Every November to early December, tourists and Thai people flock to the north of the golden temple country to enjoy the cold air. This is also the time when wild sunflowers bloom brilliantly.
If you travel by motorbike, you will easily see scattered yellow spots on the green trees along the roads. This type of wildflower in the daisy family grows in cold air, that is the reason why wild sunflowers only appear at the end of the year.
Wild sunflowers appear scattered along the path.
Flowers are at their most brilliant in mid-November.
Among the places to see wild sunflowers in northern Thailand, the most famous is Doi Mae U Kho (Mae Hong Son, Thailand), the largest wild sunflower hill in the country. There are two ways to get to Doi Mae U Kho from Chiang Mai. One, go towards Doi Inthanon National Park with a distance of 222 km, taking about 6 hours by van. Two, go towards Pai town (Mae Hong Son, Thailand) with a distance of 329 km, taking about 10-12 hours by van.
The road to Doi Mae U Kho.
The moment when this place changes from green to yellow covering the entire flower hill is the most beautiful moment that visitors should not miss. The flowers will bloom from November 15-25 according to information from local people. The blooming time may change depending on weather conditions.
Doi Mae U Kho is a free tourist attraction, visitors can freely walk around, take photos, visit but are not allowed to pick flowers. During peak season, vans will be parked along the road leading to Doi Mae U Kho, looking down from above like a swarm of ants moving through the flower forest.
A line of cars lined up at Doi Mae U Kho.
The whole view of Doi Mae U Kho is dyed yellow by wild sunflowers.
From above, visitors can see the villages on the other side of the hill.
The high mountains were obscured by clouds.
Wild sunflowers bloom most brilliantly around November.
Depending on the weather, the blooming time can be 5-10 days earlier or later.
Many tourists will come to Doi Mae U Kho around this time to see the flowers.
When down below, visitors will see the landscape clearly divided by the clear blue sky above and the brilliant yellow of wild sunflowers below.
This is a check-in point that tourists cannot miss if coming to northern Thailand at the end of the year.
