Picturesque Pai Mae Hong Son

Early departure from your hotel in Chiang Mai. Drive to Mae Malai and stop at the colorful Local market, where Lisu tribes women will try to sell you their embroideries. Continue to the Hmong village Chum Yen.

Visit Mork Fah Waterfall and have a refreshing swim. After that we continue our road trip, visiting the Pong Dueat Hot Springs en route (if weather conditions allow). Simple, hearty lunch at Mae Sae.

Continue to Pai along a winding and very scenic road which leads through Huay Nam Dang National Park. Late afternoon arrival in Pai.

Dinner (on your account) and overnight

Pai is a small and remote Thai village near the Myanmar border, which has seen an influx of Western and Chinese tourists over the last few years. The laid back atmosphere, its green hills, cheap prices and the beautiful mountainous area is what makes a Pai day trip a unique activity when you are in the North.

Many visitors who come to Thailand often observe just how different Chiang Mai is from the rest of Thailand, and Pai definitely takes another step in that direction. Think of the slow life where everyone functions at a different beat in Pai.

If you decide to go on this trip, you will get to see some of the local sights with historical significance, including the memorial bridge. Built by the Japanese to help supply Myanmar during the 2nd World War and similar to the bridge over the River Kwai, the structure enjoys a lot of attention from visitors.

Apart from several smaller temples, you will also get to see Santichon, the small community of Ethnic Chinese who settled in Thailand. Their area is so small that the name “Chinatown” really shouldn’t stick, but it is a remarkable little bubble of Chinese culture just outside Pai nonetheless. Today we visit the following (great for children of all ages):

Memorial Bridge

Visit Love Pai Love Strawberry

Santichon Village

More fun with Local swing

Visit Coffee In Love and Baan Pai Fah Pai Fun

Relax at Mari Pai

Wat Num Hoo

Wat Phra That Mae Yen

Pai Canyon

Pai Wan ( Pink House). O/n at the same hotel.

After breakfast leave for Soppong. Visit the Lisu Village Nam Rin along the way and stop at an impressive view point. From Soppong drive to Tham Lot, an enormous and cave. Walk through this beautiful cave and make a short trip on a bamboo raft on an underground river. After lunch stop at the Black Lahu Village of Bokrai. Continue to Mae Hong Son. View the sunset from Wat Doi Kong Mu from where you have a beautiful view over this charming little town.

Overnight at Fern Resort

After breakfast drive to the village Ban Mai Nai Soi. The inhabitants of this village belong to the Padaung Tribe, a subgroup of the large Karen Tribe, of which the majority lives in Burma. The women of this tribe wear brass rings around their necks , hence, they’re also known as ‘Long Neck Karen’. After lunch we take a trip by longtail boat over the Pai river to an elephant camp. An elephant ride of two hours will be made before going back to then transfer to the airport for flight back o Bangkok in the late afternoon.

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