Mae Salong
Mae Salong (แม่สลอง) is a village in Chiang Rai Province. Mae Salong is famous as being settled by remnants of the Nationalist Chinese Army 93rd Division (Kuomintang) who moved over the mountains from Burma to Thai territory in 1961. Mae Salong is also known as Doi Mae Salong (ดอยแม่สลอง) and officially known as Santikhiri (สันติคีรี). Mae Salong is more less a small village high up on the mountainsides of Doi Mae Salong over looking the Chiang Rai Valley.
Mae Salong in a sentence ...
Mae Salong is a little chunk of China, a village strung along a misty ridge inhabited by old Kuomintang rebels and several generations of their offspring, offering cool alipine vistas, and selling tea and hill tribe treks to the back country. The claim to fame is the oolong tea plantations established by the Kuomintang (a Taiwan influence).
Attractions in Mae Salong
Phra Boromathat Chedi: Built up a hill and lots of stairs up from the Mae Salong village, was built in honour of Princess Mother Srinagarindra.
Tomb of General Tuan: mausoleum of Kuomintang General Tuan Xi-Wen.
Hotels in Mae Salong
- River Hill Resort ... Mountain Side Wooden Huts ... reviews / Rates
- Suanthip Villa Resort ... located down the valley great resort .... reviews / Rates
- O Hotel ... 20 rooms, 400 Baht, Tel. 053-732064
Central Hill Hotel (เซ็นทรัล ฮิลล์)
Khumnaipol Resort (คุ้มนายพล รีสอร์ท)
Mae Salong Flower Hills
Mae Salong Resort
Mae Salong Villa (แม่สลอง วิลล่า)
Guesthouse in Mae Salong
Mae Salong Guest House
7 rooms, 150 - 200 Baht, Tel. 053-640476
Gold Dragon Inn Doi Mae Salong
26 rooms. 300-800 baht. Tel. +66-53765009
Akha Guest House .. run by Akha tribesmen
Shin Sane Guesthouse ... Mae Salong's 1st guesthouse ... cheap shared W.C.
Shin Sane Bungalows ... little more expensive than the Guesthouse but still a bargin ... private bathroom.
Mae Salong Business Directory
Mae Salong Guesthouses
Mae Salong Photos
