(H108 KM.57 west turn onto R1009 - 47 km. to summit. Adults 200 Baht, Children 100 Baht. Keep ticket to enter at any gate and for a checkpoint at KM.38)... continued from Click here!
(15 km. south from Chom Thong on H108)
Several cotton weaving villages lie a short distance south of Chom Thong. Mon Duang Duan (KM.65 east side) has a workshop with looms as well as a riverside restaurant. The Nang Ap Chang women's weaving group (KM.68 east side just after the cement elephant) is a little further.
Ban Rai Pai Ngam (Thai sign) - Pa Saeng Da textile museum (English sign) offers an excellent textile weaving display (KM. 68 east turn 400 m. Hours. 08:30 - 17:00. Tel: 01-5100460)
(H108 KM.57 west turn onto R1009 - 47 km. to summit. Adults 200 Baht, Children 100 Baht. Keep ticket to enter at any gate and for a checkpoint at KM.38)
At 2,565 meters, the granite mass of Doi Inthanon is over 200 meters higher than anything else in Thailand and has true upper montane forest. R1009 passes waterfalls (sign posted as nam tok) and viewpoints on the route to a radar station on the summit. Facilities inside the park are limited.
Food stalls may be found at the main waterfalls and there is a canteen-style restaurant at the royal chedis. The park entrance on R1009 is at KM.8. Drop into the visitor center at KM.9 for an English brochure.
(R1009 KM. 1 south turn - 13 km.)
To visit these falls you must buy or show a park entry ticket at the gate located just after the road begins to climb. The falls, which drop 100 meters in a stepped cascade, are best seen in the early part of the morning.
It is possible to get to R1009 up Doi Inthanon by taking a concrete road north from the Mae Ya approach road just before it begins to climb up to the park gate. The road becomes a dirt track that skirts the hills.
Mae Klang Falls(R1009 KM. 7 left turn 400 m.)
These falls are very popular, especially at weekends, and there are numerous food stalls at the car park. Thais typically like to eat raw papaya salad - som tham (this is a tasty dish, but it can be very spicy indeed - try it with peanuts before tasting one with crab), grilled chicken and sticky rice. Cross over the bridge to enter the tidy gardens of the Kamphaeng San Buddhist college. You need a park ticket to take the footpath (a vehicle ticket will let you pass) to the falls. The path continues up to the visitor center and pools and the open rock beyond.
See also: [Walking on Doi Inthanon] [Wetland Rice Cultivation]