Chedi Phra Borommasaririkkathat Khao Kho

Chedi Phra Borommasaririkkathat sits on one of Khao Kho’s hilltops in Phetchabun province, next to the Khao Kho International Library off Route 2196, a couple of kilometres from the district office. It’s free to visit, open daily from around 08:00 to 18:00, and enshrines Buddhist relics brought from Sri Lanka at the top of the spire.

Khao Kho has several similarly named white and gold chedis scattered across its ridgelines, built in the years after the area’s role as a Communist-insurgency stronghold ended in the early 1980s, and it’s easy to conflate them. This one is a working Buddhist monument first and viewpoint second — a compact structure rather than a sprawling temple complex, with a base you can walk around and views over the surrounding hills. Its more famous gold-domed neighbour, the Golden Jubilee-linked Phra Borom That Chedi Kanchanaphisek, sits at a different spot on Khao Kho and is worth treating as a separate stop rather than assuming it’s the same place.

Insider Tip: Pair the visit with the International Library next door — a small community library built from donated books that makes an easy, unhurried half hour before or after the chedi.

Watch out: Google listings and travel blogs frequently mix up Khao Kho’s various chedis and monuments. Double-check you’re heading to this one — beside the International Library on Route 2196 — rather than Kanchanaphisek chedi or one of the area’s war memorials if that’s the specific site you want.

Khao Kho’s mountain roads reward a slow morning circuit — early light, cool air, and thin traffic before day-trippers arrive from Phetchabun town. Combine this stop with Khao Kho National Park or, if you want to see the area’s better-known gold chedi, Phra Borom That Chedi Kanchanaphisek nearby.