TOUR OVERVIEW

Price From : 6,400 - 19,900 Baht 

Four days should be just enough to take in all the main attractions of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai.  Do a mini trek through the jungle, visit a Karen hill tribe village and the famed Golden Triangle meeting points of Laos, Burma and Thailand!

TOUR DESCRIPTION

Day 1 - Chiang Mai City Culture Tour

Get ready for an early start as we will need to catch the monks go about their early morning alms rounds. Our guide will direct you in the procedures of offering alms to the city's monks as they make their way around the old city collecting from the local population. Following the almsgiving, we will make our way up the winding road to the west of the city to Chiang Mai's most famous temples Doi Suthep. You will be able to enjoy this temple in the cooler morning air without any of the day time crowds. At this mountain temple, you can enjoy the splendour of the numerous golden Buddha images and the impressive golden stupa. Cloud allowing you will enjoy spectacular views across the city and beyond! Following Doi Suthep, we will head back down the mountain to try a Thai style breakfast at a local eatery. In the later part of the morning, we will visit Wat Chedi Luang which features one of the largest and most impressive stupas in the city and Wat Sri Suphan which is at the heart of the silver making area on Wualia Rd. Our last scheduled stop of the day will be a Warorot Market (also known locally as Kad Luang) This commercial area has been home to market commerce for hundreds of years, Amongst the plethora of goods on sale, fresh and dried food items of all descriptions are poplar buys on the market stalls. As you were awake at an early hour you may be ready to be returned to your hotel, however, if you did want to extend your tour into the afternoon we can arrange a visit to the Chiang Mai Art and Culture Museum. This local museum lies at the heart of Chiang Mai. Various exhibits are offered in this recently refurbished museum detailing the historic Lanna way of life.

Evening

On this first evening, you will be taken to Chiang Mai's Old Cultural Center for traditional northern Thai food as well as traditional Thai and hill tribe dance shows.

Day 2 - One Day Mini Trek Mae Wang with elephant interaction

You will be picked up from your Chiang Mai hotel and we will make our way out of the city up into the hills of the Mae Wang area. If you are taking this tour on a Saturday we will stop by at the colourful weekly Sanpatong buffalo market. Our first stop will be at the elephant camp where you will spend an hour with the elephants. You will get to feed the elephants and bath them in the river. We will then proceed to a Karen village where you can take some time to see the village before we commence the trek we will trek or around 1.5 hour from the Karen village through the rice paddies and forest to Mae Wang Waterfall. If conditions allow feel free to take a swim in the waters at the base of these falls. After lunch, it will be time to take to the river on simple bamboo rafts. be prepared as you will likely get wet as the bamboo rafts make their way downriver. At the end of the rafting, you will be picked up by the waiting transport and transferred back to Chiang Mai

Day 3 - Doi Inthanon National Park

The third day of this tour will be spent in Doi Inthanon National Park. Before embarking on our trip into the park we will stop at Wat Prathat Sri Chom Tong am important temple in the area housing Buddhist relics. We will continue the drive to the summit of Doi Inthanon the highest mountain in Thailand on the route we will stop at the King and Queen Chedi's to enjoy the great views that these mountainside chedi's offer over the park. You will get to see two of Inthanon's most spectacular cascading waterfalls (Siritharn and Wachiritharn), A Karen hill tribe village, the Royal project research station and we will take a refreshing nurture walk at an altitude of around 2500 meters where the flora and faunas are unique and the air deliciously cool. On the way down the mountain will stop by a local Hmong hill tribe market and check out some of the produce they grow within the bound of the national park.

Day 4 - Chiang Rai and Golden Triangle

On the final day of this 4-day package, we will head north out of Chiang Mai to take in the famous sites that Chiang Rai has to offer. First stop will be for our morning coffee at Mae Khajan hot springs feel free to boil an egg or two in the steaming hot spring water. Next stop will be to the stunning Wat Rong Khun an immaculate intricate white temple inlaid with mirrored glass. We will then make our way to Chiang Saen which was once an important northern Thai Kingdom and trading post situated on the banks of the mighty Mekong River We will make a stop at Wat Chedi Luang one of the old and best-preserved temples from the Chiang Saen period. From Chiang Saen, you will get the chance to take a long tail boat ride on the Mekong to get a closer view of Burma as well as making a stop on the Laos side of the border on Don Sao Island. At the Golden triangle, you can view Laos. Burma and Thailand from the same point across the Mekong. Following our visit to the Golden triangle, we will make our way to Thailand's most northerly point and take a walk around the busy Mae Sai border market. On our way back to Chiang Mai we will stop by to see Yao, Akha and if you choose the option a Karen long neck village.

Note: You will be required to show your original passport if you want to take the boat ride on the Mekong to the Laos side. Please bring this with you if you want to take this option.