Your Itinerary
Day 1: Bangkok / Chiang Mai (-/-/-)
Participants should contact us for a tour briefing during the afternoon prior to their transfer to the railway station for the overnight train to Chiang Mai.
Day 2: Chiang Mai (-/-/-)
Arrive Chiang Mai early morning and transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day at leisure.
Day 3: Trekking (B/L/D)
Pick up from hotel after breakfast and depart from Chiang Mai by road, heading north. Visit the local market in Mae Malai and then continue to Pong Dued hot spring for lunch. After lunch trek through the tropical forests about 2 hours (2 km.) for an opportunity to learn about flora and fauna and secrets of jungle herbs. Arrive at the Karen village of Baan Pong Noi or Ban Pa Klauy for overnight. Time to swim, explore the village, learn how to do bamboo weaving, trap making, etc. and perhaps give the guide a hand in preparing the evening meal. Enjoy your first dinner in the jungle followed by an evening talk with the villagers to hear the legends of the hill-tribe peoples. Overnight in a bamboo hut.
Day 4: Trekking (B/L/D)
After breakfast walk for 2½ - 3 hours passing the rice and vegetable fields of the villagers and learn their methods of cultivation. Explore the surrounding forests to study the local environment and learn how to survive in the forest. After lunch trek for about 2 hours to the Karen village of Baan Mae Ma Nai. Enjoy fishing in the Mae Tang River by local tackle and learn the technique of constructing a bamboo raft. Afterwards time for another refreshing swim and dinner preparation. Dinner and overnight at the rafting camp. Total walking distance today is about 8 km.
Day 5: Trekking / Chiang Mai (B/L/-)
After breakfast watch the elephants taking their daily bath in the stream. Then take an elephant-back ride through unspoiled natural forest for approximately 1-1/2 hrs, 3 Km. Return to the camp to check your raft then enjoy an exciting bamboo rafting for a 1 hour (20-25 km in total) trip down the Mae Tang River. Stop en route at a Lahu village. Continue rafting for about 1½-2 hours to a Shan village for lunch. Return to Chiang Mai by pick-up and transfer to hotel.
Note:
The activities in the afternoon of Day 4 and in the morning of Day 5 may be swapped round, according to weather conditions.
Day 6: Chiang Mai (B/-/-)
End of services after breakfast.
Notes:
The trekking is not recommended for children under 7 years' of age.
Trekking itinerary is only a guideline and is subject to change without prior notice due to local conditions, but the essential concept will be maintained.
Though the trek rating is easy, one should not expect a flat, easy-to-walk route, but it will up and down hills in some parts. The best way is to walk at your own pace and the guide will adjust the stopping points to suite with the fitness of the group.
A supplement for high season and/or compulsory dinners will be advised at the time of booking, if applicable.
Services included in the price:
- Tours and transfers by air-conditioned transport. Non air-conditioned transportation and open pick-up truck will be used in remote areas.
- Except while trekking accommodation will be at standard- or first- class hotels, based on 2 persons in a twin-bedded room on B/B basis.
- All rooms are air-conditioned with attached bath and toilet.
- While trekking, accommodation will be in village huts. Sleeping facilities consist of a floor mat, a sheet and mosquito-net. A rucksack, water canteen and lifejacket are also provided.
- Full board while trekking (boiled water provided for drinking during the trek)
- 2nd class air-conditioned train with sleeper from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
- Services of local English-speaking guides.
- Admission fees where applicable.
Services not included in the price:
- Drinks, bottled drinking water & meals not mentioned in the above itinerary
- Sleeping bag.
- Tips for guide & drivers.
- Personal expenses.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Accommodation: Standard Class ( 01 Nov 07 - 31 Oct 08 )
188 US$ per person for a group of minimum 2 persons.
Single supplement 41 US$
Accommodation: First Class ( 01 Nov 07 - 31 Oct 08 )
214 US$ per person for a group of minimum 2 persons.
Single supplement 50 US$
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