Viamigo

Day 1, Bangkok / Chiang Mai (-/-/-)

Late afternoon around 16.30hrs transfer to the railway station for the overnight train to Chiang Mai.

Day 2, Chiang Mai (-/-/-)

Arrive Chiang Mai early morning and transfer to 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 the secret of jungle herbs. Arrive at 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 follows by an evening talk with the villagers for the legend of the hill tribes. Overnight in a bamboo hut

Day 4, Trekking (B/L/D)

After breakfast walk for 2 ½ - 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 a Karen village of Baan Mae Ma Nai. Enjoy fishing at Mae tang River by local instruments 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 of today is about 8 km.

Day 5, Trekking / Chiang Mai (B/L/-)

After breakfast watch the elephants taking their daily bath in the stream. Afterwards take an elephant-back ride through unspoiled natural forest for approximately 1-11/2 hrs, 3 Km. Return to the camp to check your raft then enjoy the exciting bamboo rafting (20-25 km. in total) for 1 hour trip down 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.

Remark:

The activities in the afternoon of Day 4 and in the morning of Day 5 may be swabbed (so the elephant riding might be on day 4), depends on weather conditions.

Day 6, Chiang Mai (B/-/-)

Termination of the tour after breakfast.