POPULAR # 4 (Code 16)
CHIANGMAI - MAE HONG SON - LONG NECK - CITY & TEMPLE - LOD CAVE - FISH CAVE -


 

DAY 1 CHIANGMAI - MAE HONG SON - CITY & TEMPLE (OVERNIGHT)*

Full Day

After breakfast served in hotel departs Chiangmai for Mae Hong Son - a west town assessible only since 1991 by bus via Pai - a small pleasant sleepy town owned by the Shan or 'Tai Yai'. The main center of attraction is Lod Cave National Park - one of Asia's largest cave system streching several kilometers underground, where limestone stalactites and stalagmites can be found. Inside this cave some wooden coffins can be found, believed to have left by 'Pea-men' - asked our guides if you wish to see the coffins.

Afternoon
After lunch we continue our tour to Fish (Pla) Cave National Park another tourist spot where giant carps are found and the fishes considered to be 'holy'. Proceeding from here we bring you on a number of Temple tour (Wat Doi Kong Moo - an impressive Shan temple built on a hilltop in the 1860s, Wat Pranon,Wat Jong Kam Wat Jong klang built adjacent to each other on the south of lake with their pagodas mirrored on the surface of the lake water - a very stunning sight indeed.)

Evening
Spends the night in Mae Hong Son - DInner not served Stroll by yourself, and try out the local food which is Cheaper and delicious

DAY 2 MAE HONG SON - BOAT TRIP LONG NECK - CHIANGMAI (OVERNIGHT)*

Morning
After breakfast in hotel, we continue Eastwards to the Pai river at 07.30 a.m. where we go on a boat trip down the river to the Burmese border and visit the Padong Hill Tribe - women with long necks and strap with coils of Brass at a very tender age and the ladyfolks considered them, the brass coils a pretty sight and a must have for the hilltribes.

Afternoon
After lunch we transfer to Mae Hong Son airport
Departing Mae Hong Son via Bangkok