He Siriphum Waterfall (pronounced see-ree-POOM) was an impressively tall waterfall that we noticed was accompanied by another thinner-but-just-as-tall companion waterfall. This was the third or uppermost of the major waterfalls on the way up to Doi Inthanon's peak (not counting the Sirithat Waterfall, which unfortunately we didn't get to see), but we worked our way down from the top so that Siriphum was our first waterfall stop in the park. According the Thailand Tourism, the name of this falls came from a combination of Queen Sirikit and King Bhumibol. Thus, we also noticed some signs spelling out this waterfall as Namtok Siribhum as opposed to Namtok Siriphum, though Romanized spellings of Thai pronunciations seemed to be inconsistent anyways. We felt what made this waterfall stand out versus say Mae Klang and Wachirathan was its height. That was because it towered high above the trees (which just happened to be decorated with purple blooms during our visit in late December 2008). I can't put a definitive number for its height, but it wouldn't surprise me if it measured at well over 100m tall.
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