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Outstanding Attractions - As many road access points have now been constructed, private transportation hotel in chiang mai is a convenient way to visit Doi Inthanon. In fact, the main attractions are spread hotel in chiang mai over a 40 km range, and only a private vehicle will give you the ability hotel in chiang mai to make the most of your trip. A motorcycle is perhaps the best way to hotel in chiang mai get through the rough and narrow dirt roads that lead to the hill tribe villages. hotel in chiang mai Nevertheless, if you want to really get in touch with the park -- and thoroughly hotel in chiang mai absorb its natural beauty, then walking or hiking is highly recommended. There are many footpaths hotel in chiang mai and trails to follow on Doi Inthanon as a result of the long occupation by hotel in chiang mai the hill tribes. The starting point is usually at the Mae Klang Waterfall, which is hotel in chiang mai located 66 km south west of Chiang Mai. You could then choose to stay over hotel in chiang mai at the Mae Aeb Karen Village for the first night, at Pa Mon Karen Village hotel in chiang mai for the second night, at Pang Somdet Village for the third night, followed by a hotel in chiang mai walk up to the summit the next morning.

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In 1959, the hotel in chiang mai Doi Inthanon Forest was one of fourteen throughout the country that had been established as hotel in chiang mai National Parks by the government. And in 1965 it was named as a National Conservation hotel in chiang mai Area. Later on, in 1972, the park's boundaries were extended by the Forestry Department of hotel in chiang mai Thailand to include the Ban Loing, Sob Tai, Song Kael, Yang Karm, Jom Tong, Mae hotel in chiang mai Vin, and Son Pa Tong districts and sub-districts. On 16th January 1974, during a visit hotel in chiang mai by His Majesty the King and Her Majesty Queen Sirikit to Doi Kun Klang, he hotel in chiang mai suggested that the boundaries of the park be further extended. In February the Mae Suank, hotel in chiang mai Chang Keng, and Ta Pha subdistricts became part of the park. Due to the park hotel in chiang mai extension projects, in 1975 the Doi Inthanon National Conservation Forest, the Jom Tong National Conservation hotel in chiang mai Forest, and the Mae Jam National Conservation Forest all became the Doi Inthanon National Park hotel in chiang mai that we know today.

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Forests and Wild Animals - The hotel in chiang mai forested national parks of Thailand are immensely valuable towards preserving the country's heritage. In the hotel in chiang mai Doi Inthanon National Park the forests comprise hilly evergreen forests, pine forests, tropical rain forests, hotel in chiang mai and more. The park is also a source of many economically valuable woods like teak hotel in chiang mai and pine, but logging has been discouraged for a number of years now. Moreover, there hotel in chiang mai is a large variety of beautiful and colourful flowers, such as the forest rose, and hotel in chiang mai a host of other flora that cannot be seen anywhere else in Thailand. Sadly, many hotel in chiang mai animal species are becoming extinct due to destructive deforestation, and non-stop hunting by the hill hotel in chiang mai tribe people. But you can still sometimes catch a glimpse of tigers; and gibbons, deer, hotel in chiang mai wild pigs, Siamese hares, fowls and other animal life still abound, thanks to the vigilance hotel in chiang mai and protection of the park rangers.

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