Journey 3 days Chiang Mai to Maehongson Tour loop

Maehongson Package Tours 3 days 2 nights circle Travel from Chiang Mai

Maehongson is one among northern Thailand's most famous multi-day excursions. This Maehongson tours is a loop that begins and complete in Chiangmai, taking in excellent mountain and river surroundings along with fascinating towns to explore.

First Day Maehongson Tours Loop : 
We transfer from Chiangmai Metropolis within the morning. For in the beginning day tour originates in Chiangmai and travels northwest a hundred and fifty km on some sheer and zigzag roads via the mount bushiness to the novel riverside city of Pai. The scenery is breathtaking along the way in which and we break at at Huai Nam Dong National Park, that is a little bit over halfway to Pai and lunch.

Huai Nam Dang is commonly a part of a visit to Maehongson because you move it on Freeway 1095. Huai Nam Dang National Park masks an area of 180 sq. kilometres of Amphoe Mae Taeng, Chiangmai and Amphoe Pai, Maehongson. Many of the areas are ranged highlands. The mountain has a verdant forest, which is the source of tributaries and numerous streams.
Sights embody: Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint or Doi Kiu Lom overlooks Doi Chiang Dao and is a superb spot to see sunrise amid cloudy valleys within the early morning. To get there, drive along Mae Malai-Pai Road to between Km. 65-sixty six, and then take a 6-kilometre access highway to the park office.

Spotlight : Doi Chang Viewpoint is positioned 20 kilometres past the Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint. Solely a four-wheel automobile could make the trip. The scenic views of pure mountain ranges and early morning sea of cloud will be seen from here.

At the moment go to Pong Num Ron Tha Pai (Tha Pai Hot Spring). Take a mineral bathtub for half hour in any other case kick on to Pai. Tha Pai Hot Spring are one of the focal points of Huai Nam Dang National Park, in Maehongson province, 8 kms south of Pai. The springs provide a number of bathtubs for visitors to bathe in, and it is also possible to wash within the stream that runs by means of the site. The water from these springs is alleged to have sturdy therapeutic value.

Proceed to stop at Second World War Memorial Bridge that crosses the Pai River. And afterwards take a trip within the gorgeous flowers garden and have some coffee earlier than you visit Pai Canyon. This small however beautiful canyon is positioned within the heart of Pai Valley.
The last destination on the first day loop, additionally price spending an overnight at is the town of Pai, an sudden find in a distant mountain valley. Twenty years ago the city of Pai used to be a number of grime roads and outlets, as tourists soon found the natural great thing about the Pai River and it’s surrounding valley, companies and development followed not long after and it turned into the little backpacker settlement that it's today. In style amongst hippy and inventive types each Thai and overseas alike, the feel is very a lot new age. This small city is full of bohemian model cafes, restaurants, bookstores and guesthouses.

Tonight, we stay at Baan Pai Village. We love a pleasant hut with good garden view in the primary space of Pai walking street.
Second Day Maehongson Tour Loop :
We'll start with a morning journey to Mae Yen temple to benefit from 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 attention-grabbing for its setting and the view overlooking the town you will have from it. The 353 steps long staircase to reach the temple is charming even for those who can skip it and take the street to entry to Wat Phra That Mae Yen. The temple consists of two buildings and some small golden pagodas. In front of the wat way in, there is a little market with stalls the place you can buy merchandise, mainly hats and scarves knitted by the seller. They are often very helpful because it's chilly at night and within the early morning in Pai.

And then go to to Santichon Village or Chinese Yunnan Village and lunch.
Yunnan Cultural Village gives the lifestyle and Chinese language clay houses. Vacationers can style the green tea and pork hocks with buns at Baan Santichon surrounded by the mountains of Pai. At Santichon village, we have now to attempt authentic Yunnan Chinese meals akin to pork hocks, buns, steamed black chicken with Chinese herbs, fried shiitake mushroom, and Yunnan lady’s salad.

We will onwards make our method towards Maehongson stopping at Tham Lod (Lod Cave) the place we will explore on bamboo rafts deep into the darkness of these caves. About forty kms. from Pai we'll discover Soppong (which additionally goes by Pangmapha), which is much more to our liking. Well-known for Tham Lod, a large cave you possibly can raft through, this is an area 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 spectacular caves, partly for its size, partly for its attractive limestone stalactite formations and partly for the unusual coffin cave hidden inside the primary cave. In its entirety, Tham Lod is more than 1.5 km in size, that remains to be considerably smaller than among the caves that can be seen in neighbouring Laos and further afield in Vietnam.

The Lang River flows by means of greater than a 3rd of the cave's size, giving you a chance to drift through on bamboo rafts floating alongside in the darkness, listening to and smelling the bats overhead, makes for a novel experience. A typical go to features a float through a few of the cave followed by climbing by way of other portions to see the coffin cave and a couple of other caverns.
Our subsequent cease can be fish cave the place you'll be able to see an ample array of cave dwelling fish.

Continue to we will drive up into the hills round Maehongson and cease to calm down at Phu Klon health mineral mud spa. Phu klon geographically means a mud source and pure mineral spring which is between 60-140 C. Rising together with the mineral water boiling black mud is clean, free from sulfur smell and full of healthy mineral for the pores and skin and blood circulation.
An overnight cease in Maehongson Town.
The Last Day of Maehongson Tour Loop : 

After breakfast at a local eating house in Maehongson drive to Doi Kong Mu Temple. The primary sights are the white pagodas and luxurious view. Doi Kong Mu Temple. This temple is particularly atmospheric within the early morning with mist and low cloud typically filling the valley below. By noon, the warmth of the sun usually clears the air to depart beautiful views of the valley under and mountains beyond. The bigger pagoda was built in 1860 and contains the relics of Phra Moggalana, one of the disciples of Buddha. The smaller jedi was created in 1874, by Phraya Singhanatracha, the primary governor of Maehongson.

Continue to visit to Karen Longneck Village, Karen Longneck Village space was larger, with a number of houses, a church and even a school. The village wasn’t totally occupied by simply the long neck girls, with a few of the women instead displaying elongated ear lobes, rings around their calves, and even some in just plain garments with no bodily adornments. Many of the women had been congregating together while the lengthy neck women would sit by their homes, with handmade goods on show for purchase.

After lunch go to Kaew Komol Cave or Diamon Cave (Calcite cave, there's solely three locations within the world.). It is extremely stunning however not allow to take a picture 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 discovered inside a now abandoned fluorite mine. Obviously the geology is quite complicated and fascinating for a karst area. A consequence are really extraordinary speleothems, like popcorn calcite, aragonite and different strange things. This cave is said to be essentially the most beautiful cave of Thailand.
At last journey, back to Chiang Mai on soutern route and have a dinner at Ob-Luang National park by the river.