Maehongson Package Tours 3 days 2 nights circle Trip from Chiang Mai
Maehongson is one among northern Thailand's most well-known multi-day excursions. This Maehongson package tours is a loop that begins and finishes in Chiangmai, taking in marked mountain and river surroundings along with attention-grabbing cities to explore.
First Day Maehongson Tour Loop :
We transfer from Chiang Mai City in the morning. For in the beginning day tour originates in Chiangmai and travels northwest a hundred and fifty km on some precipitous and meandering roads by the mountain wilderness to the quaint riverside city of Pai. The scenery is breathtaking along the way in which and we break at at Huai Nam Dong National Park, which is a bit of over halfway to Pai and lunch.
Huai Nam Dang is usually part of a visit to Mae Hong Son because you move it on Highway 1095. Huai Nam Dang National Park covers an space of one hundred eighty sq. kilometres of Amphoe Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai and Amphoe Pai, Maehongson. A lot of the areas are ranged highlands. The mountain has a verdant forest, that is the source of tributaries and varied streams.
Points of interest embody: Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint or Doi Kiu Lom overlooks Doi Chiang Dao and is a superb spot to see sunrise amid cloudy valleys in the early morning. To get there, drive alongside Mae Malai-Pai Highway to between Km. sixty five-sixty six, and then take a 6-kilometre entry street to the park office.
Highlight : Doi Chang Viewpoint is positioned 20 kilometres beyond the Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint. Solely a 4-wheel car could make the trip. The scenic views of natural mountain ranges and early morning sea of cloud might be seen from here.
Afterward 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 the focal factors of Huai Nam Dang National Park, in Mae Hong Son province, 8 kilometers south of Pai. The springs offer a lot of bathtubs for visitors to wash in, and it is usually doable to wash within the stream that runs by means of the site. The water from these springs is claimed to have robust therapeutic value.
Proceed to stop at Second World War Memorial Bridge that crosses the Pai River. After that take a journey in the elegant flowers garden and have some coffee before you go to Pai Canyon. This small but beautiful canyon is situated within the middle of Pai Valley.
Last destination on the this day loop, additionally price spending an in a single day at is the city of Pai, an surprising find in a distant mountain valley. Twenty years ago the town of Pai used to be a couple of grime roads and retailers, as vacationers soon found the natural fantastic thing about the Pai River and it’s surrounding valley, businesses and growth adopted not long after and it become the little backpacker settlement that it's today. Popular amongst hippy and inventive types each Thai and overseas alike, the texture could be very much new age. This small city is filled with bohemian style cafes, eating places, bookstores and guesthouses.
This night, we keep at Baan Pai Village. We love a pleasant hut with nice backyard view in the primary space of Pai walking street.
Second Day Maehongson Tours Loop :
We are going to start with a morning journey to Mae Yen temple to enjoy the views over the sleepy city of Pai and the Pai river valley.
Mae Yen temple is small temple on a hill 2 km from Pai is particularly fascinating for its setting and the view overlooking the town you might have from it. The 353 steps lengthy staircase to reach the temple is charming even should you can skip it and take the road to entry to Wat Phra That Mae Yen. The wat consists of two buildings and a few small golden pagodas. In front of the wat entrance, there is a little market with stalls the place you should buy merchandise, mainly hats and scarves knitted by the vendors. They can be very helpful because it's chilly at evening and in the early morning in Pai.
Next go to to Santichon Village or Chinese Yunnan Village and lunch.
Yunnan Cultural Village gives the lifestyle and Chinese clay houses. Tourists can style the inexperienced tea and pork hocks with buns at Baan Santichon surrounded by the mountains of Pai. At Santichon village, we have to strive genuine Yunnan Chinese meals such as pork hocks, buns, steamed black hen with Chinese herbs, fried shiitake mushroom, and Yunnan lady’s salad.
We'll afterward make our approach towards Maehongson stopping at Tham Lod (Lod Cave) the place we will explore on bamboo rafts deep into the darkness of these caves. About 40 kilometres from Pai we'll find Soppong (that also goes by Pangmapha), which is rather more to our liking. Famous for Tham Lod, an enormous cave you possibly can raft by means of, that is an area of explicit beauty. Cave Lodge is taken into account the trekking hub for the area.
Tham Lod is taken into account considered one of Thailand's most impressive caves, partly for its dimension, partly for its attractive limestone stalactite formations and partly for the bizarre coffin cave hidden within the principle cave. In its entirety, Tham Lod is greater than 1.5 km in length, that is still significantly smaller than a number of the caves that may be seen in neighbouring Laos and additional afield in Vietnam.
The Lang River flows by way of greater than a third of the cave's size, giving you an opportunity to drift through on bamboo rafts floating alongside within the darkness, listening to and smelling the bats overhead, makes for a unique experience. A typical go to features a float by a few of the cave followed by climbing by different portions to see the coffin cave and a couple of different caverns.
Our next stop might be fish cave where you'll be able to see an plentiful array of cave dwelling fish.
Next we are going to drive up into the hills around Maehongson and cease to calm down at Phu Klon wellbeing mineral mud spa. Phu klon geographically means a mud source and natural mineral spring which is between 60-140 C. Rising along with the mineral water boiling black mud is clean, free from sulfur odor and filled with healthy mineral for the pores and skin and blood circulation.
An overnight cease in Maehongson Town.
The Last Day of Maehongson Tours Loop :
After breakfast at a neighborhood canteen in 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 within the early morning with mist and low cloud often filling the valley below. By noon, the warmth of the solar usually clears the air to go away gorgeous views of the valley below and mountains beyond. The larger pagoda was in-built 1860 and comprises the relics of Phra Moggalana, one of many disciples of Buddha. The smaller jedi was created in 1874, by Phraya Singhanatracha, the first governor of Mae Hong Son.
Next visit to Karen Longneck Village, Karen Longneck Village area was bigger, with multiple houses, a church and even a school. The village wasn’t completely occupied by just the long neck girls, with some of the ladies as a substitute displaying elongated ear lobes, rings around their calves, and even some in just plain clothes with no bodily adornments. Most of the women had been congregating together whereas the long neck girls would sit by their properties, with handmade items on display for purchase.
After lunch go to Kaew Komol Cave or Diamon Cave (Calcite cave, there's solely three locations within the world.). It is very beautiful however not permit to take a picture inside. Kaew Komol Park is a forest park with a hot spring (now coated by the new Mae Hu reservoir) and fluorite mines. The cave was found inside a now deserted fluorite mine. Clearly the geology is rather sophisticated and attention-grabbing for a karst area. A outcome are actually extraordinary speleothems, like popcorn calcite, aragonite and different unusual things. This cave is said to be the most lovely cave of Thailand.
Last trip, back to Chiangmai on soutern path and have a dinner at Ob-Luang National park by the river.