The Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens

The Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens were opened in 1992 shortly after the road that winds up the Mae Sa valley was paved. The gardens are based on the original small botanical garden started here in the 1930's by an Englishman named Dr Kerr.

The gardens cover an area of some 1,000 acres and include a wide variety of vegetation ranging from dipterocarp to hill evergreen forest containing over 10,000 trees as well as ferns, palms, herbs and flowers - many of which are extremely rare. The gardens are working with Great Britain's Kew Gardens to become a regional centre and contain research facilities, accommodation for students and an information centre, well stocked with books and facts about the gardens. Even if you are not a botanist it is well worth visiting these beautiful gardens in the mountains and wandering along the nature trails that wind beside tinkling streams and under great shady trees. The flowers are especially colorful in the cool season.

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