The Giant Wild Olive Tree

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The Giant Wild Olive Tree

A wild olive tree so large several people cannot reach around it — a living marker of the old forest.

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On the road up to Doi Chom Dao stands a huge wild olive tree that travellers use as a landmark. The trunk takes several people to reach around, and its shade covers that whole stretch of road.

Locals use it as a meeting point and a place to pull over — a good measure of how intact the Phu Sang forest still is.

Highlights

  • Trees hundreds of years old
  • A rest stop on the way up the stargazing ridge
Local tip

In the morning a thin mist drifts under the trees — it photographs beautifully.

Real coordinates

19.715225, 100.413388 · about 780 m above sea level

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