Songkhla Festivals & Events

The 14th Hatyai Nature Run 2008

The 14th Hat Yai Nature Run 2008 to Celebrate Prince of Songkla University’s 40th Anniversary.
Date : 10 August 2008
Venue : Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkla

Prince of Songkla University associates with government and private organizations to arrange Hat Yai Nature Run at Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai Campus on 10th August 2008. 

According to Prince of Songkla University’s 40th anniversary and the support of royal trophy from His Majesty the King as the principle awards for the competition every year, Prince of Songkla University arranges an enormous festival with the strong supports from Hat Yai Running Club, Tourism Authority of Thailand (Southern Office Region 1), Nakhon Hat Yai Municipality, Kho Hong Municipality and 42nd Senanarong Military Camp.

For the last year, the total number of runners was 4,286 runners. This number included 4,063 Thai and 228 foreigners. Among foreigners, there were 198 Malaysians, 19 Singaporeans, and 6 Europeans and others.

For the numbers of runners for each running category, the record indicated that:

Half marathon event composed of 283 males and 61 females for the total of 344 runners.
Mini marathon event composed of 676 males and 166 females for the total of 842 runners.
Fun run event composed of 419 males and 363 females for the total of 782 runners.
Family run event composed of 180 males and 199 females for the total of 379 runners from 103 families.
Student participants composed of 1,981 students from schools in Hat Yai

Visit Tham Si Keson by Kayaking

It is appropriate for adventurous tourists and group of family activists along the Ratthapum Canal which formed up from 7 currents that makes the canal swift and winding, good for kayaking. The route extends into the offering concealed beauty in the 3-level cave of Tham Si Keson. The distance for kayaking is about 6 kms. that takes some 2 and a half hours to complete. For any interested tourist contact and make a reservation at the office of village head of Khao Phra at Tel. 08 1798 0390, 08 3169 4212.

Community Folkways on Sathing Phra Peninsular

The amazed land which used to be 2 islands and a natural phenomenon made them connected and became a peninsular that comprised of 4 districts in Songkhla Sathing Phra, Singha Nakhorn, Ranode, and Krasaesin. This peninsular located between the Gulf of Thailand and Songkhla Lake.

The itinerary of Node, Na, Lay covers the pilot areas in 3 Tambons of Amphoe Sathing Phra i.e. Tambon Tha Hin, Tambon Khukhut, and Tambon Khlong Ri. 

Folkway of Node 
The folkway regarding to Node or Palmyra palm comprises of climbing for harvest, chopping Node’s fruits, Node’s fruits in syrup, palm sugar chunk, liquid palm sugar, prosucts from Plamyra palm tress, and cultivaing Node.

Folkway of Na
Rice farming is a major occupation of the people on Sathing Phra Peninsular. Rice farming would be practiced in alternate with the occupation regarding to Palmyra palm. Some families do the rice farming after finish harvesting the Palmyra palm.

Folkway of Lay
The folkway of customary fishermen and preserved products such as producing bamboo fish traps, sourly preserved shrimps, dried fish, sweet-boiled fish, etc.

Experience another style of eco-tourism with native people of Sathing Phra, you will perceive about climbing Palmyra palm tree, producing palm sugar-sowing, plowing, planting, threshing rice- and fishing. 

Folkways of Node, Na, Lay is then an attraction for any tourist who wants to experience inherited local folk path of native communities and the way of sufficiency living.

For more information, contact communities at:
Tambon Tha Hin: Khun Poonsub Tel. 08 1275 7156
Tambon Khukhut: Khun Mala Tel. 08 9977 4696
Tambon Khlong Ri: Khun Khanob Tel. 08 1541 4439, 0 7448 6168