Fly from Kuala Lumpur to Chiang Mai ‣ Motorcycle ride from Chiang Mai to Pai ‣ Sunset at Wat Phra That Mae Yen ‣ Evening at Pai Walking Street ‣ Overnight inwards Pai Walking Street guesthouse
Sightseeing about Pai yesteryear motorbike ‣ Yunnan Cultural Village ‣ Pai Canyon ‣ Memorial Bridge ‣ Coffee inwards Love ‣ Love Strawberry Pai ‣ Overnight inwards Pai Walking Street guesthouse
Check out from Pai Walking Street guesthouse ‣ Motorcycle ride from Pai to Mae Hong Son ‣ Kiew Lom viewpoint ‣ Soppong ‣ Pang Mapha ‣ Pha Sua waterfall ‣ Pang Ung lake ‣ Sunset at Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu ‣ Overnight inwards Boondee House inwards Mae Hong Son
Sightseeing about Mae Hong Son yesteryear motorcycle ‣ Mae Hong Son morn market ‣ Jong Kham lake ‣ Check out from Boondee House ‣ Motorcycle ride from Mae Hong Son to Khun Yuam ‣ Ban Huai Shua Thao Karen village ‣ Motorcycle ride from Khun Yuam to Mae Chaem ‣ Namtok Mae Surin ‣ Overnight inwards Mae Chaem Hotel
Sightseeing about Mae Chaem ‣ Check out from Mae Chaem Hotel ‣ Motorcycle ride from Mae Chaem to Doi Inthanon ‣ Wachirathan falls ‣ Mae Ya falls ‣ Motorcycle ride from Doi Inthanon to Chiang Mai
Itinerary Map (click to sentiment POIs as well as routes)
8.40 am - Arrive at Chiang Mai international aerodrome yesteryear flying (Air Asia) - RM120 (one way)
Immigration clearance
Note: From the airport, y'all tin conduct hold an aerodrome shuttle to Chiang Mai urban center centre, solely costs twoscore baht per soul but hold inwards hear it solely leaves when full. Since in that location weren't plenty people for the aerodrome shuttle, I decided to larn out the aerodrome to grab a ruddy songthaew to the urban center centre
10.00 am - Ride a ruddy songthaew to Chiang Mai urban center centre - 30 baht
10.10 am - Hop off at Tha Phae gate
Arrival inwards Chiang Mai international airport
Tha Phae gate, i of Chiang Mai's hotspots for tourists as well as backpackers alike
Getting laid for the Mae Hong Son loop
At Tha Phae gate, I went to a Pop Rental store nearby as well as rented a motorbike - 150 baht per day. Renting for five days (total cost - 650 baht). Pop Rental is quite good established here, as well as although in that location are cheaper rentals about (like 99 baht per twenty-four hours cheap!), I'd conduct reliability over cost whatever day
Needed cyberspace for the trip so I rode to the nearest DTAC centre to purchase a sim carte du jour as well as information excogitation (3GB data, valid for xxx days) - 499 baht
Before starting the motorbike loop, decided to refuel at a nearby gas station - 100 baht
Pop Rental inwards Tha Phae Gate
Chiang Mai to Pai
12.00 pm - Ride from Chiang Mai to Pai. Took highway 107 out of Chiang Mai heading north, as well as so headed westward to Pai via highway 1095
The journeying from Chiang Mai to Pai is almost 130 km inwards length as well as takes to a greater extent than or less 3 hours if y'all ride non-stop, nonetheless it took me longer as I was enjoying the sights as well as stopped at every chance I could. If y'all don't experience similar going non-stop, in that location are plenty of cafes on the way to brand your stop.
Using this route, y'all volition traverse a total of 762 curves on the way to Pai. The route is inwards adept status throughout, but don't endure tempted to slam on the trammel every bit in that location are a few potholes littered about places where y'all least expect
Turning into highway 1095 from 107 as well as the scenery changes dramatically
The argue why my journeying took longer than expected. Just had to halt for incredible scenery similar this on the way to Pai
One of the 762 curves to Pai
In & Around Pai
4.00 pm - Arrive inwards Pai
Check-in to Pai Walking Street Guesthouse - 244 baht per night. Staying for 2 nights (total cost - 488 baht). Really liked the location, it's correct inwards forepart of Pai Walking Street. Took the fan room, non a adept thought peculiarly if y'all become about the fourth dimension I went, the room tin larn unbearably hot inwards the afternoons
5.30 pm - Ride to Wat Phra That Mae Yen to lookout the sunset (under fifteen minutes). Parked my motorbike at the parking lot as well as walked upwards some stairs to the top. It's non a really hard climb, solely takes almost 5-10 minutes to larn to the top
7.00 pm - Return to the guesthouse for a quick shower
8.00 pm - Walk about inwards Pai Walking Street
Dinner at diverse stalls - Padthai (50 baht) & cha yen (30 baht)
2nd dinner at Fine Rice eating seat - Pineapple fried rice with minced pork (150 baht)
10.00 pm - Return to the guesthouse to larn some rest
Arrival inwards Pai. This is Pai Walking Street, non much is going on yet,
Pai Walking Street Guesthouse is genuinely role restaurant, role cooking schoolhouse as well as role guesthouse, that is located about the dorsum of the restaurant
The room I got inwards Pai Walking Street Guesthouse
Watching the Sun become downward at Wat Phra That Mae Yen
Pai Walking Street at night
A pop stall inwards Pai Walking Street, selling tea of diverse kinds, served inwards bamboo cups
9.00 am - Ride to Santichon village, almost 5km away from Pai. Refuel at a nearby gas station on the way - 100 baht
9.15 am - Photo halt at Yhun Lai viewpoint. Paid the admission - 20 baht (inclusive of complimentary tea)
10.15 am - 11.10 am - Photo halt at Yunnan cultural village. Admission was complimentary but there's almost no activity in that location due to depression season
11.30 am - Back inwards Pai
11.30 am - 12.00 pm - Photo stop at Pai river, close Pai Nai Fun Resort
12.15 pm - Quick photograph halt at Wat Pa Kham before continuing on
Gateway into Santichon Village
Inside Santichon Village
Having some chinese tea at Yhun Lai viewpoint
Yunnan Cultural Village inwards Santichon Village
Tea tasting store inwards Yunnan Cultural Village
Pai Nai Fun Resort along Pai River
Wat Pa Kham, located close Pai Nai Fun
Sightseeing about Pai (continued)
12.30 pm - Ride to Pai Canyon, almost 8km from Pai
Stopover at Coffee In Love on the way - Iced latte (60 baht) & strawberry cheese cake (80 baht)
1.30 pm - Photo halt at Pai Canyon. Admission is free. Be careful where y'all footstep as well as don't fall, every bit the paths are quite narrow with sheer drops on either side
2.30 pm - Ride from Pai Canyon to Memorial Bridge, some other 1km away
2.35 pm - Photo halt at Pai Memorial Bridge
3.00 pm - Back to Pai
Stopover at Love Strawberry Pai for some refreshments - Strawberry smoothie (75 baht)
3.30 pm - Explored the Pai countryside yesteryear motorcycle. H5N1 fleck unplanned, but it was fun wandering aimlessly around the beautiful countryside for almost 3 hours
6.30 pm - Went dorsum to Pai canyon for sunset. Unfortunately, the weather condition was a fleck overcast that twenty-four hours so I didn't larn to come across it :(
Stopped in Coffee In Love on the way to Pai Canyon. Having java hither is i of the must-dos when inwards Pai
The relaxing vibe, coupled with the breathtaking scenery makes Coffee In Love a wonderful house to endure at
Pai Canyon
Wow, merely wow. Loved the scenery from Pai Canyon
Pai Memorial Bridge
Another must-do when inwards Pai. Having strawberry smoothies inwards Love Strawberry Pai
Some interesting sights piece exploring Pai
Roaming about the Pai countryside
Back inwards Pai
7.00 pm - Back to guesthouse for a quick shower before heading out again
8.00 pm - Last infinitesimal shopping for souvenirs inwards Pai Walking Street
Dinner at Duang eating seat - Khao soi (40 baht) & iced java (20 baht)
10.00 pm - Return to guesthouse to residue for the side yesteryear side day
Last infinitesimal souvenir shopping inwards Pai Walking Street
Duang Restaurant inwards Pai Walking Street
Had khao soi in Duang Restaurant, a Burmese-influenced dish as well as really pop inwards Northern Thailand
7.00 am - Wake up, pack upwards as well as cheque out from guesthouse
8.15 am - Ride from Pai to Mae Hong Son (via highway 1095). The journeying from Pai to Mae Hong Son is roughly 107km as well as should conduct hold roughly 2 hours if in that location are no detours
9.00 am - Photo halt at Kiew Lom viewpoint on the way. From upwards here, y'all larn a small-scale gustation of things to come upwards over the side yesteryear side 1,864 curves to Mae Hong Son.
10.20 am - Stopover inwards Soppong to refuel - 80 baht. The principal attraction hither is Tham Lod cave, but decided to give it a top every bit I wasn't also keen on seeing it
11.00 am - Quick photograph halt at Pang Ma Pha viewpoint. Definitely worth a halt for the view, in that location are nutrient stalls as well as restrooms if y'all demand a break.
Passed yesteryear Susa waterfall as well as Tham Pla cave on the way from Pang Mapha to Mae Hong Son. Both are corking for a curt halt but hold inwards hear y'all conduct hold to pay admission to enter
On highway 1095 from Pai to Mae Hong Son
Glimpse of the side yesteryear side 1,864 curves at Kiew Lom viewpoint
Interesting limestone karsts on the way to Soppong
Arriving inwards Soppong, a location that is quite pop for caving as well as river rafting
The scenery from Soppong to Pang Ma Pha
Pang Ma Pha viewpoint
Near Susa waterfall, on the way from Pang Ma Pha to Mae Hong Son
Entrance into Susa waterfall, giving this a immature lady due to fourth dimension as well as coin constraints
Random scenery yesteryear Tham Pla cave on the way to Mae Hong Son
Detour to Pha Sua waterfall & Pang Ung lake
12.15 pm - Stopover at Chang Thai cafe (located merely before the turn-in to Pha Sua waterfall & Pang Ung lake, on the way to Mae Hong Son). It's a very nice house to merely sit down back, relax, savour the sentiment as well as a overnice loving cup of coffee - Iced latte (55 baht)
1.00 pm - Took a detour to Pha Sua & Pang Ung. The route goes northward as well as away from Mae Hong Son, so a render trip volition endure necessary. The detour is almost 26 km from the turn-in to Pang Ung lake, 52 km for the render trip.
1.15 pm - 1.45 pm - Photo halt at Pha Sua waterfall. Admission is free. To attain the waterfall, y'all demand to walk downward the path for almost five minutes. Felt a fleck disappointed every bit the waterfall wasn't inwards its prime, but it's kinda to endure expected when traveling during the hot season
2.15 pm - Photo halt at Pang Ung lake, an almost picture-perfect lake. The weather condition is cooler here, due to its location inwards the highlands. If you're lucky, y'all may fifty-fifty endure able to spot dark swans swimming lazily about the lake. Wandered about for almost an sixty minutes before backtracking to Mae Hong Son
Chang Thai cafe, located merely before the turn-in to Pha Sua waterfall
Candid minute inwards Chang Thai cafe
Beautiful scenery viewed from Chang Thai cafe
Pha Sua waterfall entrance
Going downward a staircase through a bamboo woods to Pha Sua waterfall
Pha Sua waterfall, came to come across a waterfall, left a fleck disappointed
Continuing onwards to Pang Ung lake
The picturesque Pang Ung lake
Wooden chalets lined alongside a pino woods inwards Pang Ung
In & Around Mae Hong Son
4.00 pm - Arrive inwards Mae Hong Son
Check-in to Boondee House - 488 baht per nighttime (staying for 1 night). The staff at the reception couldn't verbalize nor empathize english, so it took me a piece to communicate to them what I wanted. Despite this, the room I got was genuinely nice, so I felt the cost as well as the before termination I had was justified
5.30 pm - Ride to Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu (under 10 minutes). No entrance fees. Great views of Mae Hong Son from the top as well as I fifty-fifty managed to glimpse a double rainbow! Stayed until sunset before heading downward again
7.00 pm - Photo walk about Jong Kham lake. There's no nighttime marketplace position though due to depression season
9.00 pm - Return to guesthouse
Arriving inwards Mae Hong Son
Checking inwards to Boondee House, my accomodation for a nighttime inwards Mae Hong Son
My genuinely overnice room inwards Boondee House
Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu
View of Mae Hong Son from Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu
Double rainbow all the way!
Nightfall inwards Jong Kham lake
Beautifully illuminated Wat Jong Kham from across the lake
Breakfast at the Mae Hong Son morning market nearby - Congee (35 baht)
8.00 am - Photo ops at Wat Jong Kham & Wat Jong Klang temples, located close Jong Kham lake. Not required to pay whatever entrance fees
9.30 am - Return to guesthouse to pack upwards as well as checkout
Morning marketplace position inwards Mae Hong Son
Walking aroung the morn market
Having congee for breakfast inwards a store close the morn market
View of Wat Jong Kham as well as Wat Jong Klang from across the lake
Up-close aspect at Wat Jong Kham as well as Wat Jong Klang
Admiring the interesting architecture within the temple compounds
Ban Huai Shua Thao Karen Village
10.00 am - Ride from Mae Hong Son to i of the nearby Karen village, Ban Huai Shua Thao. This is solely a curt detour going inwards the administration of Khun Yuam, almost a 22km circular trip. The route going in that location is inwards pretty adept condition, passing through jungle, some small-scale streams as well as an elephant camp
11.00 am - Photo halt at Ban Huai Shua Thao, a Karen tribe hamlet on the way. Paid the admission into the hamlet - 250 baht
The hamlet was admittedly a fleck touristy, non to refer that the entrance fee is pretty exorbitant, but seeing the long cervix people had been on my wishlist for the longest time, as well as I suppose (and hope) that whatever I pass hither goes to paying for the village's welfare
Short detour. The route from Mae Hong Son to Ban Huai Shua Thao karen village
Crossing a small-scale current on the way to Ban Huai Shua Thao. Be careful, it's incredibly slippery
Arrving at the Karen hamlet of Ban Huai Shua Thao
Karen adult woman peddling her wares
The signature trait of the Karen women, long cervix rings
Mae Hong Son to Khun Yuam
12.15 pm - Ride from Mae Hong Son to Khun Yuam (via highway 108). This journeying is almost 70km inwards distance, as well as takes a trivial over an hour. Not many interesting sights to come across on the way so for me, it was a direct shot to Khun Yuam
1.45 pm - Arrive inwards Khun Yuam. It's a pleasant town which deserves a few hours of your fourth dimension as well as a crossroads from where y'all tin conduct to either proceed on southward to Mae Sariang (via highway 108), or become E to Mae Chaem (via route 1263)
I chose Mae Chaem due to the fact it was the route less traveled, as well as also the fact that Namtok Mae Surin is along the way. Another side practise goodness was that it was closer to Doi Inthanon
Didn't expose whatever gas stations along the route to Mae Chaem, so it's improve to fuel upwards inwards Khun Yuam before continuing on - 60 baht
On highway 108 from Mae Hong Son to Khun Yuam
A curt halt inwards Khun Yuam for some luncheon before continuing on
The Thai-Japanese Friendship Memorial Hall inwards Khun Yuam, worth a aspect if you're a history geek
Detour to Namtok Mae Surin
2.45 pm - Ride from Khun Yuam to Mae Chaem (via highway 1263)
3.00 pm - Took a detour to Namtok Mae Surin national park. Distance-wise, the detour is roughly a 44 km circular trip but it's worth doing merely to come across the beautiful landscapes on the way
Photo halt at Doi Mae U Kho. Every year, the Bua Tong (wild sunflower) blossom festival takes house here. Sadly, they solely bloom inwards November, so in that location isn't genuinely much to practise here. There's plenty to come across though, the views hither are amazing!
4.00 pm - Photo halt at Mae Surin waterfall, the tallest unmarried tier waterfall inwards Thailand
Heading to Mae Chaem from Khun Yuam via highway 1263
Detour from highway 1263 to Namtok Mae Surin national park
Viewing deck inwards Doi Mae U Kho
Plenty of epic landscapes such every bit this on the route to Namtok Mae Surin
Mae Surin, the tallest unmarried tier waterfall inwards Thailand
Khun Yuam to Mae Chaem
5.00 pm - Continue on to Mae Chaem (via highway 1263). The journeying from Khun Yuam to Mae Chaem is some other 94 km inwards length, as well as should conduct hold roughly 2 hours or so
This route is yesteryear far, my favorite of the entire loop. Keep inwards hear though that the route has really trivial traffic, which way that if y'all larn into problem (a flat tire or an engine failure for example), assist volition endure really far as well as few inwards between
Passed yesteryear Ban Pang Ung before turning inwards to route 1088
Continuing on to Mae Chaem via highway 1263. The route is inwards adept status throughout
A herd of bulls tarrying almost on the road
Scenic farmlands on the way to Mae Chaem
Picturesque route along highway 1263
Beautiful sunset inwards the middle of nowhere
More moving painting perfect scenery yesteryear Ban Pang Ung
Getting closer to Mae Chaem. Doi Inthanon tin endure seen inwards the distance
Arrival inwards Mae Chaem
7.45 pm - Arrive inwards Mae Chaem
Check-in to Mae Chaem Hotel - 400 baht per nighttime (staying for 1 night). I got a small-scale chalet of my ain that had everything I expected for the price. Good for a night, though I wouldn't hear staying longer here
10.00 pm - There wasn't much going on at night, thus I decided to telephone outcry upwards it a night
My really ain chalet for the nighttime inwards Mae Chaem Hotel
The room I got had everything I expected for the price, so it's definitely worth it
8.30 am - Explored Mae Chaem yesteryear motorcycle. Visited the Mae Chaem marketplace position as well as the surrounding countryside
Breakfast at Mae Chaem marketplace position - Thai chicken rice & java (45 baht)
Refuel at a nearby gas station - 90 baht
10.00 am - Return to hotel to pack upwards as well as checkout
Morning inwards Mae Chaem market
The river that runs through Mae Chaem
Another role of Mae Chaem. Gonna conduct hold this route afterwards to Doi Inthanon
View of Doi Inthanon from Mae Chaem
Mae Chaem inwards total view
Mae Chaem to Doi Inthanon
11.00 am - Ride from Mae Chaem to Doi Inthanon (via highway 1192). The journeying from Mae Chaem to Doi Inthanon is almost xxx km
11.30 am - Exit highway 1192 as well as plow inwards to highway 1009, that volition become all the way to Doi Inthanon. Interestingly, this intersection is located yesteryear the Doi Inthanon national commons checkpoint, so I wasn't stopped or asked to pay whatever entrance fees. Normally, you'd demand to pay an entrance fee of 400 baht to run inwards Doi Inthanon
12.00 pm - Arrival & photograph halt at Doi Inthanon summit. Claimed to endure the highest signal inwards Thailand, I was expecting awesome views from the top but in that location is none. Only a fancy signboard :(
On the way to Doi Inthanon via highway 1192
Doi Inthanon reporting post, this is the furthest signal y'all tin attain inwards Doi Inthanon via highway 1009
The highest spot inwards Thailand is marked yesteryear this signboard
The mossy woods located about the corner from where the signboard was
Walkways are provided for nature lovers who beloved walks inwards the woods
In & Around Doi Inthanon
1.30 pm - 2.30 pm - Photo halt at Naphamethanidon & Naphapholphumisiri pagoda on the way down. Paid the admission - 40 baht
2.35 pm - Ride from Doi Inthanon summit towards Chom Tong (via highway 1009)
3.30 pm - 4.00 pm - Photo halt at Wachirathan waterfall
4.30 pm - Exit Doi Inthanon national commons as well as did a quick stopover at Mae Klang temple, since it was on the way
On the way downward from Doi Inthanon summit
Impressive vista of Doi Inthanon seen on the way down
Naphapholphumisiri pagoda
Garden expanse with Naphamethanidon pagoda inwards view
Amazing sentiment of the lowlands from Doi Inthanon
Heading downward via highway 1009 towards Chom Tong
Stopped at the beautiful Wachirathan waterfall on the way downward from Doi Inthanon
Mae Klang temple. Did a curt stopover since it was on the way
Detour to Mae Ya Waterfall & dorsum to Chiang Mai
5.00 pm - Arrive inwards Chom Tong. Took a detour to Mae Ya waterfall, almost xiv km from Chom Tong
5.30 pm - 6.30 pm - Photo halt at Mae Ya waterfall, Wasn't required to pay whatever entrance fees
6.35 pm - Ride dorsum to Chiang Mai (via highway 108) to consummate the concluding sixty km of my Mae Hong Son motorbike loop
On the way from Chom Tong to Mae Ya waterfall
The beautiful Mae Ya waterfall
Chom Tong to Chiang Mai, the concluding stretch to consummate my Mae Hong Son motorbike loop
Fly from Kuala Lumpur to Chiang Mai ‣
Motorcycle ride from Chiang Mai to Pai ‣
Sunset at Wat Phra That Mae Yen ‣
Overnight inwards Pai Walking Street guesthouse
Coffee inwards Love ‣
