"Traveling to Thailand I wanted to do something fun and adventurous beside chilling on the beach and eating Pad Thai. I decided to sign up for the hardest hike I could find on Koh Chang island. Unfortunatly I was the only signed up, so the guides told me to go with them the next day when they will ascend the tallest peak on the island. I was ok with that even knowing that Khao Salak Phet will not going to be such a big challenge. Well, next day with another 13 people, the tour started, but before Tan the guide explained that this is the first time a group will go up the real tallest peak of the island, Khao Chang Yai which means Big Elephant Mountain. So basically we started a very long approach, and people were not too happy, they were tired, the trek got steep and hard.er then everybody expected. I personally loved it! Definitely not for the average tourist. Took us over 5 hours to get to the top of the mountain, and that time I knew we will end up in dark walking out of the jungle. At the end most of the people were complaining that they had to walk over 10h in the jungle with very small reward. Well, we climbed the tallest peak, nothing to complain about :D" — nandorszotak • Nov 28, 2019

"We hiked from national park campsite at Kiew Lom to the summit of Thailand's 2nd highest mountain, Doi Pha Hom Pok (2285m), and back. The trail is marked by 7 information boards. We walked up in the dark, starting at 5am, to be on the summit for the sunrise at 6:30am. Most people leave earlier than that. It would also make a good sunset summit, descending afterwards in the dark. The whole walk can be done in around 4 hours including summit time. There are nice views to the west over the mountains of Myanmar, and over north Thailand to the east. We saw some interesting flora but no fauna. There were about 15 people on the summit when we arrived. The Kiew Lom campsite is good. A 4-wheel drive vehicle is needed for the drive up to there. The westerly checkpoint near Fang would not let us in with our Nissan X-Trail, saying it was too low, and we should buy a trip in their pickup taxi, however the easterly checkpoint near Mae Sao let us in. There is a 2nd fine campsite nearby called หน่วยพิทักษ์อุทยานแห่งชาติที่ ดป.4 (Little House on the Prairie Project) that you can find in Google Earth. Our video log of the trip is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-noK9UVWTk" — nickhope • Dec 9, 2016

"We were here on a guided trip from Mae Hong Son. There is an educational path to the summit what is about orchids but there are no signs on the route only at the end and starting point." — hegyman • Mar 6, 2016

"Tried to reach the mountain via a new route, following the river down the west slope upstreams till the peak and ascend from there. It'd be perfectly plausible, though i did not count the time well. I was counting on 2-3 days to the peak, though after 2 days we were only about half the way, running out of food. We needed to turn back again and went up the normal route after all. Full trip report + map: http://dimitriosfan.com/2016/02/04/deep-into-the-jungle-doi-pha-hom-pok/" — DimitriosFan • Jan 25, 2016

"Did the mountain alone in a short two day trip. Started in early afternoon from Chiang Dao, camped before the peak and summited by sunrise. Very beautiful mountain. Plateau in between the ridges quite unique. Guide was supposedly mandatory, though the guards at the park's entrance showed no objection to let pass myself. Full trip report + map: http://dimitriosfan.com/2016/02/02/doi-chiang-dao-thailands-third-highest-mountain/" — DimitriosFan • Jan 20, 2016