![]() ![]() As soon as you arrive in Mae Sai, on the Thailand side of the border, you will see Burmese culture. ![]() Tachileik is the closest town to the border in the Shan State of eastern Myanmar. About Tachileik and entering Myanmar at this border The streets of Tachileik are easy to explore on foot. ![]() But you can cross the border, and with a few tips you can be more prepared. You cannot use this border crossing to enter Myanmar and continue forward travel within the country. With this style of ‘ visa run‘ border crossing (regardless of whether or not you are actually needing to renew your Thai visa) you cannot leave the Tachileik area within Myanmar. The rules as we understood them at the time are as strict as they are subject to change. Entering Myanmar (Tachileik border side)īased on our experience (in June 2019) it is possible to cross the border between Thailand and Myanmar as a day trip, without a visa for Myanmar.And there is no shortage of conflicting information to read through online when you do start researching if this border crossing is possible at the time of your visit.īut, if you are in Northern Thailand and have a desire to touch your feet onto Burmese soil or are curious about food and/or culture in Myanmar and want an available glimpse (or, if you are counting countries based on passport stamps), the Mae Sai to Tachileik crossing is possible as a foreigner. However, the concept of visa runs between Thailand and Myanmar is one that is subject to change at short notice. And so in theory, popping over the border into Myanmar for the day in order to be stamped in and out of Thailand is reasonably straightforward. Location-wise, the close(ish) proximity of Mae Sai to Chiang Mai (the largest city in Northern Thailand) makes the border crossing a convenient visa run for travellers in Thailand. Crossing overland at Mae Sai border is a popular border run from Thailand as you can enter into Myanmar without a visa if you are entering back into Thailand on the same day. Finally it flows northeastwards before joining the right side of the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong, less than 3 kilometres (2 mi) southeast of Tachileik Airport.The Tachileik border crossing is located near Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand, some 250km north of Chiang Mai. Then it flows southeastwards, bending eastwards at the feet of the northern end of the Doi Nang Non ridge before flowing through the Tachileik/ Mae Sai urban area, where there is a sign marking the northernmost point of Thailand just east of the border-crossing bridge -at the meeting point of Thailand Route 1 and National Highway 4 (Burma)- over the river. ![]() The river has its sources in the Daen Lao Range, in Shan State, Myanmar. It is a tributary of the Ruak River, itself a tributary of the Mekong. Mae Sai town, where the bridge crossing the international border is located, is named after this river. Sai River ( Thai: แม่สาย or แม่น้ำสาย RTGS: Mae Sai or Maenam Sai Thai pronunciation: ), formerly known as the River of Lawa ( Thai: แม่ละว้า RTGS: Mae Lawa), is a river that forms the natural border between Thailand and Myanmar at Tachileik and Mae Sai Districts. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |