Travel to Mae Sai

Every way to reach Mae Sai: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Mae Sai is reachable from 12 places across 1 country by 3 modes, on services run by 0 operators. The cheapest arrival costs None and the fastest takes None door to door. The nearest origin is 59 km away.

Priced for 14 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Mae Sai

One row per mode that calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train2NoneNone746 km0
Coach24NoneNone1,494 km0
Flight2NoneNone205 km0
  • 12Places you can arrive from
  • 1Countries
  • 0Operators

12Go fares to Mae Sai

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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The train gets you into Mae Sai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Mae Sai for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighbourhood and by price per night, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a taxi.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km27%Chiang Rai, 59 km
200 to 600 km1243%Chiang Mai, 205 km
600 to 1,500 km1450%Nakhon Ratchasima, 652 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Thailand28100%
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Mae Sai

No priced route here yet.

Mae Sai is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Mae Sai

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular journeys to Mae Sai

Common questions about Travel to Mae Sai

How can I get to Mae Sai?

Mae Sai is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 12 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 0 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

Where can I travel to Mae Sai from within 200 km?

2 of the routes we sell into Mae Sai start within 200 km. The nearest is Chiang Rai, 59 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Mae Sai in Thailand?

Mae Sai connects to 12 places on our network across 1 country the furthest of them 1,494 km away in a straight line. Thailand routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Thailand

The wider region

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Mae Sai is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Mae Sai and across Thailand

Day trips that leave Mae Sai in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.

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