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Lisu Hilltribe village photo

2011-02-09T17:27:00.000-08:00

Lisu hill tribe village at Pangmapha District, Mae hong son Thailand.

Chan available on 6 January to 16 January 2011

2010-12-15T18:04:00.000-08:00

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Pai Trekking

2010-03-02T20:36:00.000-08:00

We are just a small group of nature lover and like to share good experience and the nice place to trek in northern Thailand. Pai is the small district of Mae hong son province. Hiding between mountain and many tourist visit and enjoy their holiday. There are varieties of culture, culture, people, hill tribe village, the place to relax and enjoy. The trekking is one of famous activities.

Pai is beautiful and unspoiled forests and rivers of province. It's just waiting to be explored. If you go trekking in Pai you will also be welcomed into the hill tribe villages, making your holiday an unforgettable experience, as you walk through the jungle, climb mountains, take pictures, bath in rivers and pools, and breathe in the fresh air. The tourists from all over the world that have visited Pai will recommend to everyone they meet to come to trek in this area. There are many expert trekking guides waiting to accompany you on your trek, who can ensure the highest levels of safety.

One day trekking in Pai.
This program just for beginner who no have time to do the trek.
The tourist guide will lead you to the mountain beside Pai town. The truck will pickup you at your place.

First of all you looking for the good trekking guide who love the nature like you.
I can command Mr.Long is the one who provide the Trekking program in Pai.

Tho day one night trek in Pai.

How Mr. Long do on the trek?

TrekkingThai by Thai

2010-02-20T17:20:00.000-08:00

ONE DAY TREK by CHAN (1 day for beginner)
Chan is a good trekking guide who live with nature, his house beside Mae hong son hill.
Passed many year on his nature walks. Chan and his team will provide you with spirit on nature lover.
Also Chan is specialist on insect, EPIPHYTES PLANTS, Chan's vast knowledge of the region's flora and fauna allows you to observe nature rarely seen by the untrained eye
1 DAY TREK
Unique walking suitable for nature lovers. Fit, Unfit and Elderly person.
Start early morning. What you learn and gain from hiking. See nature in details. I take you down on a local trail through farm land and paddy field, man- made irrigation system, forests, creek and river. I spot well camouflage animals, insects birds, flying frogs, flying lizards, flying snake, sweat bees colony, pray mantis, stick insect, bush crickets and grass hoppers, butterflies, beetles, water scorpions.
BIRDS: In the area you would see, Bulbuls, Leaf Birds, Purple Sunbird, Flowerpeckers, Magpie-robin, White-rumped Shama, Asian Paradise-flycatcher, Indian Roller, Woodpeckers, Minivets, Wagtails, Greater Coucal, Green-billed Molkoha, Birds of prey like owls, falcons, hawks, etc.
EDIBLE AND POISONOUS PLANTS: Herbs. such as forest ferns, Riverside ferns,wild ginger, wild turmeric, potato yams, Arum, Water Plants, , Bamboo Shoots, Mushroom and Fungi etc.
TREES, Teak, Rose wood, Red Sandalwood, Giant Kapok, Giant Lianas, Dipterocarpuses, Wild Mango, Oaks, Chestnuts, Figs and Ficus, Bamboo, Ebony, Mahogany, Black vanish tree, Iron wood, Terminalia, Dillennia, Wild Roses Apple, etc.
Picnic Lunch, In forest you have rice with chicken, or fried noodle, delicious local dessert, rice cake, stream sticky rice with coconut cream, Seasonal tropical fruits, mango, pineapple, banana, mangosteen, passion fruit etc.

Trek to Pai Thailand

2010-02-19T20:43:00.000-08:00

Trek to Pai, Trek Mae hong son to Pai Thailand, 6 DAYS Trekking from Mae hong son to Pai by local tourist guide.
What to bring?
We advise that there will be rivers to cross and recommends that all walkers and trekkers wear light walking shoes or walking-sandals. All walkers and trekkers will require a backpack for items such as:
* Clothing.
* Toiletries.
* Flash light.
* Camera.
* Water bottle.
* Insect repellent and small binoculars.

Program 6 days trekking, Mae Hong Son To Pai.
Itinerary:
DAY ZERO: Clients must arrive in Mae Hong Son one day early, to get acquainted with the guide and do an equipment check. Visit to Mae Hong Son town, good dinner and a good night's rest.
DAY ONE: In the morning, have a good breakfast. The car transports us to the trekking place. We begin by walking along the Mae Hong Son river valley, following a local trail: a small, rough foot path leading up and down. Mae Hong Son creek is a charming mountain stream. You will see many deep gorges, waterfalls, high cliffs, and many pockets of dense ravine forest. We have to walk through water many times, getting our feet wet, which is a good experience. Lunch break on a big rock at the river side. You can stop to swim in the river any time. In the afternoon, we walk to Karen farmland area. See slash-and-burn rice fields and terraced paddy fields. Arrive in Ban Hua Nam. Visit with local people and home stay with Karen family. Guide and porters prepare good Thai meals for you. Dinner by candlelight.
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DAY TWO: Early morning refreshments: hot coffee, hot tea, fresh fruit juice, toast, eggs and fruit salad. Leave early in the morning, heading to Ban Huai Pomfat. Big climb up the mountain Doi Sa Ngo, along a very small local trail, through dense bamboo forest. Up, up, way up the hill to Tiger Pass. See massive rock formations, Oak and Chestnut forest, Cycad tree forest, many epiphytic plants such as Wild Orchid, Ferns, Aeschynanthus, Mosses and Lichens. Lunch on the highland trail, feel cool air and take a break in the wonderful view. Food is wrapped in banana leaves, drink hot tea or coffee in a bamboo cup. We cut bamboo and make handicrafts for you. In the afternoon, arrive in Ban Huai Pomfat--enough walking for the day! Meet friendly people in the village. You will see that they welcome your arrival and love to get in touch with visitors. Stay overnight in the village, guide and porters do the cooking.
DAY THREE: After breakfast, another day of climbing up and down on the mountain highland--more up than down. Pass through Karen village Ban Pakar, take a break in the village, see people and their way of life. Picnic lunch on the trail. Climb higher through the mountain landscape. See panoramic views. Pass through Lisu farmland area. In the past time, some poppy was cultivated in this area for it opium trade. Today, there is still a bit of poppy growing, but other crops include rice, potatoes, beans, taro root, ginger are introduced and growing instead of poppy. etc. Arrive in Ban Doi Makprik, visit to Lisu people, learn about Lisu culture. Spend the night in the village.
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DAY FOUR: This day we could start a little bit late, as there is a shorter distance to walk, and it is the day of climbing down the mountain. Some places are very steep. After breakfast, climb down to the Pai river bottom, half-day hike through dense forest on the old short-cut trail between MHS-PAI. Camping on Pai river’s bank at Huai Pong Klang Pai meet with Pai river. You can swim in the river. We will make a camp fire, and cook our food in bamboo stems, eat from bamboo bowls, drink from bamboo cups. Spend overnight in the wilderness.
DAY FIVE: Enjoy morning and get our breakfast on the river side. We travel up along Huai Pong Klang Pai creek through remote wilderness area. We walk through water many times, all day walking in the ravine forest. There are many beautiful waterfalls, high cliffs, caves, giant bamboo forests, Teak trees, Rosewoods, Cork trees, Dipterocarpus trees. At lunch time you can swim in the Five-Star swimming hole. Arrive in Ban Patong, where we end our long day walking. Enjoy dinner and a good night's rest.
DAY SIX: This is the last day trekking. Late morning get ready to walk to Ban Pam Bok, about 17 km along man-made rough road, from dry deciduous forest to hill evergreen forest on the other side of the mountain, afternoon descending from evergreen forest at the east side of the mountain in the Pai valley to the land of garlic. Get transport from Ban Pam Bok the place where we end our long hike. Evening arrive in Pai, get a good comfortable room. Dinner celebration and enjoy the good-by party together. I can arrange private transport to Chiang Mai. Or tourists can take local bus by themselves. This is a harder walking program suitable for nature lover. People who wanted to learn about nature, Cultures, and the walking for botanical, birds, insects, and butterflies. People who wanted to have plenty of time to spend in the forest and in village, to be with people with no rush. What you gain to see and learn from my trekking: Vegetation and animals in the nature reserve from low land to high land:
TREES AND SHRUBS. Teak, Rose Wood, Mahogany, Ebony, Pines, Figs, Oaks, Chestnuts, Magnolia, Dillenias, Coral tree, Butea, Giant Kapok, Eugenias, Black vanish, Dipterocarps, Hopea, Iron Wood, Shoreas, members of the Erica family, Wild Tea, Cinnamon Tree, sterculia tree, Palms, Cycads tree, Ferns tree. Wild Banana, And many different typical of Bamboo. Etc.
FOREST FLOOR PLANTS. Wild Bananas, Begonias, Wild Gingers, Gentians, Forrestia, Black lily, Commelina (Spiderworts), Lily, Mimosas, Morning glory, Ferns, Balanophora, Rafflesia. Diversity of Fungi, Mushroom and Toadstool.
EPIPHYTES PLANTS. Wild Orchids. Ferns. Dichidias. Figs. Mosses. Lichens. Etc.
ANIMALS in the area: Tiger [very rare], Leopard Cat, Golden Cat, many smaller cats, Wild Pigs, Seraw and Goral Goats, Sambar Deer, Barking Deer, Monkeys, Gibbons, Langurs, Slow Loris, Porcupine, Rodents, Badgers, etc.
SNAKES: King Cobra, Asiatic Cobras, Green Vipers, Rat Snakes, Rock Python, Reticulated python, Whip snakes, Flying snakes, Cat snakes, etc.
LIZARDS: Clouded Monitor, River Monitor, Geckos, Skinks, Agama lizards, Oriental long-tailed lizard, Flying Lizards, Water lizard, etc.
BIRDS: Great Hornbill, Pied Hornbill, Great Barbet, Black Bulbul, Dusky Broadbill, Frog Mouths, Hawks, Eagles, Green Peafowl, Pheasant, Jungle Fowl, Green Pigeons, Drongos, Sunbirds, Woodpeckers, etc.
BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS: Imperial Butterfly, Paris Peacock, Rose Swallowtail, Orange Albatross, Indian Leaf Butterfly, Peacock Royal, Bird-wing Butterfly, Jungle Queen,Cruiser Butterfly, Clipper, Skippers, Monarch, Blue Crow, Atlas Moth, Moon Moth, Owl Moth, Hawk Moth. Etc.
OTHER INSECTS: Walking Stick, Leaf Insect, Pray Mantis, Beetles, Lady-Birds, Daddy long-legs, Assassin Bugs, Sweat Bees, Bush cricket, Grass Hoppers, Wasps, Ant-lion, Water scorpion, Water bugs, Spiders, Tarantulas. Etc.
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Thai Trekking spirit2

2009-07-29T01:07:00.000-07:00

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ITINERARY. DAY 01: In the morning we come to pick you up at your hotel. Car takes us out of human civilization into the glories of Forests and Mountains area, up hill along curve dirt road very steep in places. We stop at viewpoint you wonder about how beautiful landscape in this area, you stand on mountain’s slope, you see below in valley the morning fog is slowly rising up, you breath fresh mountains air. Car delivers us from a short drive about 20 km from town. Here we start our walking, we depends on foot climb up steep slope about 1 hour to the ridge. You found that not easy to push yourself plus your backpack up hill. Time to be patience and learn about us. You grain and learn about nature in detail. We are hiking on high land evergreen forest. Mountain’s trees in the area you pass through. Such as: Oaks, Chestnuts, Shorea, Dillenia, Hopea, Dipterocarps, Black Vanish, Pines, White Heather, Figs, phyllanthus emblica, Etc. Up on trees and cliff you see epiphyte plants, like Wild Orchids, Bird Nest Ferns, Stage Horn Ferns, Dischidea, Club Mosses and Lichens. Forest floor plants, Ferns, Arum, Amorphophallus, Begonia, Gentians, Gingers, Etc. Late afternoon arrive at village Ban Hua Nam, place where we stay overnight, home stay with Karen family. You can relax, go to wash, and walks around, and learn about local culture. My porters and I are preparing delicious Thai meal for you. The menu would be. Thai spicy soup such as, Tom Yam, Red curry, Green Curry, chicken in coconut cream soup. Sweat and sour fish, Fried chicken with ginger, Grilled egg plant salad, etc. Dessert, coffee and tea. Enjoy dinner in candlelight. DAY 02: Morning local life start very early here. Rooster call at 4 am in the morning. People woke up to pound rice, cook and get to work in their fields. Under the house there are pigs and chicken are running around. After you got your good breakfast. We are starting our second day hike. This day we hike down hill. Passing through farmland, terrace paddy fields. Local trail led you down to evergreen ravine forest, at the bottom we hike along creek, you walk through water, and there will be many rivers cross. You need a pair of good hiking sandals. Experience walking through water you will find it fun. See waterfalls, gorges, Cliffs. Along creek you wonder about, giant Bamboo. Teak Wood Tree. Rose Wood Tree. Dipterocarp tree. Giant lianas. Figs. Rose Apple Tree. Rambai tree. Bread fruit Tree. Wild banana. Riverside plant arums, ferns, forrestea. Mushroom and Fungi. Afternoon we got out of creek arrive at terrace rice field in low land valley, see man made irrigation dam and it canals system. You will be finished the treks and a car take you back Maehongson. We offer special services. My porters and I would love to take good care of you. You don’t have to carry much in your backpack. My porters will carry all foods and other stuff. I will bring with me a pair of binoculars to see the views and spot the birds, also a magnify glass to see the details of small plants and creatures, There are many birds, butterflies, insects and beetles that I knew and will inform you about their nature and history. I hope that this is the best way to see the country. This is Conservative and Eco walks. We are trying not to harm animals and plants. We do not kill snake and hunt for an endanger animals. You can help me to safe some wild orchids and it easy way to do. I show you how, when we see some orchid that fell off from the tree. We can replace them back on tree truck or any suitable place on tree’s branch or on rock. This is an epiphyte orchid can grow only on tree and rock. They would be dies when fell of tree. You can grow your own orchid. I helped many orchids per trek. I had safe many orchids along the trails I been. Some time I saw my flower and it made me very happy. I think this is one of the best ways to help nature and that you gain happiness and also gain merit.

Trekking spirit 1

2009-07-29T01:02:00.000-07:00

Unique walking suitable for nature lovers. Fit, Unfit and Elderly person.
Start early morning. What you learn and gain from hiking. See nature in details. I take you down on a local trail through farm land and paddy field, man- made irrigation system, forests, creek and river. I spot well camouflage animals, insects birds, flying frogs, flying lizards, flying snake, sweat bees colony, pray mantis, stick insect, bush crickets and grass hoppers, butterflies, beetles, water scorpions. BIRDS: In the area you would see, Bulbuls, Leaf Birds, Purple Sunbird, Flowerpeckers, Magpie-robin, White-rumped Shama, Asian Paradise-flycatcher, Indian Roller, Woodpeckers, Minivets, Wagtails, Greater Coucal, Green-billed Molkoha, Birds of prey like owls, falcons, hawks, etc. EDIBLE AND POISONOUS PLANTS: Herbs. such as forest ferns, Riverside ferns,wild ginger, wild turmeric, potato yams, Arum, Water Plants, , Bamboo Shoots, Mushroom and Fungi etc. TREES, Teak, Rose wood, Red Sandalwood, Giant Kapok, Giant Lianas, Dipterocarpuses, Wild Mango, Oaks, Chestnuts, Figs and Ficus, Bamboo, Ebony, Mahogany, Black vanish tree, Iron wood, Terminalia, Dillennia, Wild Roses Apple, etc. Picnic Lunch, In forest you have rice with chicken, or fried noodle, delicious local dessert, rice cake, stream sticky rice with coconut cream, Seasonal tropical fruits, mango, pineapple, banana, mangosteen, passion fruit etc.

Trek Thailand Mae hong son

2009-07-24T23:51:00.000-07:00

About Chan:

Chakraphan Prawinchaikul (Chan) was born in Mae Hong Son .He is an registered trekking guide and has been guiding tourist on walks since 1985. Chan speaks fluent English and is a self-taught naturalist gathering his extensive knowledge of plants ,insects ,animals and culture through years of observation. Chan is also an avid nature photographer ,amateur astrologer and an excellent cook.
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About Preecha:

Preecha Sirima (Cha) was born in Chaing mai. He has moved to Mae hong son since 1998 . He very like this area as small town like Mae hong son. His skill is guitar playing, computer programming and create many traveling websites passed many years. He also used to worked with international organization for help people and refugee around Thai-Burmar border. At the present , Preecha is a teacher in private school. He also runs this website with Chan as his close friend.
Preecha also coordinate trekking/hiking tourist who looking for special trekking program in Mae hong son's mountain area.

CHAN AWAITS YOU

Warm clothing for cool evenings is recommended. All food provisions are provided and all walks of an extended length are accompanied by trained assistants. Chan also provides sleeping bags ,mosquito-nets ,mats and tents.
Please visit Pai thailand website in Thai www.maehongson-th.com/pai

Thailand Trekking

2009-07-24T23:50:00.001-07:00

TREKKING IN PAI, PAi Trekking, Pai hiking, Mae hong son Trekking Group.
Trek Thailand, in north-western aria. Trekking on the mountain with our local tourist guide who love the nature like you.
Visit to Maehongson when the peak season of orchids flowering. For special interested in orchids come at the time of blossom around the month of March, April and May. You obsessed in their beauty and perfume and would like to see them glowing in the wild. I would like to introduce you to a paradise home of wild orchids of the north Thailand. It is the glories time of species of Dendrobiums, Rhyncostylis, Aerides, Vanda, Vandopsis, Ascocentrum, Cymbidium, Phaius, Bulbophyllum and Chilochista etc. Make a trip to the wild forests home of orchids on the hills around Maehongson. You would be surprise and enjoy the breathtaking scenery, every time when take a walks you would discover varieties of orchids from a tiny to the large plant. The wonderful and a spectacular charming orchids blooming would seen from lowland to highland forests, they are on the ground on the rock and high up on the trees. Also it is the time of forest trees are blooming and they would present you by their beautiful the scene and the fragrance.

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Contact to Mr. Chan to customize your tour and the trip could be arranging from 3-5 days overnight stay in the forest or in villages. Group 4-6 people.
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Special Orchid walks Program during March - April www.TrekkingThailand.com/orchid-walks.html
Visit Pai Thailand website at
www.maehongson-th.com/pai