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● Best season North920 km from Bangkok
Mae Hong Son Loop
Mae Hong Son town, Ban Rak Thai, Pang Oung
A town near the Myanmar border — Shan temples, Pang Oung 'Swiss lake', Ban Rak Thai Chinese tea village, Su Tong Pae bamboo bridge
HillsNatureTemplesPhoto spots Ideal: 4 days920 km · flight via CM or 8h loop drive
How to go
Flight Chiang Mai → MHS (Bangkok Airways ≈ 2,000 ฿, 35 min) or car via Pai/Soppong (8 hrs, 1,864 curves)
Entry
Mostly free; Tham Pla fish cave 100 ฿; Pang Oung 50 ฿
Stay
Guesthouse 500–1,200 ฿; Ban Rak Thai clay houses 1,500–2,500 ฿
Season in Nov ● Best season
Nov–Jan: mist at Pang Oung and 8°C — bring a jacket. Mar–Apr has haze. In rainy season there are landslides on the loop road.
Day-by-day plan
3 days
1Day 1
- Chiang Mai → Mae Hong Son (35 min flight / 7 hrs by car via Pai)
- Lunch, Jong Kham lake + Wat Jong Klang (Shan temple)
- Sunset at Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu
- Night market by the lake
2Day 2
- Su Tong Pae bamboo bridge (monks collect alms in the morning)
- Tham Pla fish cave, Pha Sua waterfall
- Pang Oung lake — 'Switzerland of Thailand', swans, lunch
- Ban Rak Thai — tea tasting, Chinese clay houses, stay the night
3Day 3
- Sunrise with mist on the lake, Yunnan breakfast
- Drive back via Pang Mapha → Tham Lod cave (bamboo raft)
- Stay the night in Pai, or keep going
Food to try
- •Shan noodles (khao sen) + tua nao at the morning market
- •Ban Rak Thai Yunnan food + tea
- •Night market by Jong Kham lake
Good to know
Do the loop (CM → Pai → MHS → Mae Chaem → CM) by car in 4–5 days. To drive yourself you need a Thai licence or an IDP. For groups of 4+, a car with driver ≈ 3,000 ฿/day.
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฿8,600 / per person
3 days · 2 people · ฿17,160