Discover North Thailand - 6 Days / 5 Nights
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Discover North Thailand - 6 Days / 5 Nights
Day 1 - Arrival Chiang Mai
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Upon arriving in Chiang Mai, you'll be met by your guide and transferred to your hotel for a night of rest and relaxation before starting your adventure.
Day 2 - Chiang Mai (B,L)Today you'll travel to a local farmhouse in Mae Rim before boarding a long-tail boat for a 30-minute cruise to a fresh food market along the Mae Ping River. From the market, take a trishaw ride past the City Walls to Wat Phra Singh for lunch at a local restaurant and then drive to the famous mountain temple of Wat Prathat Doi Suthep. Afterwards, drive up the mountain by "songtaew" on a rough dirt road to the Chang Khien Coffee Research Project and continue to the Hmong village of Chang Khien where inhabitants still wear traditional hill tribe clothes and practice a culture that dates back 500 years. |
Day 3 - Chiang Mai - Mae Kampong (B,L,D)Depart by minivan to the village of Mae Kampong, situated 1,300 meters above sea level, making a stop at a local market to select ingredients for evening's dinner along the way. Upon arriving at Mae Kampong, you'll be met by villagers to take a stroll through the forest, past tea and coffee fields to a waterfall for a picnic lunch. In the afternoon, return to the village to relax with a traditional Thai massage and join your host family to prepare (and later eat) your dinner. |
Day 4 - Mae Kampong - Mae Salong - Chiang Rai (B,L)
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This day will find you venturing towards Chiang Rai and Wat Rong Khun, the surprising "White Temple." Lunch will be served at a local restaurant and you'll continue along to Doi Mae Salong, to the Santi Kiri KMT Yunnan Chinese Refugee settlement. There you'll see tea and coffee plantations, and a store where homemade wines and other locally grown products are sold before heading to your Chiang Rai accommodations.
Day 5 - Chiang Rai - Doi Tung - Mae Sai - Golden Triangle - Chiang Rai (B,L)
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Today you'll depart for the Doi Tung region, 2000 meters/6500 feet above sea-level and home to the Mae Fah Luang Gardens and Wat Phrathad Doi Tung, a sacred hilltop shrine, regarded as the holiest sanctuary by the residents of Chiang Rai and nearby provinces. En-route you'll visit hill tribe villages and eat lunch at a local restaurant before heading out to explore the Golden Triangle area. The rest of the day will be spent in this region; including Mae Sai, a bustling trading town at the farther-most northern border between Thailand and Myanmar; and Chiang Saen, opposite of Laos where you will see ancient ruins and temples prior to embarking on a long-tailed boat trip along the mighty Mae Khong River.Extend This Tour With...
On our Bangkok and Central Thailand tour, experience a city like no other and cruise along the Chao Phraya River. Visit beautiful temple ruins in Ayutthaya and the Death Railway in Kanchanaburi. Appreciate Thailand’s wildlife as you trek through the forest and float down river on a bamboo raft.
The Bangkok and Khao Yai in Comfort Thailand tour is for first time or repeat visitors who want to explore Bangkok and soothe in the mountain scenery without straying too far from the capital. In Bangkok, you will shop at a lively floating market and paddleboat your way through its canals. Then drive through the Thai countryside and into Khao Yai where you can have a spa treatment, a round of golf in the mountains, visit a national park, and taste some local wine.
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