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:: Amphoe Huai Thap Than
Prasat Ban Prasat
This is 39 kilometres from Si Sa Ket town and 7 kilometres
on a road on the right. This Khmer structure was renovated after
it was finished. The site comprises 3 square pagodas with a pointed
top and all on the same laterite base. All were built in the 16th
Buddhist century.
:: Amphoe Kantharalak
 Khao
Phra Wihan National Park
This park covers an area along the Thai-Cambodian border.
Tourist attractions in the park include viewpoints on a cliff and
a Khmer bas-relief. The park is at the end of Highway No. 221, 36
kilometres south of the district office and 98 kilometres from Si
Sa Ket town.
Pha Mo I Daeng, a major attraction of the park, is a wide rock
plateau on a high cliff on the Thai-Cambodian border. This is a
good spot to view the Phanom Dong Rak range and Khao Preah Vihear
sanctuary 1 kilometre away in Cambodia. A chapel here houses the
Nak Prok Buddha image and the oldest Khmer-style bas-relief in Thailand
from the 15th Buddhist century.
Namtok Phu La-O
This is a medium-sized waterfall at its loveliest in the
rainy season. It is on the Ban Phumisaron-Ban Samrong Kiat road.
A 2.5-kilometre road on the left then leads to the waterfall. One
can find interesting flora along the way which makes for fine nature
study.
Prang Chong Don Tuan
This is on a steep cliff in the Phanom Dong Rak mountain
range near the Thai-Cambodian border, 8 kilometres from Ban Phumisaron
or 38 kilometres from the district office. This small Khmer site
has a square pagoda built of brick, a doorway of stone and a lion
guarding the entrance.
 Prasat
Khao Phra Wihan
Prasat Khao Phra Wihan or the Preah Vihear Sanctuary is
a grand historical site and the centre of a Khmer community on the
highlands of Cambodia. The site was built during the 16th-17th Buddhist
century and is more than 600 metres above level ground. Though physically
in Cambodia, the sanctuary is easier to reach from the Thai side.
From Pha Mo I Daeng, there is a 2-kilometre footpath with historical
sites lined all the way to the mountaintop. The sanctuary offers
a spectacular view of the Cambodian lowlands.
:: Amphoe Khun Han
Namtok Huai Chan
This is 24 kilometres from the district office on the Kanthrom-Ban
Samrong Kiat road. The fall drops down several rock levels and has
water the year round.
Namtok Samrong Kiat
Located 20 kilometres from the district office, this medium-sized
waterfall originates from a stream in the Banthat mountain range.
Above the fall is a rock plateau. It is at its most beautiful in
the rainy season.
Prasat Tamnak Sai
Prasat Tamnak Sai is 19 kilometres from the district office
on the way to Samrong Kiat waterfall. This site is a single square
pagoda made of brick while the lintel and the doorway are made of
sandstone. A Narai Banthom Sin lintel was discovered here. Two stone
Singha (lions) guard the entrance.
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo or Wat Lan Khuat is about 70 kilometres
from Amphoe Muang. The temple is wonderfully decorated with numerous
colored bottles.
:: Amphoe Muang
City Pillar Shrine
The city pillar shrine is near the provincial hall. This
square structure is decorated with marble and stained glass.
Si Sa Ket Zoo
This zoo is in Rama IX Chaloem Phra Kiat Forest Park in
Non Nong Kwang, 4 kilometres from the provincial hall. It is a good
place to relax and to see wild animals in the zoo.
Somdet Phra Si Nakharin Park
This is a large public park inside an agricultural college
2 kilometres from the provincial hall. At the park one can see flowering
shrubs called Lamduan that are the official plants of the province.
Lamduan is a Thai flower that is at its most enchanting when it
blooms from March to April as its sweet fragrance covers the whole
area.
Wat Phra That Rueang Rong
This temple is 8 kilometres away on the Si Sa Ket-Yang Chum
Noi road. The site has a traditional design. The area is used for
religious ceremonies and as a museum to display the life of Isan
tribes such as Lao, Khmer, Suai, and Yoe.
:: Amphoe Prang Ku
Prasat Ban Samo
Prasat Ban Samo is 10 kilometres southeast of Prang Ku.
A laterite wall surrounds this small Khmer site. The square pagoda
has a lintel above a fake doorway facing the south. An ancient pool
lies beyond the wall.
Prasat Prang Ku
Prasat Prang Ku is 10 kilometres from the district office.
Prang Ku is a small Khmer site built of large laterite slabs. It
is over a thousand years old. The front part has a large pool that
is the habitat of waterfowls in the dry season.
Prasat Ta Leng
Prasat Ta Leng is at Ban Prasat, Tambon Kanthrarom, 20 kilometres
from the district office. A square pagoda adorns the site. The front
doorway still has clear, beautiful designs. The sanctuary was built
around the 16th-17th Buddhist century.
:: Amphoe Uthumphon Phisai
Prasat Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi
This khmer sanctuary is at Ban Klang, 14 kilometres from
the district office on the road to Si Sa Ket. The site consists
of a pagoda, a building made of laterite and a pool. Built in the
16th Buddhist century as a religious place, it received extensions
in the 18th Buddhist century to also become a community medical
centre.
Prasat Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai
This is at Ban Kamphaeng, 22 kilometres from Amphoe Muang
and 2 kilometres before Uthumphon Phisai district office. This large
Khmer sanctuary has 3 pagodas on the same base. The main pagoda
is the middle one built of sandstone and bricks. Its beautiful shape
is still intact. Lintels, Buddha images, fired clay Buddha image
prints, and bronze artwork have been found here. This sanctuary
was built in the 16th Buddhist century as an offering to the god
Shiva. It was later transformed into a Buddhist temple in the Mahayana
sect in the 18th Buddhist century.
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