[2025 Mae Hong Son Attraction] Travel Guide for Pang Tong Palace (Updated Apr)

If you’re heading to the village of Ban Rak Thai on the Thai-Myanmar border, make sure to stop by Pang Tong Palace. Despite its name, it’s actually a sanctuary for wildlife hidden deep in the Chiang Mai Highlands. Here you will find a sprawling estate where horses, fish and birds enjoy a quiet life. Entrance was free when I went in the low season. But be careful on the road. It is steep, slippery and strewn with rocks all over.

Pang Tong Palace, a check-in point in Mae Hong Son, is a place suitable for those who love nature and peace and quiet. 🏞️ Surrounded by forests and fresh air In addition to beautiful views, there is also an animal zone to see, including sheep, horses, and deer. 🐑🐴🦌 Take a leisurely stroll, enjoy the view of the green mountains, and take pictures of beautiful angles surrounded by tall pine trees. 🌳 Nearby, there is also a large reservoir that looks very refreshing. 🌅 Free admission! Perfect for those who plan to go to Pang Ung or Ban Rak Thai, because you can stop by here on the way. Don't forget to bring a camera, because every corner of this place is perfect for taking pictures to capture memories. 📸 Come relax and recharge your energy with nature! 💚 #NatureAttractions #MaeHongSon #VisitMaeHongSon

Pang Tong Palace or "Pang Tong Highland Service and Development Center under the Royal Initiative" was established in 1980 as the second service and development center of the Royal Development Project in Mae Hong Son Province. It covers a total area of ​​5,353 rai and is located in Mok Champae Subdistrict, Mae Hong Son Province. It is used as a place for experimentation, research, and demonstration of hill tribe people in the highlands, including Ban Pang Tong (Tai Yai, Karen), Ban Na Pa Paek (Mong, Tai Yai), Ban Huai Makhuea Som, plant cultivation, and raising cold-weather animals to promote the people (Mong, Tai Yai), and Ban Ruam Thai (Tai Yai), most of whom are bordering Burma. The trip is not difficult. From Mae Hong Son town, you can take Highway 1095 to Pai, or if coming from Pai, take the same highway heading to Mae Hong Son town. The intersection to Ban Mok Champae is before reaching Mueang District. It is the same route to "Pang Ung", a popular tourist attraction for those who love romance. From the entrance, follow the signs to Ban Rak Thai. Passing through Ban Mae Soi intersection and passing Pha Suea waterfall, go up another 5 kilometers and you will reach the entrance of Pang Tong Palace. The officer said that there is no entrance fee or permission to visit, but there will be soldiers guarding the center at all times because Her Majesty the Queen will regularly come to work here. Therefore, soldiers from the 21st Infantry Regiment, the Queen's Bodyguard, or the Queen's Tigers, will rotate to perform their duties. The first place when entering the palace area, you should not miss paying homage to the "Tiger Soldiers' Shrine" and "Maharaj Shrine" for good luck. This shrine was built to honor King Naresuan the Great who, more than 400 years ago, according to records, led an army to conquer the city of "Hongsawadi" before continuing to conquer the city of Toungoo. However, the army was not ready and was short of food supplies, so they had to withdraw their army and march back via "Pang Tong", Mae Hong Son, Pai, Mae Malai, Chiang Mai, and back to Ayutthaya. Therefore, it was established as a memorial to commemorate him here. #100TravelTigerShows

Pang Tong Palace Pang Tong Palace is located in Tambon Mok Champae. You can get there by taking the same route as the entrance to Pha Suea Forest Park for another 5 kilometers. The residence is located on a high mountaintop in Ban Pang Tong, in the Pang Tong Highland Development Project. The palace area has a demonstration plot for planting Thai and foreign flowers, growing fruits, and raising animals such as sheep and pheasants. In winter, there is a beautiful morning mist at the lake (Ung). #Secret location #Waiting for the day to travel

#Visit the zoo In the Pang Tong Highland Development Project, there are many interesting tourist attractions, such as rare animal pens such as deer, wild deer, and antelopes, all of which are endangered animals, flower breeding stations, and nurseries of winter plants that bloom beautifully. There are both pure Thai and imported species for you to study. At the back of the nursery, we recommend going to see the sturgeon (caviar) swimming in a large pond. Then walk up the hill, cross the bridge at a small stream, and follow the long stairs leading up. Through the arches of trees, you will see Pang Tong Palace, which is the residence of the royal family when they visit Mae Hong Son. Another interesting point is the wildlife breeding station covering an area of ​​over 150 rai, which is under the care and responsibility of the wildlife conservation project. Most of the animals are rare and endangered, such as clouded leopards, pheasants, Thai peacocks, gibbons, bears, and hornbills. And what you can't miss is admiring the cuteness of the flock of almost a hundred sheep up close. Tourists can hold the sheep and take pictures. Or have fun herding sheep #PangtongRoyalProject

There are gardens, farms, open zoo and green houses for an experiment. The front garden, sheeps farm(take a picture with a little lamb in your hug), wool products are an attraction and also the house which calls "palace". A great place to visit. One of the King Rama 9 wonderful project for the Thai people’s. #thailandtravel #thailandtravel #thailand