This is one of the best tours we had and it was much better than we had expected. Entire credit goes to the team Pat and Melissa as well as our driver Toom Tam. We did the 4d/3n Mae Hong Son Loop tour (specifically made for us by Pat and Melissa due to our time constraint) and since Thailand has so much to offer from landscapes to local hill tribe experience together with a rich variety of local cuisine, given time constraint we had to be bit selective on what we wanted to see and do. From day1 Melissa and Pat ensured the tour was totally tailored as per our requirements focusing mainly on landscapes and viewpoints and local food. Pat was very accommodating and helpful and enabled us to take the tour at our own pace, yet covering all that we wanted to see. His expertise on the local cuisine was splendid and we sampled some North Thailand cuisine that we couldn't even find later in rest of Thailand, especially the Shan specialty cuisine. Knowing about our interest in local food rather than restaurants, he always took us to local food markets enabling us to discover food that we would otherwise haven't come across. And the touring experience was amazing as well including visit to the Hot springs in Huany Nam Dang National Park, watching the sunrise and sunsets at picturesque locations, boat ride in the Tham Lod Cave, rafting in river Pai upto the Myanmar border and trekking in Doi Inthanon National park. All these activities are highly recommended. Pat was also very caring especially towards my parents and helped and advised them on all the activities as he deemed fit. And a special mention to our driver Toom Tam as well for doing a splendid job in the curvy mountainous roads of Chiang Mai and always ready to lend a hand whenever we needed. Another thing that we found really amazing was the simplicity and hospitality of all the people here which was visible in Pat and Toom Tam as well. Also what we found pretty amazing was that through tourism, Pat and Melissa have been able to help and support local people as well enabling them to sell their finest quality produce to the tourists. We recommend having their fresh strawberries and strawberry wine in season, not to forget their locally grown organic coffee at Inthanon national park.
All in all it was the best experience we have had and the entire tour felt like a very natural and authentic experience. We definitely recommend them if you want to have a taste and feel of North Thailand and we ourselves plan to get in touch with them again for our next trip to North Thailand.