Published on Apr, 2024
My friend and I was initially hesitant and skeptical to book this trip. We wanted to so a sunrise hiking and due to the Thai New Year holiday, this is the only tour we could find that fit into our itinerary. The price was not cheap, and most importantly, the reviews were extreme, either very good or disappointed. However, we decided to give it a try.
Driver Ming (I hope I didn't misspell his name) picked us up at hotel on time at 4am, first drove up to the place to see the sunrise and luckily we saw it. It was really foggy on the way up the mountain but we saw the sunrise so we were happy. Then he pointed us the way to go to the summit, which was really nothing in there, and a small trail. Then we were thinking, was that it? He did prepared us a little something as breakfast so it was nice. And after that, roughly 9am, he drove us to the entrance to another trail and then that's the trekking started. We were guided by a English speaking lady from the Karen (sorry if i misspell) Tribe to walk through the trail which lead to her village, in average take around 1.5 hr depends on your speed. That was really fun. There were variety of things that we saw, like some waterfalls, rice fields etc and the trail was also not the easiest, there are up and downs, stairs etc. Then when we reached the end, we got to enjoy a local grown coffee and after the mountain party, Ming brought us to a local restaurants and we had delicious local food there before heading back to hotel. Overall the experience, both my friend and I enjoyed it! For those who like hiking I definitely recommended :)
