ฮับ เขา โฮมสเตย์ (Hup Khao Homestay)

Fifty kilometres out from the Old City, past where the songthaews stop running on a fixed schedule and the road starts climbing into forest, sits Hup Khao Homestay — a rated resort-style stay built for people who came to Chiang Mai province for the mountains, not the markets. This is camping with real structure behind it: a proper tent set-up rather than a tarp and a prayer, daily housekeeping, air conditioning, and parking on site, all a genuine drive from the city rather than a short taxi hop. For visitors chasing waterfalls and tea plantations over temples and night bazaars, Hup Khao Homestay puts you right where the rest of the city can't. Up here the air changes before anything else does — cooler, thinner, carrying the smell of wet forest rather than street-side grills — and that shift alone tells a guest they've left the city proper behind.

Getting to Hup Khao Homestay Chiang Mai

This is not a stay for anyone wanting to be near the Old City — Hup Khao Homestay sits 51.2 km from its centre and 52.5 km from Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX), a proper drive rather than a quick ride. What that distance buys, though, is proximity to a different set of attractions entirely. The elephant rescue park sits a manageable 12.43 km away, Sa Kee Waterfall is just 5.43 km off, the Arraksa tea plantation is 6.91 km away, the elephant trekking service at Mae Taeng is 10.01 km, and Wang Nam Yad Waterfall is 10.77 km out. ลุงคำ's honest read: book this one for the mountains, not for convenience — the drive is the price of admission to a much quieter Chiang Mai, the kind where the loudest thing you hear most evenings is water moving over rock rather than traffic.

Rooms & What to Expect

The single room type on file here is a camping tent, 24 square metres, which sets the tone for the whole stay: this is an outdoor, close-to-nature kind of accommodation rather than a conventional hotel room. It suits travellers who came to this stretch of the province specifically to be near waterfalls and forest rather than a city skyline, and who don't mind trading four walls for canvas as part of that trade. Waking up under canvas out here is a different kind of morning entirely — the first light coming through the fabric rather than a curtain, the sounds of the forest starting up well before any city noise would.

Amenities & Facilities

Air conditioning is confirmed inside the tent set-up, which matters more than it might sound out here — a real comfort against the province's heat once you're away from the elevation and shade of the mountains proper. Parking is on site as well, essential given that reaching this stay realistically means arriving by car. Daily housekeeping rounds out the highlights guests call out most, keeping a camping-style stay from ever feeling under-serviced. It's a short list, but a deliberate one — the amenities here are chosen to keep a genuinely outdoor stay comfortable rather than to compete with a city hotel's longer menu of extras.

What's Nearby — Temples, Markets & Local Life

Nature is genuinely the whole point of this location. Sa Kee Waterfall, only 5.43 km away, is the closest of the area's falls and an easy outing from the homestay. The Arraksa tea plantation sits 6.91 km off, a green, terraced landscape worth an unhurried morning. The elephant rescue park is 12.43 km away, one of the province's more responsible elephant-encounter operations. For anyone who does want to make the trip into the city proper, Chiang Mai Zoo is 47.43 km away, Wat Phra Singh 50.95 km, Wat Chedi Luang 51.3 km, and Tha Phae Gate 51.52 km — all a genuine half-day round trip rather than a casual afternoon errand, which is exactly why most guests booking Hup Khao Homestay come for the outdoors first and treat the city as a separate day. Between the waterfall and the tea terraces, this stretch of the province rewards slow travel — a morning at Sa Kee, an unhurried walk through Arraksa's rows of tea, and not much else on the itinerary besides the mountain air itself.

Dining

No on-site restaurant is confirmed here, and given the remote, forest-adjacent setting, guests should plan meals around what's available locally rather than expecting resort-style dining on the property. It's part of the trade for staying this far into the mountains — bring supplies or plan around the nearby villages, the same way anyone camping seriously in this province would.

Other Hotels Nearby

The closest comparable stay is 4sky, 1.5 km away and matching Hup Khao Homestay's own 5-star rating with an 8.4 out of 10 review score. A little further, at 2.1 km, is PHULAYYA Chiangmai — a pool villa house rated 4.5 stars at 8.2 out of 10, a different style of stay in the same general area for anyone wanting a villa rather than a tent. Further out still, at 9.8 km, sits Sibsan Resort & Spa Maetaeng, a 5-star property scoring 8.5 out of 10 — worth knowing about if a proper resort with spa facilities suits your trip better than a camping stay.

Guest Reviews

Ten reviews put Hup Khao Homestay at 7.1 out of 10 overall — below the Chiang Mai city average across most categories, which is worth stating plainly rather than glossing over. Cleanliness sits at 7.1 against a city average of 8.9, and Facilities at the same 7.1 versus 8.8. Location scores 7.7 against 8.1 — closer to average, reasonable given what the location actually offers in exchange for the distance. Service comes in at 8 against a city average of 9, and Value for money at 7.7 versus 8.4. ลุงคำ's honest take: this is a stay for people who've already decided the mountain setting is worth the trade-off, not one that competes with in-town hotels on polish. That trade-off is exactly what a handful of reviewers seem to have made peace with already — the numbers read less as a complaint about the place and more as an honest account of comparing a camping stay against a proper hotel.

Good to Know

The indicative nightly rate found was 3,548 THB. Check-in runs from 14:00 and check-out by 12:00 — standard timing, worth confirming directly given the property's more rural, camping-oriented setup. There's no confirmed on-site dining, so plan accordingly before making the drive out.

For travellers whose real destination is the waterfalls and tea plantations north of the city rather than the city itself, Hup Khao Homestay puts you exactly where you need to be. It's not a stay ลุงคำ would recommend to someone wanting easy access to temples and markets — but for the mountains, it does its job.

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Hup Khao Homestay from Chiang Mai Old City? It's 51.2 km away — a proper drive rather than a short trip, reflecting its mountain, waterfall-adjacent location.

What type of accommodation is Hup Khao Homestay? The room type on file is a 24-square-metre camping tent, with air conditioning and parking on site.

Is there a restaurant at Hup Khao Homestay? No on-site restaurant is confirmed, so guests should plan meals around nearby options given the remote setting.

What's the closest attraction to Hup Khao Homestay? Sa Kee Waterfall, just 5.43 km away, is the nearest of the area's natural attractions.

Written by Terra Lanna from verified data — star rating, guest review scores, real coordinates and distances, and Agoda's own facility and location data. Master English version; other languages are translated from this.