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Tuckered out on temples? Pai is lean on sights and high on activities, from hikes to mas-
sages. Treks start at about 800B per day, while rafting excursions start at about 1200B.
Ban Santichon
About 4km outside of Pai, a small market, restaurants serving Yunnanese food, tea tasting,
pony rides, a tacky recreation of the Great Wall of China and a
mountaintop viewpoint
(Ban
Santichon; admission 20B; 4.30am-6pm)
make the former KMT village of Ban Santichon not
unlike a Chinese-themed Disneyland.
VILLAGE
Tha Pai Hot Springs
(adult/child 200/100B; 7am-6pm)
Across Mae Nam Pai and 7km southeast of town via a
paved road is this well-kept local park. A scenic stream flows through the park; the stream
mixes with the hot springs in places to make pleasant bathing areas.
HOT SPRINGS
Pai Adventure
( 0 5369 9385;
www.thailandpai.net
;
28 Th Chaisongkhram; 8am-10pm)
The one- to two-day
white-water rafting trips offered by this recommended outfit can be combined with
trekking and other activities.
RAFTING
Pai Traditional Thai Massage
MASSAGE
(PTTM; 0 5369 9121;
www.pttm1989.com
;
68/3 Soi 1, Th Wiang Tai; massage per 1/1½/2hr 180/270/
350B, sauna per visit 100B, 3-day massage course 2500B; 9am-9pm)
This longstanding and loc-
ally owned outfit offers very good northern Thai massage, as well as a sauna (cool season
only) where you can steam yourself in
sà·mŭn·prai
(medicinal herbs). Three-day massage
courses begin every Monday and Friday and last three hours per day.
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