How To Get To Doi Pui To Watch Sakura?

[samlowry]

Hello!

Pls, explain the route. Been many times around Wat P. D. Suthep, but newer at Doi Pui.

Also tell, is it possible to go there by car? Just found info, that the road to Doi Pui is very narrow.

[MESmith]

You can drive up in a car. Keep going past the temple, past the palace. Turn up to the right at the t junction where left is down to the tourist trap hmong village. The road reaches a barrier blocking access to the road up to the peak of Doi Pui. Head down to the right, through the visitors centre, down to the coffee shop & ornamental gardens where the sakura trees are. The road is narrow. Best to avoid weekends when half of Chiang Mai is up there & passing on coming trucks can get tricky.

[samlowry]

Thanks! Planned to visit it at Sat, because some of friends works at the office.

[samlowry]

Do you know about sakura - is it blossom already? My friend said, in Mae Salong not yet, afraid we'll come to Doi Pui and see nothing.

[MESmith]

Do you know about sakura - is it blossom already? My friend said, in Mae Salong not yet, afraid we'll come to Doi Pui and see nothing.

Last year it was in bloom at this time. Not been up this year.

[dave2]

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Planned to visit it at Sat,

not a good idea as doi suthep and even doi pui will probably be

heaving with thai mums dads and kids .... coz its childrens day!

dave2

[MESmith]

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Planned to visit it at Sat,

not a good idea as doi suthep and even doi pui will probably be

heaving with thai mums dads and kids .... coz its childrens day!

dave2

See you all at the airshow

[dave2]

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See you all at the airshow

nahhh ... its the armys turn again this year : )

dave2

[samlowry]

We going to go at 8:45, do you think it will be crowded?

[funcat]

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See you all at the airshow

nahhh ... its the armys turn again this year : )

dave2

...again!!...so,when is The Navy turn...?...I always enjoyed the submarine races

[siamod]

We ´ve been yesterday on Doi Pui. Not much sakura blossom to see. Better go at the end of the month I would suggest

[chiangmaiexpat]

I've been at Doi Pui many times; never saw it crowded with the possible exception of the Ban Doi Pui village during Xmas/New Year. The area where the cherry trees grow is not exactly a crowded area, but it is neither totally deserted. There are highland farms, hilltribes, and occasional visitors. After reaching the peak, you have to go down the road from Doi Pui towards Ban Chang Khian. It turns into a bumpy dust road one or two kilometres after the peak, so best to go by motorcycle or (even better:) mountain bike. I haven't been up there in the past few weeks, but I went to Doi Luang Chiang Dao yesterday and the cherry trees over there were already in bloom.

Cheers, CM-Expat

[samlowry]

Friends, what about now? Is sakura at Doi Pui in blossom?