Maehongson Package Tours 3 days 2 nights loop Pilgrimage from Chiangmai
Maehongson is one among northern Thailand's most famous multi-day excursions. This
Maehongson tour packages is a loop that
starts and finishes in Chiang Mai, taking in superior mountain and river scenery together with interesting towns to explore.
First Day Maehongson Tour Loop :
We switch from Chiangmai Metropolis in the morning. For in the beginning day tours originates in Chiangmai and travels northwest 150 km on some erect and meandering roads via the mount bushiness to the quaint riverside city of Pai. The surroundings is breathtaking along the way and we break at at
Huai Nam Dong National Park, which is a bit over midway to
Pai and lunch.
Huai Nam Dang is usually a part of a visit to Maehongson since you go it on Highway 1095.
Huai Nam Dang National Park covers an area of one hundred eighty sq. kms. of Amphoe Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai and Amphoe Pai, Maehongson. A lot of the areas are ranged highlands. The mountain has a verdant forest, which is the supply of tributaries and numerous streams.
Sights embrace:
Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint or Doi Kiu Lom overlooks Doi Chiang Dao and is a superb spot to see dawn amid cloudy valleys in the early morning. To get there, drive alongside Mae Malai-Pai Highway to between Km. sixty five-sixty six, after which take a 6-kilometre access highway to the park office.
Spotlight :
Doi Chang Viewpoint is positioned 20 kms. past the
Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint. Only a 4-wheel vehicle could make the trip. The scenic views of pure mountain ranges and early morning sea of cloud might be seen from here.
Subsequently visit
Pong Num Ron Tha Pai (Tha Pai Hot Spring). Take a mineral tub for half hour in any other case kick on to
Pai.
Tha Pai Hot Spring are one of many focal factors of
Huai Nam Dang National Park, in Maehongson province, eight kilometers south of
Pai. The springs supply various bathtubs for guests to wash in, and it is usually attainable to wash in the stream that runs through the site. The water from these springs is alleged to have strong therapeutic value.
Continue to cease at
Second World War Memorial Bridge that crosses the
Pai River. Afterward take a journey within the elegant flowers garden and have some espresso earlier than you go to
Pai Canyon. This small but beautiful canyon is situated in the center of
Pai Valley.
The last destination on the this day loop, also worth spending an in a single day at is
the town of Pai, an sudden discover in a remote mountain valley. Twenty years in the past
the town of Pai was once just a few filth roads and outlets, as tourists quickly found the pure fantastic thing about the
Pai River and it’s surrounding valley, businesses and growth followed not lengthy after and it was the little backpacker settlement that it's today. Standard amongst hippy and artistic types both Thai and foreign alike, the feel may be very much new age. This small town is full of bohemian model cafes, eating places, bookstores and guesthouses.
Tonight, we keep at
Baan Pai Village. We love a nice hut with nice garden view in the principle space of
Pai walking street.
Second Day Maehongson Tour Loop :
We are going to start with a morning trip 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 attention-grabbing for its setting and the view overlooking the city you have from it. The 353 steps long staircase to succeed in the temple is charming even should you can skip it and take the highway to access to
Wat Phra That Mae Yen. The temple consists of two structures and a few small golden pagodas. In front of the temple way in, there is a little market with stalls where you can buy products, mainly hats and scarves knitted by the seller. They are often very helpful as a result of it is cold at night and in the early morning in
Pai.
Afterwards visit to
Santichon Village or
Chinese Yunnan Village and lunch.
Yunnan Cultural Village gives the way of life and Chinese clay houses. Tourists can style the green tea and pork hocks with buns at Baan Santichon surrounded by the mountains of
Pai. At
Santichon village, now we have to try genuine
Yunnan Chinese food similar to pork hocks, buns, steamed black rooster with Chinese language herbs, fried shiitake mushroom, and Yunnan woman’s salad.
We will and afterwards make our means towards
Mae Hong Son 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 (which additionally goes by Pangmapha), which is much more to our liking. Well-known for
Tham Lod, a large cave you can raft by, that is an area of particular 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 engaging limestone stalactite formations and partly for the unusual 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 among the caves that can be seen in neighbouring Laos and further afield in Vietnam.
The Lang River flows through greater than a 3rd of the cave's length, giving you an opportunity to float by on bamboo rafts floating along within the darkness, listening to and smelling the bats overhead, makes for a singular experience. A typical visit includes a float by among the cave followed by climbing through different parts to see the coffin cave and a few different caverns.
Our next cease shall be
fish cave where you'll be able to see an plentiful array of cave dwelling fish.
Thereupon we are going to drive up into the hills around
Maehongson and cease to calm down at
Phu Klon health mineral mud spa.
Phu klon geographically means a mud supply 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 stuffed with healthy mineral for the pores and skin and blood circulation.
An in a single day stop in
Maehongson Town.
The Last Day of Maehongson Tours Loop :
Maehongson drive to
Doi Kong Mu Temple. The principle sights are the white chedis and luxurious view.
Doi Kong Mu Temple. This temple is especially atmospheric within the early morning with mist and low cloud usually filling the valley below. By noon, the heat of the solar normally clears the air to depart beautiful views of the valley under and mountains beyond. The bigger pagoda was in-built 1860 and contains the relics of Phra Moggalana, one of the disciples of Buddha. The smaller pagoda was created in 1874, by Phraya Singhanatracha, the primary governor of Maehongson.
After breakfast at an area eating house in
Afterwards visit to
Karen Longneck Village,
Karen Longneck Village area was larger, with a number of homes, a church and even a school. The village wasn’t fully occupied by simply the long neck women, with some of the ladies as an alternative displaying elongated ear lobes, rings around their calves, and even some in just plain garments with no bodily adornments. Most of the ladies have been congregating collectively while the lengthy neck women would sit by their homes, with handmade goods on show for purchase.
After lunch visit
Kaew Komol Cave or
Diamon Cave (Calcite cave, there's solely three locations within the world.). It is vitally stunning however not enable to take an image inside.
Kaew Komol Park is a forest park with a hot spring (now coated by the brand new Mae Hu reservoir) and fluorite mines. The cave was discovered inside a now deserted fluorite mine. Clearly the geology is quite sophisticated and attention-grabbing for a karst area. A outcome are really extraordinary speleothems, like popcorn calcite, aragonite and other strange things. This cave is said to be the most beautiful cave of Thailand.
At last tour, back to Chiang Mai on soutern route and have a dinner at
Ob-Luang National park by the river.
