"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

"Doi Langka Luang (ดอยลังกาหลวง) is also known as Doi Mae Tho (ดอยแม่โถ) in north Thailand. This is the highest peak of the Khun Tan range, and lies near the junction of the Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Lampang provinces, at the southern tip of the Khun Chae national park. At 2031m above sea level, it is about the 8th highest mountain in Thailand. We did this hike independently in 2 days. It is not a well-known route and we did not see anyone for the whole route. The night before at the Baan Kon Meuang Doi homestay in the village of Baan Mae Dtoon Luang. The village chief drove us to the start of the hike at "Doi Radar", near the Khun Chae national park headquarters. Our first day route took us over Doi Pha Ngom before camping right on the summit of Doi Langka Luang. Our second day route took us over Doi Langka Noi and back down to Baan Mae Dtoon Luang. We carried 8 litres of water for 2 people but started to get low during the 2nd day and were very relieved to find a stream part-way through the 2nd day. This trek could probably also be arranged through the Khun Chae national park headquarters or commercial trekking companies with a guide/porter, possibly taking longer and u..." — nickhope • Jan 19, 2016