Last updated: 13 June 2008 (B.E. 2551)

Conveniently located at latitude N 19 31.01 by longitude E 98 15.02 in Pangmapha District, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand. 

Visit the links below for more about Soppong and our Inn:

About us
Some pictures and information on the Seven Elephants Garden Cafe and our accommodations.

About Soppong
Where it is and lots of information about Soppong (Pangmapha district) and our corner of Mae Hong Son province. There is also a list of updated links here.

Champa Room
Our newest addition, located adjacent to our deck, with space and comfort.

Leelawadi Cottage
Our most comfortable accommodation - a cosy two-storey cottage overlooking the river.

River Rim Cottage
It's perched 10 metres above the river with your own private porch.

Rice Hut
This small, cozy hut is styled after the rice barns in Northern Thailand.

Bamboo Rooms
Taking design cues from local Shan style...very comfy and right on the deck.

The Baan
Very private with an authentic northern Thai house experience. We have just completed an entire renovation and upgrade of The Baan. Perfect for a family.

Maps
Where is Soppong anyway? We also included some good detailed satellite maps for a bird's eye view of the area.

Soppong Webcam
We have have it on occasionally from our Seven Elephants cafe.

Contact Us

If you're just visiting and want to know more about Soppong, or would like to make a booking to stay with us, let us know. Also, let us know if you would like to be notified when we update the site. Or you can phone us at +66 53 617 107.

And you can Skype us if we are online.

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The Lang River...straight ahead...through the gates...

Through the gates...


Ricefields near Soppong

More ricefields in the vicinity of Soppong.



View of the river

Upstream view of the Lang River from The Deck.

 

 

News:

Lahu New Year was observed the second week of March this year, and a group from Golden Triangle Riders stayed with us to celebrate it, and also to do some charity work for the Lahu village that they visited for the evening festivities. They were a great group of guys and you can read all about it here. If you are interested in motorcycle riding in Northern Thailand, be sure to visit the main Golden Triangle Rider site for loads of useful information.

Everyone had a good time at our western new years 2008 party on new year's eve. We invited some Lahu and Shan people to join us, and they performed some music and dance for everyone. Even a Canadian soprano sax player joined the show! In fact, it was so much fun that we are now having traditional music and dance evenings when we have enough guests. If you would like to have a look, one of our guests has a blog here with some photos of the new year's eve happenings in our performance area. This page has more photos of some from our performance area, plus lots of other photos from around the Inn.
From the progress marches on department, we can report that we have at last been able to obtain a high speed ADSL internet connection. Even better, we have unlimited free WiFi access for all our resident guests and cafe customers.

We were happy to see that Lonely Planet's new edition (August 2007) gave us their "Our Choice" recommendation in their review. That said, we should probably provide you with a few corrections if you have a copy and have been reading their description. Have a look at our About Us page for more.

Pai has nonstop air service directly from Chiang Mai via SGA, using a 12 seat Cessna Caravan turboprop with a flight time of about 20 minutes. With only 12 seats, the new air service is not likely to cause Pai to become any more touristed than it already is, but it does make it much faster to travel to Soppong from Chiang Mai, since Pai Airport is only about 40 minutes from Soppong by car. We recently took the SGA flight between Pai and Chiang Mai and the flight was spectacular. It was probably worth the price of the fare (1450 baht) just for the sightseeing experience of flying at 9000 feet over the mountains, over to the Chiang Dao area, a right turn, and then direct to Chiang Mai airport.

A Lisu girl from Nong Tong village (a short walk up the hill from the Inn), dressed in her finest New Years clothes. Photo courtesy of our friend Mark Harrison, who took the photo of her in our garden last year.