nolo
A Nolo Hub Pai group at Pai Canyon, with red earth, forested hills and orange sunset clouds behind them

Activities at Nolo Hub Pai

Your week in Pai, sorted.

Pai Canyon, the last stop on our Pai Landmarks trip.

Explore the mountains, float down the river, or just hang out: we’ve put together a schedule that makes it easy to see the best of Pai and meet good people along the way.

Book a bed with us and join whichever days and nights you like.

Check availability (opens the booking page in a new tab)

Beds from 350 to 550 baht a night, 550 in November, December and January

Beds are booked here. Trips are paid in cash at the hostel, and tubing tickets online or at the hostel.

How to join

Who
Anyone in Pai. You don’t need to stay with us: guests from other hostels are welcome on every day trip, the sunset taxi and every evening. Tipsy Tubing is for over-18s.
Sign up
At reception or on WhatsApp, at least an hour before a trip leaves. For the Thai BBQ, sign up by 3pm on the day.
Pay
In cash, at the hostel. Tubing tickets are sold online too.
Meet
Day trips start and finish at Nolo Hub Pai, with local drivers, and one of our staff always comes along.
Too few people?
A trip needs at least four people. If fewer have signed up when it’s due to leave, it doesn’t go, and usually becomes a sunset trip later in the day instead.
Sign up on WhatsApp

The Weekly Schedule

High season kicked off on Friday 30 October 2026, which is when Tipsy Tubing officially opened for the year.

DayDaytimeEvening
MondayMonPai Landmarks12:30pm · 300 bahtPub Quiz8pm · free
TuesdayTueTipsy Tubing11am · 450 bahtAll-you-can-eat Tacos7pm · 150 baht
WednesdayWedTham Lod Cave & Sunset at Doi Kiew Lom12:30pm · 300 bahtPool & Beer Pong Tournament7:30pm · free
ThursdayThuPai Landmarks12:30pm · 300 bahtPub Quiz8pm · free
FridayFriTipsy Tubing11am · 450 bahtAll-you-can-eat Tacos7pm · 150 baht
SaturdaySatThe Saturday Market & Mountain Viewpoints12:30pm · 300 bahtThai BBQ & Music Bingo6pm · Thai BBQ 150 baht
SundaySunThe Bamboo Bridge & Sunset at Two Huts12pm · 300 bahtGender Bender6pm · free

Every evening: the sunset taxi to Pai Canyon or Two Huts, from Walking Street at about 4:30pm, 100 baht there and back.

Where We Go

All our day trips are run by trusted local drivers.

  • A big Nolo Hub Pai group on a bamboo platform below Mor Pang Waterfall, with the sloping rock and the forest behind

    The group at Mor Pang Waterfall

  • A big Nolo Hub Pai group on a grassy field at sunset, with golden clouds over the mountains behind

    Sunset at the end of the day

  • A Nolo Hub Pai group waving at the Yun Lai viewpoint, with the valley, the mountains and big white clouds behind

    Yun Lai viewpoint

  • A Nolo Hub Pai group sitting barefoot on the steps below the White Buddha, under a grey sky

    On the steps of the White Buddha

1234

Mondays and Thursdays

The Pai Landmarks

A solid sweep of the local classics.

  • 12:30pm to about 7pm
  • 300 baht by taxi, or free on your own scooter
  • Open to everyone

The day

  1. 12:30pm

    Meet at Nolo Hub Pai

    Take the taxi, or follow it on your own scooter.

  2. Yun Lai

    The viewpoint above Santichon, the Chinese village. Entry is 20 baht.

  3. Mor Pang Waterfall

    Cool off in the water. It runs over broad, sloping rock, and when the flow is right the middle tiers make natural slides. Entry is 100 baht.

  4. The White Buddha

    Free to visit. Cover your shoulders and knees for the temple.

  5. Pai Canyon

    Pai Canyon comes last, for the sunset. It’s free.

  6. About 7pm

    Back at Nolo Hub Pai

Getting there
The taxi is 300 baht per person, paid in cash at the hostel: take it if you’d rather not ride, or if you plan to drink. On your own scooter, follow the taxi for free
Costs
Entry at Yun Lai, 20 baht, and Mor Pang Waterfall, 100 baht. The White Buddha and Pai Canyon are free. In all, 420 baht with the taxi, or 120 on your own scooter
Bring
Swimwear for the waterfall, decent shoes for Pai Canyon, and something that covers your shoulders and knees for the White Buddha: you can leave it in the taxi
Ask about this trip

Mondays and Thursdays

The Pai Landmarks

From Nolo Hub Pai and back.

Open the route in Google Maps or Apple Maps

  1. Yun Lai

    Yunnanese food and tea in Santichon, then the view over the valley from Yun Lai, misty on cool-season mornings.

  2. Mor Pang Waterfall

    Natural rock slides and sunny pools for swimming.

  3. White Buddha

    Climb 353 steps to Pai’s hillside White Buddha for wide views back across the valley.

  4. Pai Canyon

    Explore Pai’s red earth ridges.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • A guide standing on a bamboo raft on the dark river inside Tham Lod Cave, a lantern at the front

    On the cave river by bamboo raft

  • Two travellers looking up at a huge chamber in Tham Lod Cave, the rock lit blue and gold

    Inside Tham Lod

  • A tall pale stone column rising from the floor of a chamber in Tham Lod Cave

    One of the cave’s columns

  • Friends at Doi Kiew Lom at sunset, one in a Nolo Hub Pai sweatshirt taking a photo of another, the sun low over hazy mountains

    Sunset at Doi Kiew Lom

  • A Nolo Hub Pai group and two dogs at the Doi Kiew Lom viewpoint, with the sun going down over the mountains behind them

    The group at the top

12

Wednesdays

Tham Lod & Sunset

We head out to explore the massive limestone caverns of Tham Lod Cave, then catch the sunset from the Doi Kiew Lom viewpoint on the way back.

  • 12:30pm to about 7pm
  • 300 baht with the driver
  • Open to everyone

The day

  1. 12:30pm

    Meet at Nolo Hub Pai

    Local drivers take the group, and we stop for snacks on the way out of Pai.

  2. Tham Lod Cave

    About 50 km into the mountains, 1¼ to 1¾ hours’ drive. Inside, a local guide with a lantern takes you through the cave’s chambers and along the cave river on bamboo rafts, past faint old rock paintings and log coffins carved from teak. There are no electric lights in there, so you see the cave by your guide’s lantern. The full route takes about two hours, and how far it goes depends on the water level. The cave’s fee is paid there, in cash.

  3. Food

    Afterwards we stop for food. Everyone pays for their own, so bring 60 to 100 baht.

  4. Doi Kiew Lom

    Up to the viewpoint for sunset over the mountains.

  5. About 7pm

    Back at Nolo Hub Pai

    Once the sun is down.

Getting there
Local drivers, there and back. Scooters can’t follow on this one: the drive is too long and difficult
Costs
300 baht per person for the driver, paid in cash at the hostel. The cave’s own fee is paid at the cave: our Tham Lod guide has the prices. Bring 500 baht in cash for it
Bring
Trainers, comfortable clothes for walking, and something warm for the mountain top: it’s cold up there
Ask about this trip

Wednesdays

Tham Lod & Sunset

From Nolo Hub Pai and back.

Open the route in Google Maps or Apple Maps

  1. Tham Lod Cave

    Explore a vast river cave by raft and on foot.

  2. Doi Kiew Lom

    Mountain-top forested ridges and limestone peaks.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • A Nolo Hub Pai group on the wooden walkway at Ban Jabo, with the mountains behind

    Ban Jabo’s ridge

  • Two women hugging as they watch the sun set over layers of forested mountains

    Sunset to finish the day

  • A Nolo Hub Pai group on the wooden deck at Kikokor viewpoint, with a pointed mountain and a big sky behind

    Kikokor viewpoint

  • A Nolo Hub Pai group on the wooden platform at Kikokor viewpoint, the sun breaking through clouds over the mountains

    Sun breaking through at Kikokor

  • A group along a stone railing at a mountain viewpoint, with forested ridges and big white clouds behind

    Up in the mountains

1234

Saturdays

The Mountain Loop

First: The Saturday market at Bodhi Park, in front of Nolo Hub Pai

The Saturday market on our doorstep, then a day up in the mountains near the Myanmar border.

  • 12:30pm to about 7pm
  • 300 baht with the driver
  • Open to everyone

The day

  1. 12:30pm

    The Saturday market

    First, we step right outside our front door to the Saturday market at Bodhi Park. Then local drivers take the group up into the mountains.

  2. Ban Jabo

    Its noodle stalls and coffee shops line a ridge with a view worth putting your phone down for, and its noodle soup is famous.

  3. Kikokor viewpoint

    A viewpoint close to the Myanmar border.

  4. Mae Lana rice fields

  5. Doi Kiew Lom

    We wrap up with sunset over the mountains.

  6. About 7pm

    Back at Nolo Hub Pai

    Local drivers bring everyone back after sunset.

Getting there
Local drivers, there and back. Scooters can’t follow on this one: the drive is too long and difficult
Costs
300 baht per person for the driver, paid in cash at the hostel
Bring
Cash for the noodle soup, water, and a light layer for the cool mountain air
Ask about this trip

Saturdays

The Mountain Loop

From Nolo Hub Pai and back.

Open the route in Google Maps or Apple Maps

  1. Ban Jabo

    Cliffside noodle stalls and mountain coffee, looking out over limestone peaks.

  2. Kikokor viewpoint

  3. Mae Lana rice fields

  4. Doi Kiew Lom

    Mountain-top forested ridges and limestone peaks.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • A Nolo Hub Pai group sitting on a bamboo deck at Two Huts, with rice fields, mountains and an evening sky behind

    Sunset on the deck at Two Huts

  • A long line of travellers on scooters at the side of a road in Pai, two smiling at the front

    Setting off together

  • A Nolo Hub Pai group walking the Bamboo Bridge towards a hut, one in a Nolo Hub Pai shirt

    Walking the Bamboo Bridge

  • Guests sunbathing on loungers and swimming in the pool at Nolo Hub Pai, with Tarzan the dog lying on the grass in front

    A splash in our pool first

  • The pool at Nolo Hub Pai from above, with Nolo Hub Pai written across its floor and guests on loungers beside it

    Our pool from above

12

Sundays

Bamboo Bridge & Two Huts

An easy-going Sunday afternoon walking the Pai Bamboo Bridge, finishing up with a sunset session at Two Huts.

  • 12pm to about 7pm
  • 300 baht by taxi, or free on your own scooter
  • Open to everyone

The day

  1. 12pm

    A splash in our pool

    It starts with a group splash in our pool from 12 to 2pm. Skip it and meet us at 2pm if you’d rather.

  2. 2pm

    The Bamboo Bridge

    We head out to the bridge, stopping for drinks and snacks on the way, and walk it across the rice fields to the forest monastery at the far end. That usually takes about 90 minutes. Entry is 30 baht.

  3. Two Huts

    We cross to the other side of the Pai valley and park up together for food, drinks and the sunset, with live music on some evenings. Food and drinks are paid for there, in cash. You can head back early if you like.

  4. About 7pm

    Back at Nolo Hub Pai

    In time for Gender Bender.

Getting there
Follow us on your own scooter for free, or take the taxi: 300 baht per person for the round trip, paid in cash at the hostel
Costs
Bamboo Bridge entry, 30 baht. Food and drinks at Two Huts are paid for there. In all, 330 baht with the taxi, or 30 on your own scooter, before food and drinks
Bring
Trainers and a hat: the bridge is in full sun
Ask about this trip

Sundays

Bamboo Bridge & Two Huts

From Nolo Hub Pai and back.

Open the route in Google Maps or Apple Maps

  1. Pai Bamboo Bridge

    Walk 815 metres of bamboo above the rice fields.

  2. Two Huts

    Pai’s hillside sunset bar, overlooking the valley.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • Hundreds of people in black inner tubes packed across the Pai River at the start of Tipsy Tubing, seen from above

    The whole crowd at the start

  • Tubers strung out along a shallow bend of the Pai River, with forest and a mountain behind

    Floating down the Pai River

  • Guides in life jackets standing in the river beside a crowd of tubers waiting to set off

    The guides getting everyone in

  • Tubers lying back in their tubes, packed close together at the river’s edge, one in a yellow bucket hat

    Packed in before the float

  • Tubers on the river cheering and waving at the camera, a man in the middle shouting with his arms out

    On the river

Tuesdays and Fridays

Tipsy Tubing

Float down the Pai River on an inner tube, stopping along the riverbanks for music, games and drinks. You can join the day without drinking. We pregame at the hostel from 11am, the truck picks everyone up at 12, and at the end of the day the drivers bring you back to Nolo Hub Pai for tacos.

Book your ticket online, or at reception. Our tubing guide has the rest, from who runs the trip to the taco buffet.

When
Tuesdays and Fridays, 11am until around 6–7pm
Meet
At Nolo Hub Pai from 11am for pre-drinks. The truck leaves at 12pm sharp
Getting there
By truck from the hostel to the river, and the drivers bring you back to Nolo Hub Pai
Costs
The ticket is 450 baht, online or at reception. Bring around 1,000 baht in cash for drinks, snacks and games at the riverbank stops
Bring
A shirt or cover-up for the truck: riding through town shirtless or in a bikini is considered disrespectful in Thai culture. Swimwear for the river, and a waterproof pouch for your cash. Leave your phone in your locker, because one dropped in the river is gone for good
Open to
Everyone 18 and over, including guests from other hostels: book online and choose your pickup
Book tubing ticketsTubing details and pricesAsk about tubing

Every evening, all year

Sunset taxi to Pai Canyon or Two Huts

  • From about 4:30pm
  • 100 baht there and back
  • Open to everyone

Every evening we arrange two shared taxis for the sunset: one to Pai Canyon and one to Two Huts. Grab riders rarely come out to either after dark, which is why the driver stays.

Pickup
From Walking Street at about 4:30pm. Book ahead and the driver can pick you up from where you’re staying, Nolo Hub Pai included.
At the sunset
The driver waits while you watch the sunset, then brings everyone back to town.
Drop-off
Want to stay in town? Ask the driver before you head back and they’ll stop on Walking Street on the way. Staying with us? There’s a free lift back to the hostel from Walking Street until 9.30pm.
Costs
100 baht a person, there and back. Pai Canyon is free; at Two Huts, food and drinks are paid for there, in cash.
Booking
At reception or on WhatsApp. Each taxi takes 8 to 10 people and goes once four are booked.
Book a sunset taxiWhich sunset spot?

Back at the hostel

The 10 PM Rule

We run social events every evening. Some nights are laid-back, others get lively. But at 10 PM, our team rounds up anyone who wants to keep the night going and leads them into town to the bars.

The party continues on Walking Street, and the hostel goes completely quiet. If you want to keep drinking, you’ll have a crew to go with. If you want to wake up early and feel fresh, you can actually get a good night’s sleep.

The green pool table at Nolo Hub Pai, with travellers sitting around the tables in the shared space behind it
The pool table and shared space at Nolo Hub Pai.
  • The long table in the common area at Nolo Hub Pai on quiz night, guests all the way down it under a disco ball and coloured lights

    Quiz night in the common area

  • Guests eating at the long wooden table in the common area at Nolo Hub Pai, one in a blue T-shirt in front

    Round the long table

  • Two friends pulling faces for the camera at the long table at Nolo Hub Pai, with a busy table of guests behind them

    Teams round the table

  • One of the bulldogs at Nolo Hub Pai in a pink cap, holding out a paw

    One of our dogs, cap on

Mondays and Thursdays · 8pm · free

Pub Quiz

Firmly secure your thinking caps: Monday and Thursday are quiz nights at Nolo, from around 8pm in the common area. That random fact you’ve been carrying around finally has a purpose. Expect an evening of good questions, questionable guesses and new friends bonded by wit. Bring your travel mates or come along solo and meet a few more before Tipsy Tubing the next day. Teams are up to six people. A strong team name is a good start, and knowing the answers also helps, most of the time. The top three teams win life-changing prizes. It’s free, and guests from other hostels are welcome.

Ask about this evening
  • Guests in straw sombreros grinning down a long table at Nolo Hub Pai, one giving a thumbs up

    Taco night at the long table

  • Three guests filling their plates from trays at the buffet counter at Nolo Hub Pai, under string lights

    Loading up a plate

  • Guests eating at the long wooden table in the common area at Nolo Hub Pai, one in a blue T-shirt in front

    Dinner with the people from the river

  • Tubers strung out along a shallow bend of the Pai River, with forest and a mountain behind

    Earlier, on the river

Tuesdays and Fridays · 7pm · 150 baht

All-you-can-eat Tacos

Big taco energy. After Tipsy Tubing, you’re welcome back to Nolo for an all-you-can-eat taco buffet from around 7pm, with chicken, and mushroom steak with vegetable toppings for vegans, for 150 baht. Have a swim in the pool before loading up a plate, compare stories from the river and settle in with the people you’ve just met. Dinner plans sorted. The buffet is paid for at the hostel, separately from your tubing ticket, and the last serving is at 8pm. Guests from other hostels are welcome.

Ask about this evening
  • Friends posing around the pool table at Nolo Hub Pai, one lining up a shot, one in a sombrero

    Tournament night

  • A crowd around the beer pong table at Nolo Hub Pai, red cups set up at both ends

    Cups set up for beer pong

  • The pool table at Nolo Hub Pai with the balls racked, the common area and an arcade machine behind

    Racked and ready

Wednesdays · 7:30pm · free

Pool & Beer Pong Tournament

A pool table, a beer pong table and a room full of potential rivals: Wednesday is tournament night at Nolo. From 7:30pm, bring your best shot, cheer on your travel mates and make friends between games, with someone always explaining why that last shot definitely should have gone in. There are prizes for whoever reigns supreme. It’s played in doubles or singles depending on the night, so check the format with the team. Not drinking? Play with water or a soft drink. It’s free, and guests from other hostels are welcome.

Ask about this evening

Saturdays · 6pm · 150 baht

Thai BBQ

Saturday night is Northern Thai BBQ night at Nolo, from 6pm: grilled meats, a range of local salads and homemade Thai chilli sauces. Relax by the pool, listen to local Thai music and munch on delicious BBQ, Thai style. A perfect cosy way to spend the evening the day after tubing with new friends. Music Bingo runs through the night, with prizes to win. It’s 150 baht, and guests from other hostels are welcome. Sign up at reception or on WhatsApp by 3pm on the day, so we can get the meat ready. It’s a meat BBQ, so not one for vegetarians.

Ask about this evening
  • Guests grinning and waving down a long wooden table at Nolo Hub Pai, a roll of paper towels in front

    Music Bingo at the long table

  • Guests sitting along the low tables in the common area at Nolo Hub Pai under blue lights and colourful cloth, the merch rail behind

    The common area under the blue lights

  • A man in a blue shirt leaning over a crowded table of guests at Nolo Hub Pai, under string lights

    A full table

  • Guests smiling round a long wooden table at Nolo Hub Pai with plates of food and glasses

    Round the table

Saturdays · 8pm · free

Music Bingo

Every Saturday night from 8pm, it’s Music Bingo at Nolo, with our own special twist. A new song plays every 30 to 60 seconds, and each round lasts until someone gets a bingo. Expect lots of prizes and lots of fun, for anyone drinking and anyone still recovering from Friday’s Tipsy Tubing. It’s free, and guests from other hostels are welcome.

Ask about this evening
  • A packed common room at Nolo Hub Pai on Gender Bender night, arms in the air, many with drawn-on moustaches

    A full common room on Gender Bender night

  • A guest in a short knitted dress and a backwards cap pulling a face, with friends in drawn-on moustaches behind him

    Borrowed outfits and drawn-on moustaches

  • A big group under blue lights in swapped sarongs, skirts, crop tops and dresses

    Sarongs, skirts and crop tops all round

Sundays · 6pm · free

Gender Bender

Sunday night is dress-up night. From 6pm the common room fills with outfits, the cutest and the manliest, all free to borrow. Most people get back from sunset and join in after 7:30pm: doing each other’s make-up, drawing on moustaches and turning into their gender-bent alter egos. It finishes with a catwalk to crown the best-dressed bro and babe, and then the bar crawl heads into town. You don’t have to dress up to join, and anyone can take photos. It’s free, and guests from other hostels are welcome.

Ask about this evening

Out with the group

Quick answers

Can I join if I’m not staying at Nolo Hub Pai?

Yes. Every day trip, the sunset taxi and every evening are open to anyone in Pai, wherever you’re staying. Sign up at reception or on WhatsApp. Tipsy Tubing is for over-18s: book online and choose your pickup.

How do I sign up for a day trip?

At reception or on WhatsApp, at least an hour before the trip leaves, and pay in cash at the hostel. Day trips start and finish at Nolo Hub Pai, and one of our staff always comes along. A trip needs at least four people. If fewer have signed up when it’s due to leave, it doesn’t go, and usually becomes a sunset trip later in the day instead.

What does the 300 baht for a day trip cover?

The driver, there and back from Nolo Hub Pai. Entry fees and food are paid on the day: Yun Lai (20 baht) and Mor Pang Waterfall (100 baht) on Pai Landmarks; the cave’s own fee on the Tham Lod trip, so bring 500 baht in cash; noodle soup at Ban Jabo on the Mountain Loop; and the Bamboo Bridge (30 baht) and whatever you eat and drink at Two Huts on Sundays.

Do I need a scooter?

No. Local drivers take every day trip. On Pai Landmarks and the Sunday trip you can follow on your own scooter for free instead. The drives to Tham Lod and on the Mountain Loop are too long and difficult to follow, so everyone goes with the drivers.

What happens on the Tham Lod trip, and do we eat?

We leave Nolo Hub Pai at 12:30pm and stop for snacks on the way out of town. At the cave, a local guide with a lantern takes the group through its chambers and along the cave river on bamboo rafts, past old rock paintings and teak log coffins; the full route takes about two hours. Then we stop for food, which you pay for yourself (bring 60 to 100 baht), watch the sunset from Doi Kiew Lom, and get back about 7pm.

Does the sunset taxi wait for us, and can it drop us on Walking Street?

Yes. The driver waits at Pai Canyon or Two Huts while you watch the sunset, then brings everyone back to town, stopping on Walking Street on the way if you ask before you set off. It leaves Walking Street at about 4:30pm every evening, and can pick you up from where you’re staying if you book ahead. It’s 100 baht a person, there and back, and goes once four people are booked.

Stay with us in Pai

Pick your dates and check beds at Nolo Hub Pai. You can arrange the trips and evenings with us, or ask a few questions before you book.

Check availability (opens the booking page in a new tab)

Beds from 350 to 550 baht a night, 550 in November, December and January

Check availability opens our accommodation booking page in a new tab. Activity tickets and arrangements are separate from booking your bed.

Joining an activity?

Tell us your dates and what you’d like to join. We’ll help with the times, prices and specifics. You're welcome even if you're staying elsewhere.

Message us on WhatsAppTake a look around the hostel