Experience a completely off-the-beaten-track hiking experience in Doi Inthanon National Park, just two hours drive from Chiang Mai.
Doi Inthanon is the highest mountain in Thailand and is one of the most beautiful areas of Northern Thailand. On this one or two-day hiking trail, you will witness a variety of interesting jungle flora and fauna, unique to this area of Thailand, as well as come in contact with unique indigenous communities. You will enjoy incredible views of the mountain, visit cascading waterfalls, eat lunch off banana leaf plates and learn about jungle survival from your local trekking guide.
1 Day Trek – Doi Inthanon
Fast Facts:
- Trip Duration: 1 Day
- Meals Included: Lunch
- Difficulty: Medium (mix of uphills and downhills)
- Season: Available all year
1 Day Itinerary
- Pick up from 7.00 to 7.30 am from your hotel.
- Drive 2 hours to Doi Inthanon National Park, stopping at a market along the way.
- Begin our hiking walking through this near a school and old village, on the side of the mountain overlooking rice fields
- The first part of our hike will take 2 to 2.5 hours through the rainforest stopping at a viewpoint for lunch
- After lunch we will hike another 2 hours through the rainforest, enjoying the 2 waterfalls along the trail.
- Ending the trail at Khun Poy village, enjoy a local hill tribe coffee shop after the trek, at the village’s little coffee shop.
- Arrive back in Chiang Mai around 6 pm.
2 Day Trek – Doi Inthanon National Park
Fast Facts:
- Duration: 1 night, 2 days
- Meals Included: All meals
- Difficulty: Medium (has short uphills)
- Season: Available all year.
2 Day Itinerary
- Pick up from 7.00 to 7.30 am from your hotel.
- Drive 2 hours to Doi Inthanon National Park, stopping at a market along the way.
- Start the trek behind a village overlooking rice fields
- The first part of our hike will take 2 to 2.5 hours through the rainforest stopping at a viewpoint for lunch and passing a beautiful waterfall.
- After lunch we will hike another 2 hours through the rainforest, enjoying the views along the trail and passing another stunning waterfall.
- Arrive at Khun Poy Village, where you will be staying the night, explore the local village and enjoy a local hill tribe coffee at the little coffee shop in the village.
- Enjoy a local Thai dinner cooked by your guide, you are welcome to help him prepare the dinner for the evening.
- Day 2: Slow start to the morning, we will prepare breakfast and depart for our hike.
- We will hike for approximately 4 hours through the Rainforest.
- We will have lunch along the trail.
- Depart Doi Inthanon and arrive back in Chiang Mai around 17.30
Please note: This trek cannot run with less than two people. So, if you are booking for 2 people your trek date is guaranteed! However, if you are booking for one person, we will join you with an existing tour. Please select your preferred date using the calendar above and we will contact you to let you know if there is already a tour running on your chosen date, or suggest a nearby alternative date. We will not take your deposit until a date is agreed upon.
Hi, I’m Nikki and I started South East Asia Backpacker in 2008 after my own first solo backpacking trip! My vision was to create a travel diary for everyone, a place for travellers to share their experiences from the road. After backpacking and writing about Southeast Asia for over 10 years, I saw the opportunity to provide backpackers with the kind of experiences that I’d treasured myself in the region! 
Bridget –
We absolutely loved our tour with Mit. We didn’t totally know what to expect, and were blown away. The entire day was unique and off the beaten path. We enjoyed getting to know Mit and engaging with the Hilltribe community.
Lukasz –
In general trekking was a very good experience. Positives: knowledge of the guide about plants, possibility to try some of them like cinamon, amazing lunch at the Waterfall, food very well prepared in great athmoafere, good organization with transport. Negatives: i was a bit disappointed with the jungle itself, maybe its because of the season but to me it was like a normal forest not a jungle, i know it is not a zoo but I have not seen any Animals as well, i had one day trip and we have not met anybody in the hiltribe Village So there was no chance to speak and have this experience. Aparat from that Tour as described, 6 hours of hiking up and downs, transport, meal, swimming in the Waterfall was not possible because it was small one but really charming.
Niko –
We took part in the two day trek, and we highly recommend going for the over night trip. We were especially pleased with our tour guide Tin with whom it was safe to hike in the jungle, but he also had amazing knowledge about the plants and local culture. More so, he’s also a great cook! Even though the trek was awesome, there were some downsides as well: We didn’t receive all the information needed about the trip, and once we asked the customer support was very rude to us and fairly hard to deal with. If you can get past that, we encourage to take the two day trek!
Luca –
This was the highlight of a one month trip in Thailand. The hike was fun, along a trail not on maps, with loads of insights from the guide and lots of laughter. I did the 2 days and the farmstay was so worth it, finally a real look into the lifes of the hilltribes, completed with lunch, the following day, at a hilltribe family! Thank you so much, it was perfect!
Leila –
This trek was the highlight of our time in Chiang Mai. The hike itself wasn’t challenging, but you need to be prepared. We loved staying in the Hilltribe Village and our guide Tin was amazing. He entertained us with folk tales around the fire and showed us some real Karen hospitality.
Katrina –
We loved the hike, the guide was amazing. It was great to learn so much about the trees and plants in the forest and staying the night was exciting. It was my favourite part of our 2 weeks in Thailand!
Yi Xian –
Really friendly guide who did a great job taking care of us during the 2 day hike and cooked really good food too! Really learnt a lot during the hike and even got to take home some cinnamon from the tree bark. Really enjoyed this hike and it’s such a once in a lifetime hike which I won’t forget.
TingChou Lin –
The two days trekking in Doi Inthanon is the best outdoor experience in my life ! Firstly, I want to recommend the guy “ Jackie Chen” . He is not also good at speaking English but also understand the knowledge of Thai culture, farm skills , insect , animals … it’s too much I can’t write it all. Though I didn’t sleep in the bamboo huts because it’s broken by storm, I still had a wonderful night in home stay . I lived in the traditional house which was built with woods and ate the dinner they cook . It’s very very excellent !!!
Therefore , the view of top is beautiful. Trekking in the jungle can taste many wild plants and fruits . It’s very fun !!
Lauren Kubik –
I loved my overnight trek at Doi Inthanon. The group was small and we all trekked at the same pace. The guides were very friendly and informative about the surrounding nature. Staying overnight is definitely worth it. Bring some extra cash for beers and snacks, but the meals are all included. I highly recommend bringing a book as you will have some downtime after your trek on the second day before you head back to Chiang Mai.