Kaomai Lanna Resort, Chiang Mai Hotels, Thailand

Kaomai Lanna Hotel and Resort is a unique boutique accommodation on the route from Chiang Mai to Doi Inthanon, the highest mountain in Thailand. Our rooms are renovated from the former tobacco curing barns, decorated in contemporary Lanna style with colonial style teak wood antique furniture.

Kaomai Lanna comes from two northern Thai words. Kaomai means bush or a garden with big trees while Lanna is the name of the ancient northern Thai kingdom. Together Kaomai Lanna means the pleasant garden of Lanna.

In the hotel's 20 acres' natural land, we preserve all long age tropical green garden, which makes our boutique resort perfect for the afternoon walk. Guests can also swim in our pleasant pool in the midst of the greens or get relaxed by our Thai professional masseurs. Kaomai Lanna Hotel and Resort is the best place to spend your long vacation and holiday and even more perfect for honeymoon.

History

Kaomai Lanna Resort is perfect for the true nature lover. Surrounded by a big, beautiful tropical garden in Chiang Mai, the resort features unique rooms converted from real tobacco curing barns and furnished with colonial style antique furniture.

50 years ago the tobacco industry in the northern part of Thailand reached its peak, and tobacco farms and curing barns flourished. But time passed and things changed. 30 years later other developments came; the tobacco curing barns faded from the northern part of Thailand, replaced by orchards and real-estate projects.

Most of the barns were destroyed but it was decided that at least a few reminders from the old days should be remain. So 18 old barns were converted into 36 lively guestrooms in a peaceful garden and became known as the charming Kaomai Lanna Resort.

Inside Kaomai Lanna Resort

In the garden, swarms of butterflies fly around the flowers. Through the bushes, squirrels and small birds move along the branches. On the ground, many varieties of palm trees abound along with wild orchids hanging from giant trees, big clumps of bamboo and several kinds of tropical plants.

Enjoy our uniquely relaxing swimming pool in the peaceful garden. Cycling around our natural area is also possible. Get relaxed by our Thai traditional massage service.

In Kaomai Lanna, eighteen barns have been renovated into thirty-six charming guestrooms.

Superior Room

Looking at these barns from the outside, one can see the roofs made of corrugated steel sheets and the old red-brick walls, unchanged throughout the past 50 years. Step inside however, and you have entered a new world- - two storey guestrooms decorated in Thai contemporary style, each equipped with modern facilities including a television, refrigerator and bathtub.

The upper and lower level rooms are furnished in two unique ways. While guests on upper flowers will experience the Thai tradition of sleeping on a mattress set on a raised teak wooden floor, Guests on the lowers floor will find their rooms furnished with authentic teak wood antique beds.

Deluxe Room

Each room is unique, with individual interior decor and colonial style teak wood antique furniture enriching the romantic ambience.

The upper floor's guest rooms are linked by shady green corridors and passion fruits and grapes hang from the balconies.

SHOP

Our Thai traditional textile outlet "Bann Boraan" located in an old Lanna style house provides woven cotton, local handicrafts and souvenirs.

RESTAURANT

Herbs and vegetables are the mainstays of the resort's agricultural output and in between these old buildings are gardens of chilies, sweet basil and countless other herbs capable of adding that famous bite to the sumptous Thai and Lanna food served from the kitchen located in one of the old kilns in the resort.

The tropical style restaurant, in the entrance area, entices passers by and guests alike with its decorated wooden furniture in rural style. The gorgeous restaurant serves delicious local northern cuisine. Enjoy a variety of Thai - Chinese menus and typical northern dishes in pleasant surroundings with a forest-cooled, open-air, relaxed atmosphere.

LOCAL ATTRACTION

Viang Tha Karn

An interesting outing is to take a short sightseeing trip to the historial site at Viang Tha Karn, three kilometres from the resort, to see the ruins of an 800-year-old town.

Visitors can wander through a cluster of ancient pagodas, and view buddha images and ruins of ancient temples reflecting the glory days from Hariphunchai to the Lanna Kingdoms in the 13th Century, before the establishment of Chiang Mai.

Mae Wang

Before climbing up to Doi Inthanon, some people like a little adventure; whitewater rafting on the jungle river of Mae Wang is one popular option. The site is 26 kms west of San Pa Tong district (turn right at Km 22 of the Chiang Mai-Hod highway). Travelling along the winding river on a bamboo raft costs 200 Baht for 4 people.

Ob Luang

Ob Luang National Park is a picturesque gorge around 105 kilometres from the Chaing Mai provincial capital and is framed by teak forests and mountains. During the rainy season, currents crash onto boulders and through the ravine and are a dramatic picture of nature's strength.

Sa paper maker village

A village where sa paper (mulberry) makers gather to create a variety of products from homemade paper. The procedure is fully displayed here and products can be bought.

Museum

The Doll Museum comprises a collection of homemade dolls displayed in a charming Thai style museum, including western dolls and Thai hill tribe dolls among numerous others.