Where to stay in
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Mae Sot is the main base — hotels, restaurants, an airport and a border market — good for Burmese culture and frontier shopping. For Thi Lo Su Waterfall you continue into Umphang, about four hours more, and should stay two nights there as the road is long and winding.

Late rainy to early cool season (November–December) has the fullest, greenest flow, while in the rains (June–October) the wildlife sanctuary may close or the roads get rough, so check status first and book Umphang tours and rooms ahead in high season.

The Mae Sot–Myawaddy checkpoint is the main crossing, but whether it is open and the rules for crossing change with the border situation, so check the latest before you go. Many visit Mae Sot for the Rim Moei market, Burmese temples and Shan–Burmese food without crossing.