Travel to Mae Sai
Every way to reach Mae Sai: 3 modes compared, with fares.
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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.
How people reach Mae Sai
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2 | None | None | 746 km | 0 |
| Coach | 24 | None | None | 1,494 km | 0 |
| Flight | 2 | None | None | 205 km | 0 |
- 12Places you can arrive from
- 1Countries
- 0Operators
12Go fares to Mae Sai
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A room in Mae Sai for the night the train gets in
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 2 | 7% | Chiang Rai, 59 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 12 | 43% | Chiang Mai, 205 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 14 | 50% | Nakhon Ratchasima, 652 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 28 | 100% |
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.

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.

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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