage at the main road junction. We had several attempts locating the place even with Googlemaps. When we did arrive, we were shocked at how small and messy the place is. There's only enough space for 4 or 5 cars in an area that's not actually a car park. It takes all of just 5 minutes to see the salt well and fired boiling pots in a couple of the shanty huts. There are 4 or 5 stalls all selling the same salt produce of foot spas, face and shower scrubs and some soaps. Prices are quite expensive. We were expecting something completely different from what we saw and so we were somewhat disappointed but we've ticked the box and visited the place.

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