Day 1
• Depart Chiang Mai at 9:30am and drive 30 minutes to a local market.
• Drive a further 1.5 hours to a Shan village for lunch
• Short drive to trek start point
• Trek for 30 minutes to a Hmong village.
• Trek for a further 2.5 hours to a Karen Hill tribe
• Stay overnight in village.
Day2
• After breakfast trek for 1 hour to the elephant camp
• Ride elephants through the jungle and along the river for about 1 hour.
• Trek 1.5 hours to waterfall, stop for lunch and swimming.
• Trek 1.5 hours to truck stop.
• Short drive to bamboo rafting start point.
• Bamboo rafting for about 1 hour
• Return to Chiang Mai around 5:00pm.
*Timings are only approximate and will vary from day to day, depending on weather conditions, pace of the trekking group, etc.
Tour includes:
• Transportation by seated a pick-up truck (Song Taew)for round trip.
• An English speaking tour guide (or other languages available upon request) who is experienced, friendly, knowledgeable and officially registered by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
• Local porters and guide helper from the village.
• 4 Thai local foods: Lunch on the first day and last day (Vegetarian food is available upon request).
• Accommodation on the trek including sleeping gear.
• Every activity on the trek.
• A small bag pack for your trek is available for loan (Please request)
• All entrances fees.
• Accident insurance
What to bring?
• Hiking shoes or sport shoes
• A few T-shirts
• A few pairs of socks
• Swimming suit
• Camera & batteries
• Long pants/or trousers.
• Flip flops/sandals.
• Pullover or jacket (Cold season Nov-Jan)
• Rain coat (Jun-Oct)
• Flash light with batteries
• Soap and shampoo
• Toothbrush and toothpaste
• Toilet paper (if you don’t like to use bamboo stick).
• Towel
• Insect repellent
Tour Excludes:
• Personal expenses like beverage, tips, and optional excursion/visit
Baggage
We recommend you to leave your baggage at your hotel/guest house if it is available or at our office. The less baggage you carry with you, the more you will enjoy the program.