Mae Sa Waterfall

This guide to Mae Sa Waterfall follows an 1927 search party sent into the hills above Chiang Mai to find fresh water for the palace of Princess Dara Rasmi, and what they found instead: a river falling in distinct steps down the mountainside. You'll hear how villagers from Mae Rim turned the site into a gathering place, how it was formally protected in 1962, and how seventeen mountain streams feed the falls beside the trail. It traces the run of named falls as the paths widen into pavilions built just for looking.