Where to stay in Mae Hong Son?
8 Hotels Chosen
by Real Guests!

The highest score in this list at 9.3 — Sang Tong Huts has been welcoming guests since 1987 under the same Australian owner. Four huts, each hand-built from teak and bamboo with a palm-leaf roof and a different design, sit tucked inside a garden that has been tended for over thirty years until it feels like a private botanical park. There is a round pool in the garden, a homemade muesli-and-yoghurt breakfast, and a team that knows the local trails and restaurants deeply. The town centre is a 15–20 minute walk or short taxi ride away.

Riverhouse is a 3-storey teak building on the bank of the Yuam River in central Mae Sariang, open since around 2000 and renovated in 2024. The entire structure — floors, walls, window frames, furniture — is handcrafted teak. Almost every room has a small balcony facing the river. The riverside deck serves as café, restaurant and hammock spot; morning mist over the water is the image guests remember most. It is a 2-minute walk from Wat Chong Sung and a classic stop for anyone driving the Mae Hong Son Loop.

The most reviewed hotel in this list at 642 reviews and #1 on TripAdvisor for Mae Hong Son — Fern Resort is a Tai Yai-style eco resort of 21 wooden bungalows spread across an old rice-field valley, open since 1992 and renovated in 2018. The headline feature is an infinity pool whose edge meets the rice fields, catching the amber of the setting sun — the image every guest takes home. Bungalows have private terraces facing the forest or fields; many rooms are intentionally TV-free so you can fall asleep to the sound of running water. Free airport and bus-station transfers included.

The cheapest hotel in this list at ฿650 — and it comes with a swimming pool and Premier-line design. B2 Mae Hong Son Premier is a 42-room boutique hotel with a long outdoor pool set between red-brick wings, backed by the green mountains surrounding the town. It is a 10-minute walk to the night market and Chong Kham Lake, and just 1.8 km from the airport. Many rooms open directly onto the pool, free parking is spacious and safe — a good base for anyone driving the Mae Hong Son Loop.

Lee Wine Ruk Thai is the best-known property in Ban Rak Thai — an orange mud-brick village on a tea-covered hillside at 1,700 m, hard against the Myanmar border. The resort's 22 clay houses carry red lanterns at the door and terraces that look straight out to the lake. The lakeside Yunnan restaurant serves pork knuckle with mantou, braised pork rib and fresh mountain vegetables — tables fill fast. Next door, a tea shop pours oolong grown in the resort's own fields. This atmosphere exists nowhere else in Thailand.

Mong Homestay Resort is a small family-run Hmong homestay on a hillside in the Mok Champae district — 10 minutes by road from Pang Ung and 15 minutes from Ban Rak Thai. Clay and wooden bungalows face the mountain and terraced rice fields; thick morning mist rolling across the valley below is the reason guests come. The owner family cooks northern Thai food from scratch for every meal — guests call it genuinely tasty and good value. Rates start at ฿700.

The best in-town location in this list for car-free travellers — Baiyoke Chalet sits on Khunlumprapas Road, less than 2 minutes' walk from Chong Kham Lake, where the reflections of Wat Chong Kham and Wat Chong Klang on the water surface are the iconic image of Mae Hong Son. The night market is 150 m away; the morning market is a 3-minute walk. An old-style Lanna teak building with characterful common areas — creaky fans, rattan chairs, carved headboards in the Deluxe rooms. The rooms show their age, but the location score is 8.8 — the highest in this list. Free airport transfer and free parking.

The Imperial Mae Hong Son Resort is a 4-star resort inside a private teak forest on a gentle hillside in Pang Mu, 10 minutes from town. The Lanna-style timber buildings hold 104 rooms, every one with a private balcony — guests consistently mention stepping out in the morning to find mist floating above the treetops. The grounds include tiered gardens, a koi pond, a walking path through the forest, a pool, gym, sauna and massage. To be straightforward: the building is ageing and bathrooms need renovation, and there is no shuttle to town. But at ฿1,000 for a 4-star resort with a balcony in every room, the value is genuine.