Phu Kradueng National Park is one of the leading National Parks in the country and houses the highest peak in Loei . The park is 359 square kilometers in size and extremely well organized. It offers numerous trails (around 50 kilometers worth in total) taking hikers past waterfalls, through pine, oak and beech forests, and past glorious fauna and flora. The park is home to countless species of wildlife - jackals, elephants, deer, gibbons, bears, and a small number of tigers. There is a good chance you will spot something along the way.
Venture to the top of the central peak and you experience temperate conditions all year round. The trail to the top is 6 kilometers long which an averagely fit person would complete in around 3 hours. The trail is littered with ladders and stairs that help make it quite an accessible hike - there are even food stalls along the way and if you have too much stuff to carry it is possible to hire people to carry it for you.