Maehongson Tour Packages 3 days 2 nights loop Journey from Chiang Mai
Maehongson is considered one of northern Thailand's most famous multi-day excursions. This Maehongson package tours is a loop that begins and finish in Chiang Mai, taking in outstanding mountain and river scenery together with attention-grabbing towns to explore.
First Day Maehongson Tour Loop :
We transfer from Chiangmai Metropolis within the morning. For in the beginning day tour originates in Chiang Mai and travels northwest a hundred and fifty km on some sheer and tortuous roads through the mountains wilderness to the quaint riverside city of Pai. The surroundings is breathtaking along the way in which and we break at at Huai Nam Dong National Park, which is slightly over halfway to Pai and lunch.
Huai Nam Dang is usually part of a visit to Maehongson because you go it on Freeway 1095. Huai Nam Dang National Park masks an area of 180 square kms. of Amphoe Mae Taeng, Chiangmai and Amphoe Pai, Mae Hong Son. Many of the areas are ranged highlands. The mountain has a verdant forest, that is the supply of tributaries and numerous streams.
Sights embrace:
Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint or Doi Kiu Lom overlooks Doi Chiang Dao and is an outstanding spot to see dawn amid cloudy valleys within the early morning. To get there, drive alongside Mae Malai-Pai Highway to between Km. 65-sixty six, and then take a 6-kilometre access street to the park office.
Spotlight : Doi Chang Viewpoint is situated 20 kms. beyond the Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint. Solely a 4-wheel car can make the trip. The scenic views of pure mountain ranges and early morning sea of cloud may be seen from here.
At that time go to Pong Num Ron Tha Pai (Tha Pai Hot Spring). Take a mineral bath for half hour in any other case kick on to Pai. Tha Pai Hot Spring are one of many focal points of Huai Nam Dang National Park, in Maehongson province, eight kilometers south of Pai. The springs offer quite a lot of bathtubs for visitors to wash in, and it's also attainable to wash within the stream that runs through the site. The water from these springs is alleged to have sturdy therapeutic value.
Continue to stop at Second World War Memorial Bridge that crosses the Pai River. And subsequently take a trip in the idyllic flowers garden and have some coffee earlier than you visit Pai Canyon. This small however lovely canyon is positioned in the heart of Pai Valley.
Lastly vacation spot on the this day loop, additionally price spending an overnight at is the city of Pai, an unexpected find in a distant mountain valley. Twenty years in the past the city of Pai used to be just a few dirt roads and shops, as vacationers soon found the natural beauty of the Pai River and it’s surrounding valley, businesses and growth adopted not long after and it changed into the little backpacker settlement that it's today. Well-liked amongst hippy and artistic types both Thai and overseas alike, the feel may be very a lot new age. This small city is stuffed with bohemian style cafes, eating places, bookstores and guesthouses.
Tonight, we keep at Baan Pai Village. We love a nice hut with nice backyard view in the primary space of Pai walking street.
Second Day Maehongson Tours Loop :
We'll start with a morning journey to Mae Yen temple to enjoy the views over the sleepy town of Pai and the Pai river valley.
Mae Yen temple is small temple on a hill 2 km from Pai is very interesting for its setting and the view overlooking the town you could have from it. The 353 steps long staircase to reach the temple is charming even in case you can skip it and take the highway to entry to Wat Phra That Mae Yen.
The temple consists of two structures and some small golden chedis. In entrance of the temple way in, there is a little market with stalls where you should purchase products, primarily hats and scarves knitted by the seller. They can be very useful because it is cold at night and in the early morning in Pai.
Next visit to Santichon Village or Chinese Yunnan Village and lunch.
Yunnan Cultural Village gives the lifestyle and Chinese language clay houses. Tourists can taste the inexperienced tea and pork hocks with buns at Baan Santichon surrounded by the mountains of Pai.
At Santichon village, now we have to strive authentic Yunnan Chinese food akin to pork hocks, buns, steamed black chicken with Chinese language herbs, fried shiitake mushroom, and Yunnan woman’s salad.
We are going to after that make our way in the direction of Maehongson stopping at Tham Lod (Lod Cave) where we are going to explore on bamboo rafts deep into the darkness of those caves. About 40 kms. from Pai we'll find Soppong (which additionally goes by Pangmapha), that is far more to our liking. Well-known for Tham Lod, a large cave you possibly can raft through, that is an space of particular beauty. Cave Lodge is taken into account the trekking hub for the area.
Tham Lod is considered considered one of Thailand's most impressive caves, partly for its measurement, partly for its enticing limestone stalactite formations and partly for the weird coffin cave hidden within the primary cave. In its entirety, Tham Lod is more than 1.5 km in size, which is still considerably smaller than among the caves that may be seen in neighbouring Laos and additional afield in Vietnam.
The Lang River flows via greater than a third of the cave's size, giving you a chance to float via on bamboo rafts floating alongside in the darkness, listening to and smelling the bats overhead, makes for a unique experience. A typical go to includes a float by means of a number of the cave followed by climbing through other portions to see the coffin cave and a couple of different caverns.
Our next stop might be fish cave where you may see an considerable array of cave dwelling fish.Later we are going to drive up into the hills round Maehongson and cease to relax at Phu Klon wellbeing mineral mud spa. Phu klon geographically means a mud supply and pure mineral spring that is between 60-a hundred and forty C. Rising together with the mineral water boiling black mud is clean, free from sulfur smell and filled with healthy mineral for the pores and skin and blood circulation.
An overnight stop in Maehongson Town.
The Last Day of Maehongson Tours Loop :
Maehongson drive to Doi Kong Mu Temple. The main sights are the white chedis and luxurious view. Doi Kong Mu Temple. This temple is particularly atmospheric in the early morning with mist and low cloud usually filling the valley below. By noon, the warmth of the solar usually clears the air to depart stunning views of the valley under and mountains beyond. The larger pagoda was built in 1860 and accommodates the relics of Phra Moggalana, one of many disciples of Buddha. The smaller chedi was created in 1874, by Phraya Singhanatracha, the primary governor of Mae Hong Son.
After breakfast at a local restaurant in
Continue to visit to Karen Longneck Village, Karen Longneck Village area was bigger, with multiple homes, a church and even a school. The village wasn’t completely occupied by just the long neck girls, with a number of the women as an alternative displaying elongated ear lobes, rings round their calves, and even some in simply plain garments with no bodily adornments. Most of the ladies had been congregating collectively while the lengthy neck ladies would sit by their houses, with handmade items on display for purchase.
After lunch go to Kaew Komol Cave or Diamon Cave (Calcite cave, there's solely 3 locations within the world.). It is extremely stunning but not permit to take an image inside. Kaew Komol Park is a forest park with a hot spring (now lined by the new Mae Hu reservoir) and fluorite mines. The cave was found inside a now abandoned fluorite mine. Obviously the geology is slightly complicated and fascinating for a karst area. A consequence are actually extraordinary speleothems, like popcorn calcite, aragonite and other strange things. This cave is alleged to be probably the most stunning cave of Thailand.
Eventually tour, again to Chiangmai on soutern way and have a dinner at Ob-Luang National park by the river.
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