Orchid & Butterfly Farms Major nurseries are located along Mae Rim – Samoeng route (Road No. 1096). These farms include Sai Nam Phung, Mountain Orchid, and Mae Ram Orchid. Each provide admire these exotic year–round blooms. Certain orchid farms also have special butterfly enclosures where in exotic species can be seen in their natural environment.

Elephant Training Centres Each morning, at Km. 10 on Mae Rim-Samoeng route, some 30 kilometers from town, trained elephants demonstrate their formidable and highly-valued forestry skills from 6.30 until 11.00 am, at the Mae Sa Elephant Training Center. A jungle tour on elephant back, lasting more than two hours through adjacent forests, is offered after the show. Elephants at work can also be seen at the Pong Yaeng Elephant Center at Km. 19 on the same route, and the Elephant Nature Park Mae Taman on the Chiang Mai-Fang Road, some 57 kilometers from Chiang Mai

Mae Sa Waterfall This 8-tiered waterfall is 26 kilometers from town and occupies a natural setting among gigantic towering trees.

Resorts Several picturesque resorts, with accommodation and dining facilities, offer bucolic rural living on the Mae Rim-Samoeng route and include Mae Sa Valley Resort and Erawan Resort, and the Samoeng-Hang Dong Route which includes Lanna Resort, Krisadadoi Resort and Suan Bua Resort. Some occupy hillsides, others secluded valleys.