Distance: 65.51 km
Elevation Gain: 800 m
Coffee Stop: Secret Elephant Sanctuary
This ride in Mae Taeng starts from Route 107 and climbs up into the scenic valley where there are many elephant camps. A gravel road leads to a coffee stop at the Secret Elephant Sanctuary. After coffee, the route takes an alternative mountain road back toward the starting point. Both the beginning and end of this loop are a stretch of gravel road running parallel to the 107.
Monthly Archives: May 2026
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Distance: 63.65 km
Elevation Gain: 208 m
Coffee Stop: Innocent Cafe
This is a flat ride that starts with a loop south of Route 118, stopping for coffee at the Innocent Cafe. From the cafe, the route turns north heading up toward the Mae Kuang dams before turning back southwest to complete the loop home.
Distance: 50.99 km
Elevation Gain: 392 m
Coffee Stop: Magic Beans
This is a mainly flat ride that heads north first toward the Mae Kuang dams. After tackling the steep climb up to the main dam, we took the quiet little back road over to the second dam, lifting the bikes past the two barriers along the way. Then to Magic Beans for a coffee stop before heading south for a final loop past the Doi Saket lakes on the way back home.
Distance: 60.53 km
Elevation Gain: 204 m
Coffee Stop: Life Happens Coffee
A flat ride heading southeast toward San Kamphaeng for a coffee stop at Life Happens. From there, the route follows the upper irrigation canal road heading north before looping back home.
Distance: 61.01 km
Elevation Gain: 130 m
Coffee Stop: Hamoy Hamoy
A flat ride heading west into the lower Mae Rim area. The route crosses Route 1001 near the Maejo police station, loops through some quiet rural backroads, and makes a coffee stop at Hamoy Ha Moy. Then back a slightly different way to close the loop.
Distance: 50.34 km
Elevation Gain: 119 m
Coffee Stop: Natang Coffeehouse
A flat loop heading south toward San Kamphaeng with a coffee stop half-way at Natang Coffeehouse.
Distance: 68.56 km
Elevation Gain: 316 m
Coffee Stop: Need Cafe
This Huai Lan loop starts as a mostly flat ride heading southward. It involves some climbing and a stretch of gravel road near the Huai Lan Reservoir. After circling the reservoirs, the loop continues to Need Café for a coffee stop. After coffee, back up north to head home.