Three days adventure in Mae Taeng Chiang Mai

Three days adventure in Mae Taeng Chiang Mai

Go to meet the hill tribes and spend a moment in harmony with their way of life and nature. Go down a river on a bamboo raft. Walk in lush nature, cool off in the waters of a magnificent waterfall, observe and learn about elephants. A refreshing and exotic program. Three days to relax and rejuvenate!

Itinerary

Day 1: Meet Karen tribe, waterfalls and wild track

Stop At: Mae Malai, Ki Lek, Mae Taeng District, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand
9am. Departure by local truck to the north of Chiang Mai.

Stop at Mae Malai local market to make provisions.

This stop makes it possible to buy certain ingredients, vegetables, fruits and spices necessary during the trek... It is a colorful and exotic local market, where the local population and the hill tribes meet and negotiate their products, mainly fruits, vegetables and flowers.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Mork Fa Waterfall, Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Mae Malai-Pai Rd, Chiang Mai 50000 Thailand
Relax and swim at the Mok Fa waterfall.

Transfer in a local vehicle to a Karen village.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Huai Nam Dang National Park, Moo 5 Kued Chang, Mae Taeng Thailand
30 minute drive to the slopes of Huai Nam Dang National Park. The 180 square-kilometer national park in Mae Taeng district, blessed with mountainous terrains and verdant forest, is the favorite destination among cool-weather and photography lovers during the winter time.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Unnamed Road Tambon Dan Chum Phon, Amphoe Song, Chang Wat Phrae 54120, Thailand
2 hour trek to Ban Mae Chok, karen village. Exploration of the village, activities and sharing with the local population, while discovering the tasks of their daily life. This trek to Baan Mae Chok in Thailand will delight you by allowing you to chat with local artisans who offer their products in the village markets. You will be able to meet Karens, one of the largest populations in Southeast Asia.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: Lunch at the Karen village.
• Dinner: Dinner at karen village. Campfire with entertainment (jokes, games, funny stories) led by the guide after dinner.
Accommodation included: Night in a large wooden cabin. Ou option nuit dans un hôtel avec climatisation.

Day 2: Karen tribe meeting and activities with elephants

Stop At: Chang Chill, 45/2 Moo19, Baan Pratumuang, Mae Win 50350 Thailand
Trek at least 3 hours to the elephant camp. Which is quite impressive, as you will walk in a lush nature.
Visit a Karen village and discover the daily life of hill tribes.
First observation of the wild elephants.
Learn about wild elephant needs and care.
Swimming and play in the river to observe wild elephants bathing at far.
Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Ban PA Khao Lam School, Kuet Chang, Mae Taeng, Mae Taeng District, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand
You will walk in a luxuriant nature.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at karen village.
• Lunch: Lunch at karen village.
• Dinner: Dinner at karen village. Campfire with entertainment (jokes, games, funny stories) led by the guide after dinner.
Accommodation included: Night in a large wooden cabin.

Or option night in a hotel with air conditioning.

Day 3: Refreshing bamboo rafting and ethnic encounters

Stop At: Mae Taeng River Research Center, Sop Poeng, Mae Taeng District, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand
Breakfast at karen village.

Trek about 1 hour to the starting point of the rafting. 2 hours 30 rafting on a bamboo raft.

On a bamboo raft along the Mae Taeng River, cross many rapids for 2.5 hours (depending on the water level) to Shan Village, Ban Sop Kai.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Lahu Village, Chiang Rai Thailand
Visit of a village of Akha and Lahu.

Visit to a Shan tribe village.

Shan, as with all Tai groups, originated in what is now Southeast China. They were undoubtedly formerly little distinguishable from Tai Dam, Lao and so on, though a millennium of relative isolation on Burma’s Shan Plateau has led to their cultural distinctiveness. Two differing views by ethnologists have the Shan either migrating westwards over the last thousand or so years from a common Tai staging post in Vietnam’s Dien Bien Phu region, or migrating directly southwards along the Salween Valley from today’s Yunnan province.

A typical village as we would see in Burma .
Duration: 3 minutes

Pass By: Chiang Mai International Airport, 60 Mahidol Rd, Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai, Chang Wat Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Return to your hotel in Chiang Mai. About 2 hours drive.

Return to Chiang Mai or transfer to another city.

Safarine transfers from Chiang Mai to the city of your choice in Thailand, either at the end of the tour or the day of your choice. Safarine offers a wide choice of direct or staged transfers. For any information do not hesitate to contact us.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at karen village.
• Lunch: Lunch at Shan Village.
No accommodation included on this day.