{"id":2738,"date":"2017-09-19T07:49:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T05:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2017-09-19T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T08:11:08","slug":"rainy-season-best-time-visit-northern-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2738-rainy-season-best-time-visit-northern-thailand","title":{"rendered":"Rainy season, the best time to visit Northern Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Often when they\u00a0plan their\u00a0first trip in Thailand<\/strong><\/a>, people\u00a0try to avoid traveling\u00a0during the rainy season. But\u00a0this is the time of year when the Northern landscapes are the most beautiful. And\u00a0Thais\u00a0know it !\u00a0Many go\u00a0visit the mountains of the upper part of the country at this time of the year (June to end October).<\/p>\n

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When nature wakes up…<\/h2>\n

With the monsoon, nature revives, verdigrates, proliferates, rice is planted (generally around the beginning or mid-July) in the mountains, the waterfalls often dry after months with almost no rain\u00a0re-fill water…<\/p>\n

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Who likes nature, likes the rainy season<\/strong> that optimists people call the “green season”<\/em>. If the green season begins in May, it takes\u00a0a little time to the rainfall to produce effects\u00a0but the nature should have recovered its most beautiful assets\u00a0to welcome you at\u00a0the end of June. It is also, for me, from July to the end of September that the North of Thailand will offer you its most beautiful face<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The treks lovers will also prefer to come to travel in Thailand these months. Nature is so much more abundant and more alive!<\/p>\n

Skies filling up with\u00a0clouds are also often more beautiful. They change very quickly\u00a0and can sometimes be very spectacular and are, whatever happens, so much less annoying than a blue monochrome sky.<\/p>\n

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The rice season<\/h2>\n

The rainy season is also the rice fields season. As soon as rice is\u00a0replanted, the valleys and certain mountains get these\u00a0little green spots in waters\u00a0where the sky reflects. And the more the\u00a0rice grows, the more intense emerald green will the landscapes become before turning to\u00a0yellow a little before the harvest (usually in late October).<\/p>\n

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Thai Rice fiels in July<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the plains of Isan or in the mountains of Chiang Mai<\/a> up to Mae Hong Son via Chiang Rai, green will be the trending color. And if you are open and curious, locals will probably invite you to participate to the rice planting. This year I planted rice in a Karen village in Chiang Mai mountains, in the plain of Chiang Dao<\/strong><\/a> and near Lampang. Each time with a slightly different technique. And I intend to participate in the harvest in a few weeks.<\/p>\n

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In July, on\u00a0dates depending on rainfalls, terraced rice paddies in Chiang Mai mountains<\/strong> probably offer their most photogenic face with their long terraces\u00a0with rice plants looking like they were planted\u00a0in a piece of sky, while the water around them reflect the clouds and sun.<\/p>\n

And since\u00a0I am nice guy, I give you my best plan to enjoy it: go up to Ban Pa Pong Piang<\/strong> on Doi Inthanon 90 km from Chiang Mai. That is what I did a few days ago (see here<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Ban Pa Pong Piang mid-September<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the countryside of Pai<\/strong> or\u00a0Mae Hong Son<\/strong><\/a> also the rice fields will offer you beautiful landscapes at this time of year as well as just at the exit of Chiang Mai or Chiang Dao which is also a destination I advise you to visit during the “green season”<\/em>. And of course, don’t forget\u00a0Isan, northeast of Thailand<\/strong>, the most rural region of the country where the rice fields and crops will spray the valleys with\u00a0their green colors.<\/p>\n

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But the rainy season anyway…<\/h2>\n

Then, of course, who says monsoon, says big rain showers from time to time that sometimes flow without warning and can block you one or two hours, rarely more, in a shelter found in a hurry.<\/p>\n

Yes, often the rivers waters are\u00a0more brown than clear, yes, sometimes there are floods for a day or two, yes, you can find yourself drenched to the bone in a few minutes and have to change your plans because of the rain… but there are many compensations that I am sure\u00a0will make you forget \u00a0about it.\u00a0Just do not plan everything in advance, know how to improvise, it is often how we make superb discoveries … and be equipped for the rain.<\/p>\n

It is not that Northern Thailand is not interesting in the “dry season”<\/em>, it is just that it offers facets and unique experiences when the rains come back\u00a0and reinvigorate it …<\/p>\n

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