Mae Ngat Dam is sitting at roughly 241 million cubic metres, about 91 percent of capacity, with the dry season officially set to begin November 1st. Officials say that’s enough to get through, though they’re not exactly relaxed about it. Attaya Annopphet, director of the Mae Faek-Mae Ngat Somboon Chon Irrigation and Maintenance Project, laid out the numbers on September 24th at the project office. … Continued
Riverside flower stalls along the Ping in Mueang Chiang Mai have been packed lately, ever since “malai rat klao,” garlands tied around the hair like a scrunchie, turned into the thing every teenager in town suddenly wants. All day, groups of dressed-up teens have been showing up to pick out garlands, get them tied into their hair by the vendors on the spot, then head straight for Chan Som Bridge t … Continued
Tourist Police and officers from Mae Ping Police Station arrested a 38-year-old Canadian man on a rape warrant this morning, catching up with him in a Chiang Mai hotel room just before he was set to leave the country. The case began when the British consulate in Chiang Mai contacted police on behalf of a British tourist who said she’d been sexually assaulted. According to her account, she’d been o … Continued
A mass of cool air drifting down from China has given Chiang Mai an unseasonal taste of winter, even as the rainy season grinds on. The mild chill settled over the city on Monday morning, and tourists who’d made the climb up to the Doi Suthep viewpoint in Mueang district got an unexpected bonus with their skyline views. Up at the summit of Doi Inthanon in Chom Thong district, the temperature dropp … Continued
Anantara Chiang Mai Resort celebrates Negroni Week 2026 from 21–27 September 2026 with a collection of six original Negroni-inspired cocktails, bringing the flavours, landmarks and stories of Chiang Mai’s Ping River to the glass. Under the theme “From Italy to Lanna. One river, six stories.”, the collection draws inspiration from six landmarks along the Ping River, bringing together Italian aperit … Continued
An elephant went missing in the floodwaters on the mountains of Mae Win subdistrict, Mae Wang district, Chiang Mai, after heavy overnight rain sent a wall of runoff down from the hills this morning. The elephant was swept away around 10:50am, and for a while nobody knew where it had ended up. Its mahout and villagers in the area started searching immediately, wading along the rising water without … Continued
Deputy Interior Minister Phonphir Suwannachawee led a special operations team from the Department of Provincial Administration into two large-scale gambling dens in Mueang Chiang Mai on the evening of September 18, after residents complained about the trouble the operations were causing in their neighbourhoods. The first raid hit “Phatarawan,” tucked into the ground floor of Phatarawan Place on So … Continued
Doi Inthanon National Park has temporarily closed the Pha Dok Sieo nature trail and Mae Ya waterfall, after days of continuous rain triggered flash flooding and left the trails potentially unsafe for visitors. Park officials say the closures will stay in effect until conditions return to normal and the routes are safe to reopen. They’ve apologized for the inconvenience and are asking tourists to f … Continued
Officers from the Wildlife Conservation Division of Protected Area Regional Office 16 (Chiang Mai), led by division director Pornarin Khumthong, searched a house on Charoensuk Road in Chang Phueak subdistrict on the afternoon of September 18. They didn’t go alone. Police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division, a Region 5 special operations unit, the Northern Specia … Continued
Doi Inthanon National Park has filed a police complaint against a group of around ten tourists who wandered off the Ang Ka nature trail to get their photos with “khao tok reusi,” sphagnum moss known locally as “hermit’s popped rice” for its texture, and in the process trampled it flat. Park staff said another visitor tipped them off on September 13, describing tourists who’d walked past the marked … Continued