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1 Day Hiking in Doi Luang Chiang Dao Mountain

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Description:

Tour program: 1 Day hiking in Doi Luang Chiang Dao
Trekking distance: approximately 8.5 kilometers (about 4 - 6 hrs. to go up and 3 - 5 hrs. to go down depending on your physical condition)

Pick up point: please confirm the hotel's name and the address

Tour type: a group tour (minimum 2 people, maximum 9 people)

Season: from 1^st November 2022 – 28^th February 2023 only (Except Wednesday) . The best time to visit is from

Trip Style: family fun, outdoor, treks, nature

Locations Visited: North of Chiang Mai, Doi Luang Chiang Dao Mountain

Itinerary:

• 04.30 a.m. pick up from your hotel or guesthouse and drive approximately 2 hours to the Park office for your documentary check.
• Continue by pick-up truck approximately 30 minutes to the starting point.
• Enjoy the nature walk 70% up hill approximately 3 hours through dry evergreen forest, moist upper mixed deciduous forest until to the first camp site and break for lunch.
• After lunch we will walk on hilly path 80% up hill approximately 3 hours, on the way you will be impress by beautiful panoramas view until arrive to the the summit.
• After that, we will continue by walk 70% down hill approximately 5 hours until arrive to the finish point. 
• Drive approximately 30 minutes to the park office for rubbishes checking.
• Drive back to Chiang Mai approximately 2 hours, arrive your hotel approximately 7.00 - 7.30 pm.

Trip Cost: 

Trip included: 

• All admission fee as mentioned in the itinerary.
• Round trip transportation including pick up and drop off at your hotel.
• Local experienced licensed tour guide (English speaking).
• 2 meals (breakfast and lunch)
• Drinking water during the trip.
• Tourist accident insurance by Thai law.

Trip excluded: personal expenses such as drinks, tips and other expenses not mentioned in the program.

Very important: On the mountain, there are no facilities, electricity, hot and cold water, proper toilet (natural toilet is in the bush). Therefore, please ask yourself that you will feel comfortable with this trip or not. 

What to bring?

• Hiking shoes or sport shoes
• Worm clothe (Dec-Jan)
• Toilet paper (if you don’t like to use bamboo stick).
• Insect repellent

Topography: Doi Luang Chiang Dao is situated in Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary encompasses 521 square kilometers and the altitude is 300—2,225 meters high above sea level. The whole mountain is consisted of limestone in Permian period between 230-250 million years ago surrounded by steep cliff and flat in the middle. Some part has lapies and sinkhole which is consisted of sediments of corals and sea-shell that made the geographer could estimated to the age and ensure that this area is used to be the sea in the past.

Climates: The climates of Doi Luang Chiang Dao are the tropical monsoon zone as divided to be 3 seasons:

• Summer begin from February to May; the temperature about 10 – 29 c°
• Rainy season begin from June - October; the temperature about 15 – 27 c°
• Winter begin from November - January; the temperature about 0 - 20 c°

Flora and Fauna: The mountainous park encompasses with dry evergreen forest, moist upper mixed deciduous forest, hill evergreen forest and sub-alpine vegetation, and from the exploration of the educators and botanic lists had indicated to the typical plants on Doi Luang Chiang Dao as sub-alpine vegetation group which are consisted of tropical plants, warm zone plants group, mixed deciduous forest plants group and endemic species which are able to find only on Doi Chiang Dao.   

Physical fitness