TOUR OVERVIEW

Price From : 1,550 - 6,150 Baht 

Get deeper into Doi Inthanon National Park by taking the exceptionally beautiful Mae Klang Luang mini trek. You will enjoy a two hour trek in this exceptionally beautiful national park which will take in pristine forest, cascading waterfalls as well seeing how the local Karen farmers cultivate the land for rice growing, vegetables and coffee which you can taste in the village .

TOUR DESCRIPTION

An early start will be required especially if you want to catch the Saturday buffalo market at Sanpatong! we will depart Chiang Mai and if you are doing this tour on a Saturday we will make a stop at the weekly Sanpatong Buffalo Market. This is a once-weekly market where buffaloes and a variety of other livestock are traded. Around this agricultural market, a large local market springs up this morning offering a whole host of local items and foodstuffs to the hungry market-goers.

The tour will continue to Doi Inthanon National Park. You will first visit the spectacular Wachiritharn Waterfall and then onto the start of the Mae Klang Luang trail. This trail will get you well away from the main tourist route and allow you to see a very interesting cross-section of this stunning national park. The trail will first follow a forested route downhill before the trail meets the river. You will spend some time following the river. The trail will pass Pa Dok Siew Waterfall where at the base if you want to cool off please feel free to take a dip in the cool waters. The trail will eventually open out into agricultural land which surrounds Mae Klang Luang Karen village. you will see coffee bushes and rice paddies. We will make a stop at a local coffee house where they roast, hand grind, and prepare freshly brewed coffee from the hills surrounding the village.

It will then be time for lunch. Lunch will be taken at a local Karen restaurant and then you will board the minibus to see some of the other popular sights Inthanon has to offer. You will see the two majestic king and queen pagodas at the top of the mountain and enjoy the views from this high vantage point. You will visit the highest part of Doi Inthanon which is also Thailand’s highest mountain and you will walk the Angkha Nature Trail (400m short walk) where you will see a unique variety of flora which only flourishes at this high altitude.

If you have not already seen enough waterfalls you can take the option to see Mae Ya which is Doi Inthanon’s biggest falls (However the part authorities does close this waterfall in the wet season months as a safety precaution against water surges after heavy rainfall)

Note: A good level of fitness will be required to complete the trek. The trek involves walking up and down steep paths and along jungle tracks. This trek will not be suitable for the elderly.