Fang - Experimental Farm

The Tribal Welfare Committee's experimental farm and teaching station north of Fang is worth a visit (take the road to Tha Thon, turn left just before Ban Mae Ai, and follow the road to Doi Pha Hom Pok, Thailand's second highest peak, for about 15 km (9 mi.)). Here the government in Bangkok is putting considerable resources into trying to wean the hill tribes from smuggling and cultivating opium by teaching them how to grow alternative crops such as fruit, vegetables, grain, tea and coffee.