Chiang Mai Inthanon 2024 First Light Hiking Guide

Where would you choose for your first hike in 2024? The editor recommends Doi Inthanon National Park🏞 for hiking, natural scenery, and adventure. It is the perfect getaway from the city🔆 - 【⛰Hiking Trails】 ✅Pha Dok Siew Nature Trail Managed by the local Karen people, this is one of the two nature trails in the park and requires a guide. The trail passes through a pine forest, a greenhouse filled with marigolds, and ends at a waterfall. · ✅Kew Mae Pan Nature Trail This short trail winds through a pristine forest for about 3.2 kilometers, passing giant rhododendrons, waterfalls, and streams. It takes 2-4 hours to hike, allowing hikers to experience the natural beauty of the forest firsthand. 🔆Highlight: The 'Millennium Rose' rhododendron is the biggest attraction on this trail (from January to March), along with three different types of forests and various rare bird species. · ✅Angka Nature Trail An evergreen forest trail with a mild climate year-round. It is about 366 meters long and sits at an average altitude of about 2,500 meters above sea level. It takes about 30 minutes to complete this trail. - 【🌐Attractions】 🚩Wachirathan Waterfall The second largest waterfall on the way to the top of Inthanon. The stream flows from the cliff into the basin below, with water flowing year-round. When sunlight hits the water droplets, a beautiful rainbow appears over the stream. · 🚩Sirithan Waterfall The second waterfall along the way, equally impressive, but visitors can only view it from a small observation deck in the forest, 100 meters high. · 🚩Twin Royal Pagodas A magnificent pagoda complex, with the pagodas elegantly standing at an altitude of 2,146 meters, enshrining the relics of the Buddha and Shakyamuni. Due to its excellent location, it is perfect for watching the sunrise and sunset. - 【🧩Suggested Itinerary】 07:00-07:30🚗Hotel pick-up 09:00-12:00💧Visit the highest peak and Wachirathan, Sirithan waterfalls 12:00-13:00🍛Enjoy lunch 13:00-17:00⛰Visit the Twin Royal Pagodas, start the mountains hiking - Hmong village mountain hike to Kew Mae Pan (about 2 hours in total) 17:00-18:00🚕Return to Chiang Mai