6 Days Trip: Code 603 : Hidden Charms of The North

Price: 0 Baht / Person

Pick up times: Morning - 8.00 am

Day  1
Pick up at 8:00 a.m– 6.30 pm approx. finish
 

• Cycling 2-3 hours around  the Lost City
• Doi Inthanon National Park
• Mae klang waterfalls 
• Diamond Waterfall (Wachirathan)
• 2 hours soft trek to hidden waterfalls passing orchards and paddy rice fields
• Explore hill tribe village and experience their culture
• Chat  with them  , mountain  coffee  plantation and  have   tea or  coffee drinks.

 We begin the morning with a refreshing cycle tour around a local Chiang Mai village and the Lost City.  Our bikes are great ones. They are better than the normal mountain bikes.  Very nice and comfortable to ride on ( as the pictures below ).  Cycling is an exciting alternative to more traditional sightseeing by car and foot and a perfect way to explore the tranquil temple sites scattered around the Lost City.  Chiang Mai was originally built herein the 11thcentury  but the ancient city  was forgotten after being flooded and hidden underground for  hundreds of years.  There are over 20 ancient  temple sites in the city.
 
In the afternoon we head to Doi Inthanon National Park which encompasses the highest mountain in Chiang Mai.  Here we  visit three of the most beautiful waterfalls in  the park  and  in Chiang Mai including Mae Klang  Waterfall - wachirathan waterfalls  and  the hidden  one where there are  fewer tourists.Then we  have gentle walk down hill  to visit a local hill tribe village to explore the village and  experience their culture and try the delicious coffee   they  grow  and  harvest on the mountain.  To end the day we drop by a local market  to experience the real Thai life (no tourists here) and try some authentic food before  we return you to your hotel.
Room  will be booked by untouchedthailand in Chaing Mai
 

Day 2
Pick up at 8:40 a.m– 6.30 pm approx. finish
 

• Doi Suthep temple, Chaing Mai view point.
• Hidden temple
• Elephant riding on hill  and local village
• Bamboo rafting

Room  will be booked by untouchedthailand in Chaing Mai

 
Day  3
Pick up at 8:40 a.m– 6.30 pm approx. finish
 

• Elephant camp and shows
• Visit  elephant nursery
• Amazing local  temple and countryside  views
• Explore the local Chiang Dao  cave 
• The greatest Than ton temple and no man land view point.
• Visit Lahu tribe  village on the no man land and  hand some gifts to children in the Namaland village.
• Check in at  the hotel. Rooms  will be booked by untouchedthailand for you and  your  party  tonight.

 
           Leave Chiang mai at 8.40 a.m . First stop, is the largest Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai. Here you will get up close and personal with the Thai elephants. You will experience the relationship between the elephant and their mahout and also with people like yourselves. See the day to day care like bathing, how they sleep and how the mahout gets on and off the elephants. Could you believe the elephants can give a Thai massages, paint, play football and Yes! Even dance! Come and see for yourself how much they enjoy it, and you will too. After that we head to grand local temple less tourists to enjoy local scenery views: 
         Then we will drive to the North of Chiang Mai to explore a cave usually only visited by local people, untouched by tourists our specialty. On the drive to the caves you will experience magnificent views of the country side at every turn. After visiting the cave we will go to where the minority live, "no mans land" they have no nationality as they live on the land between Thai and Myanmar borders. If you have a heart to help people donations of food, clothing including jumpers and shoes would be greatly appreciated however this is a personal gesture and for you to decide.
         We will travel down the hill from No Mans Land and stay in Thaton Village overnight. This village is small and quiet a nice place for a short walk into town before dinner.
Overnight in Thaton, Ching mai province.
 
* Tiger king dom is optional if you would like to take picture or play with tiger,  you can buy the ticket at the entrance  : 520 Baht / person : we can drop by on the way:
Room will be booked by untouchedthailand in Thaton village
( Dinner is not included in the package )


Day  4
Pick up at 8:40 a.m– 6.30 pm approx. finish
 

• Take the long tail boat in the Mae kok river  for  an  hour.
• Relax  &  Enjoy panoramic view along the river banks
• Visit 5 different hill tribe villages  including  charming Karen  long neck , Akha and big ear rings hill tribes.
• Visit Doi Mae Salong and Chinese community or Mountains China town  where you can  have many different kinds of  tea taste. Enjy drinking  organic  tea.
• Visit monkey  cave and  fish  cave  in the  beautiful temple.

Leave 08:30 a.m. uphill to the main temple of Thahon .visit .visit pagoda and enjoy the wonderful view of Thaton town and hill tribe villages,( a  Minority land ),after that head down hill to the pier to take the a long tail boat down the river, left and right following the curve of the riverbed, avoiding the rocky clusters in the water , it bobbed little up and down with the tide!( Absolutely Save and fun !!! Gorgeous landscape as in a dream ). it must be one of the most beautiful scenes you had ever seen in your whole life. boat head to Chiang Rai in Mae Kok River ( an hour) , the one is end up at Golden triangle, Chiang Rai Area to Mekong River ( the international river of Southeast Asia, pass seven countries, Tibet, China, Myanmar, Laos ,Thailand , Cambodia and Vietnam ) Both sides of Mae Kok River banks surrounding with views of arborous mountains, local and hill tribe villages. Ends up at the Long neck Karen , Akha , Lahu , and big earring hill tribe villages. Leave hill tribe villages for Doi Mae Salong to visit Chinese’s community ( mountain China town ), where tea plantations are grown, and enjoy to taste variety of tea. Then move to the monkey and fish cave before the end of Thailand , checking in at the hotel in Mae Sai, the border town.
Overnight in Mae Sai-  the border town ,Chiang Rai province./ www.piyapornplace.com

(  Room  will be booked by untouchedthailand the boder town of Mae sai)
( Dinner is not included in the package )
 
 
Day  5
Pick up at 8:40 a.m– 6.30 pm approx. finish
 

• Experience   Chan people fresh  market
• Taste  Myanmar  food at  their market. then head to explore the bustle market in the border-s
• Across the border to Myanmar countries
• Experience Myanmar Tuk Tuk and tour around the border with your guide.
• Visit  the famous  golden triangle where three countries meet
• Take a boat trip in the mighty mekong river
• Across  the border  to  Lao island  in Laotian country.
• Enjoy local stuffs at Lao duty fees market.
• Chaing Rai night market

In the morning after breakfast, Explore Mae Sai, the border town between Thailand and Myanmar and visit bustle market at Thai- Myanmar border and enjoy your time in practicing bargaining skill before heading to The Golden Triangle, the land of Opium cultivation, smuggling and trade the Opium, Especially the Opium house will tells the story how it is as expensive as gold. then walk down to the pier to take the boat to Lao Island to visit duty free market in Lao village. Then visit Chiang Saen, the old city.

Chiang Rai night market by your own.2 minutes walk from your hotel.
 
(  Rooms will be booked by untouchedthailand tonight in Chiang Mai )

  
Day 6
Pick up at 9:00 a.m– 6.30 pm approx. finish
 

• White temple
• Hot Spring
• Hill top temple of Doi Saket.
• Handicraft village or home industries.
• Transfer out to Chiang  Mai airport.

 
- On the way back to Chiang Mai we stop at the miracle white temple that found by Thai famous artist, ( one of the world's priceless works of Art & hot spring if we have time). Then visit the hill top temple  befre heading to handicraft and arts village to see to make famous  Thai silk , silver and umbrella or laguer ware and ciladon making. Return to Chiang Mai in the evening.

Room must be booked by yourself in Chiang Mai  tonight.