Mae Hong Son features a lot of tourist attractions, both nature and historic spots. Besides, its traditional arts and culture,  i.e.,Traditional way of living, native language, and traditional food are still remains up to present. All of these have always been the charms of Mae Hong Son that draw a lot of tourists each year.            Mae Hong Son is regarded as a city of culture. Cultural estivals are being held regularly through out the year, namely : Muang Sam Mok February ; poi Sang Long Festival, which is also called Buad Look Kaew Festival in March to May ; Chong Phara Festival during the end of Buddhist Lent, which is also Thai Yai ‘s Festival; Loi Krathong Festival on a full moon night in the twelfth month.

  Mae Hong son is dwelled by Thai and hilltribes. Besides, it is also the residence of Pa Dong, Karens Trivbe, who are in Myanmar and as a result of war migrate to the frontier. At present, the 3 villages of long-necked Daren, namely Ban Nam Phiang Din, Ban Nai Soi and Ban Huai Sua Tao, have become tourist attractions of Mae Hong Son.

Pong Duad Hot Spring is the Geyser type which has high temperature and high pressure and spouting into soil almost all the time. From parking-lot, there is shaky pathway to Pong Duad Hot Spring 500 meters and there is safety area to visit Pong Duad Hot Spring. Sometimes, hot spring will have 2 meters height andhave rather strongly odour with eight meters height of steam 200 meters ot far away, there is also mineral bathe for tourists. Tourists should have at leasthalf day at here, but if you have much time, we can camping or have natural route study which has both half day

Huai Nam Dang National Park

As in the past, it had ever Doi Sam Muen Highland Development Project in order to make a solution of forest invasion and destruction near stream source and there has good ediction project i.e. hilltribe devel-opment project. This National Park has area of 1,247 square kilometers and it was 81 strank of the Country, coves area of 4 districts i.e. Mae Taeng District, Chiang Dao District, Wiang Haeng District, Chiang Mai Province and Pai District, Mae Hong Son Province. Majority area is high cliff and the highest peak i.e. Doe Chang Peak with its height 1,962 meters from sea level. It is the river source of Pay, Ping and Taeng River.

Tha Pai Hot Spring

Tha Pai hot Spring is located on Ban Tha Pai, Mae Hee Sub-district at the up-per left of Mae Pai Forest.From highway no.1095 to convenient concrete road throughly to hot springl up-down hill. Two sides of road is shady with trees, especially Teak Forest. 500 meters walking to Hot Spring whe reaching at parking-lot Surrounding area covers with foggy and has strong odour. There are two big hot swells and the temperature in the pond is 80 c and has water stream flows out from well, can be soaked for muscle relief. Tourists can bring tent for camping without any charges nearby Hot Spring. Plwase arrange things by yourself because of no facilities services provided there.      Location : On top of Doi Kong Mu, west of the city of Mae Hong Son. From the Statue of Phraya Singhanat Racha on the High-way no. 108, there is an asphalt road branching off to the left up the hill for about 105 kilometers wher the temple is.   For Mae Hong Son city tour program, we would suggest you to start at Wat Doi Kong Mu, as this temple is located on the hill. Though not so high, up there the whole city’s landscape can be seen as a small plain enclosed by lines of mountains at all directions overlooking houses,

temples and the airport  Where planes have to go round to right themselves before landing.  Once getting up to view the scenery at Wat Doi Kong Mu, it is easier to get to any other places, as a panoramic view of the city is revealed, wide enough to see where is where. We take you up the temple not for viewing the scenery only,but also for the outstanding feature of this place the cleanly white Phra That Doi Kong Mu that stands there on the view-point ground.

Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu is regarded as Mae Hong Son,s place of worship. There are two pagodas in the temple big one was built by Chong Tong Su 114 years ago as a place to enshrine the relic of Phra Mokalana Thera from Myanmar

           Mae Hong Son is located at the West end of North region and connected to Myanmar. It is 964 kilometers away from Bangkok. Because Mae Hong son is surrounded by a valley, all travelers who visit Mae Hong Son will be enamoured by charming scenery along the way. Although some routes are complicate nand consist of a thousand curves, but a lifetime impression is printed in mind of all travelers.

4 Ways to reach Mae Hong Son

There are 2 routes to Mae Hong Son, which are Bangkok-Mae Hong Son or Bangkok-Chiang Mai- Mae Hong Son. 

Bangkok-Mae Hong Son

To use the highway no. 1 until you reach Toen District of Lampang Province. Then you turn left to Highway no. 1103. This way will pass to Hod District and then you use the highway no. 108 to enter Mae Hong Son from Mae Sariang District. This route is not quite popular because the road is quite dangerous.

The other way is go to Tak Province by using highway no. 1 and turn left to highway no. 105 to pass Mae Sod. Mae Ra Mad and Tha Song Yang District to enter Mae Hong Son from Sop Moei District .

This route is to hug the boundary line of Thai and Myanmar.

Remark: You can go to Chiang Mai from Khun Yuam District by passing Mae Chaem District.

Bangkok-Chiang Mai –Mae Hong Son

To use highway no. 1 to Nakhon Sawan, Kampaengpetch until you reach Lampang. Then you have to enter highway no.11 to Chiang Mai. From Mae Hong Son to Chiang Mai is a favorite route of many travelers. This way, you have to enter “Mae Taeng District-Pai District” by highway no. 107 and then turn left to Mae Taeng along the highway on. 1095 and enters Pai District to Mae Hong Son

Bangkok-Mae Hong Son

Only one trip the leaves at 6 p.m. and arrive Mae Hong Son at 7 a.m. on the next day. The traveling expense is 418 Bath. For more information please contact Muang Nua Yan Yon Tour Co.,Ltd. At 0-2936-3587-8

Bangkok-Chiang Mai

VIP : Leave 7 p.m., 8 p.m., and 9 p.m., and 9 p.m. The traveling expense is 570 Bath and requires 10 hours in traveling.

Por 1 : Leave 8.30 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 6.30 p.m.-9.30 p.m. The traveling expense is 369 Bath and requires 10 hours in traveling.

Por 2 : Leave 6.30 a.m.-0.30 p.m., and 4 p.m. – 10 p.m. The traveling expense is 290 Bath and requires 12 hours in traveling

For more information please contact Transportation Co.,Ltd Tel : 0-2936-2854-66

Chiang Mai-Mae Hong Son

Ordinary bus: Leave 7.30 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 11.30 a.m.Por 1: Leave 6.30 a.m., 11.00 a.m., and 9.00 p.m.

For More information please contact Prem Pracha Transportation Co.,Ltd. Mae Hong Son branch at 0-5324-2767

Bangkok-chiang Mai Everyday, leave 8.25 a.m., 3.00p.m., 6.00 p.m., 7.25 p.m., 7.40 p.m., and 10.00 p.m.

For more information please contact Bangkok Railway Station (Hualampong) at 0-2223-3762,0-2224-7788.

There is no flight go direct to Mae Hong Son. You have to go to chiang Mai and then go to Mae Hong Son.