Chiang Mai, Thailand

Starting at the market parking lot across from Cup Fine Day (Mae Hia, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand), follow the marked trail through the woods. The trail is a well cleared and maintained, and primarily stairs carved out of the hill. It's steep and the stairs can be uneve...

You can book this through pretty much any travel agency you find in Thailand, in Chiang Mai or Bangkok. The trek is done in the jungles of Chiang Mai which you can get to via 14 hour train ride for about $15 from Bangkok. The price of the trek varies between around $100-200 for the 3 day trek (wh...

To get there take the 107 north out of Chiang Mai until you get to the left turn onto 1096 (there are signs for Mae Sa Waterfall at the junction as well).  Continue on 1096 until you see the left hand turn into Doi Suthep National Park and the entrance for the waterfall. Because this waterfall is...

To get to Doi Inthanon National Park drive south from Chiang Mai on the 108.  I suggest leaving Chiang Mai around 6am because this will allow you to beat the crowds and finish off the day before dark.  Continue on this road for about 55km- until you see the sign to turn off to Doi Inthanon.  This...

Although falling under national park jurisdiction, the entrance is just outside of the park gate, and so Mae Klang has its own small gate where visitors can show their park entrance pass or purchase one (tickets purchased here are good for entry to all other Doi Inthanon National Park areas as we...

Reaching Mae Ya Waterfall requires a drive. There is a separate national park entrance gate along the road where visitors can show their park tickets or purchase tickets that also grant entrance to the rest of the park. A parking lot at the road's end has a few snack and food vendors. From here, ...

Visitors park at the trailhead, then walk .5km down a single track trail that climbs and drops constantly before eventually scrambling over a few boulders to reach the viewpoint of the falls. With the humid and wet conditions of the area, much of the trail can be muddy, while the scrambling can b...

The first detail visitors should know are that there are multiple similar spellings of Haui Sai Lueang Falls, even on the signs standing at the falls. However they are accessed from an isolated parking area where Haui Sai Lueang and Mae Pan waterfalls are the only nearby areas of interest. Lying ...

BEES - Burm and Emily's Elephant Sanctuary - is a sanctuary offering care for retired elephants, open for guests to visit, see their operation, and spend a day or longer observing elephants in their natural habitat with the help of knowledgable guides.  While Thailand, particularly the northern a...

Pai Canyon is located off highway 1095 just south of Pai, Thailand. When you first arrive you will ascend a 300 ft stairway to the first viewing area that includes a climbable lookout tower. Beyond that you will see a horizon of elevated narrow canyon paths some no more than 1ft wide with 30 mete...