Mae Hong Son Trip Overview
Tham Lod is a place where antiques and pre-historic remains have been found. Together with a lamp, be guided into Tham Lod Cave by bamboo raft. This huge cave is magnificently adorned with colourful stalagmites and stalactites.
Lunch is provided at a local restaurant. Then visit “Tham Plaa” or Fish Cave, 17.4 kms up the road towards Pai. Walk about 200 metres through the park and cross a narrow suspension bridge to the cave. Next to the cave is a pool burbling from a subterranean stream. The pool holds enormous fish which you can feed.
Visit also Zutongpae Bridge, the bamboo bridge located on the outskirts of Mae Hong Son City lined with bamboo mat of about 2 metres wide and approximately 500 metres in length which was built by the locals to serve the monks of Wat Tham Poo Sa Ma and locals of Ban Gung Mai Sak. The name “Zutongpae” is from the Shan language and means ‘success’. It is believed that dreams will come true to those who cross the bridge.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Mae Hong Son, Thailand
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Nature & Wildlife
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What to Expect When Visiting Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand
Tham Lod is a place where antiques and pre-historic remains have been found. Together with a lamp, be guided into Tham Lod Cave by bamboo raft. This huge cave is magnificently adorned with colourful stalagmites and stalactites.
Lunch is provided at a local restaurant. Then visit “Tham Plaa” or Fish Cave, 17.4 kms up the road towards Pai. Walk about 200 metres through the park and cross a narrow suspension bridge to the cave. Next to the cave is a pool burbling from a subterranean stream. The pool holds enormous fish which you can feed.
Visit also Zutongpae Bridge, the bamboo bridge located on the outskirts of Mae Hong Son City lined with bamboo mat of about 2 metres wide and approximately 500 metres in length which was built by the locals to serve the monks of Wat Tham Poo Sa Ma and locals of Ban Gung Mai Sak. The name “Zutongpae” is from the Shan language and means ‘success’. It is believed that dreams will come true to those who cross the bridge.
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Stop At: Nam Lod Cave, 107 หมู่1 Tambon Tham Lot, Amphoe Pang Mapha, Chang Wat Mae Hong Son 58150, Thailand
Tham Lod Cave is one of Thailand’s most impressive and easily accessible caves, partly for its size, partly for its attractive limestone stalactite formations and partly for an unusual coffin cave hidden within the main cave.
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Tham Lod is a cave system with a length of 1.666 meters. Geologic formations sprouting from the floor and ceiling, and forming flowstone columns where stalactites and stalagmites grew together. Tham Lod Cave is a natural limestone cave system, its main feature is the freshwater stream which runs through the middle of the cave for about 200-300 meters. Inside it’s walls are covered with massive formations and columns over 20 meters high. The cave is also home to large numbers of bats and swifts.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tham Pla – Namtok Pha Suea National Park Office, CXGP+6VR, Mok Cham Pae, Mueang Mae Hong Son District, Mae Hong Son 58000, Thailand
Tham Pla is a popular attraction surrounded by brooks and cool hilly forests suitable for relaxation. A special feature is the hollow Cave filled with numerous freshwater fish known as Pla Mung or Pla Khang, which is of the same family as the carp. The fish are quite safe from being caught as they are believed to belong to the gods. This waterfall is in Tambon Mokchampae about 26 kilometres from the provincial seat on Route 1095 to Pai district with a left turn at Km. 191. Its water source are from Myanmar and runs full during the late rainy season (August-September).? Pang Tong Royal Pavilion-This is not just a hilltop royal pavilion set in a relaxing ambiance at Ban Mokchampae, some 5 KM beyond Pha Suea Waterfall, Pang Tong Royal Pavilion is also an agricultural research center found in 1980 to help locals improve their lives through plantations and farmings.
Duration: 40 minutes
