Tourcode CNX 018 - 3 days / 2 nights

Chiang Mai - Cycling Ping Valley - Elephants - Hiking - Sob Kai – Lahu Village - Bamboo Rafting - Chiang Mai

Daily departure from/to Chiang Mai, minimum 2 persons, private tour

DAY 1 CHIANG MAI L

Our local tour guide and driver will pick up from the hotel in Chiang Mai at time 08.30-08.45. First you will get your bicycle and helmet. Then start cycling and leave the city.First follow along the Ping River. See a colorful Chinese temple, fruit orchards, farmland and passing rural villages. Stop also at Ban Tawai, a village famous for its woodcarving artisans.Lunch at a local restaurant on route. On your return to the city have a look to the temples and ruins of Wiang Khum Kam, the former Mon City of the 12th century. By late afternoon you will be back in downtown Chiang Mai. Transfer to the boutique hotel.

DAY 2 CHIANG MAI - MUANG KUD - SOB KAI B/L/D

After breakfast you are picked up by the local tour guide and river from the hotel. Transfer to thevillage of Muang Kud in the Mae Taeng area. Upon arrival feed the elephants with organic foods like banana, grass and sugar cane, that are grow here around the Eco Elephant Farm. Learn about elephants and observing their behavior. Later take them for a bath in the river and scrub the elephant skin with native scrubbing plants. After lunch start trekking for about one hour to a small waterfall, where you can swim and relax. Then trek back for one hour and short transfer by car to the Shan riverside village of Sob Kai. Check in at the small resort on the banks of the Mae Taeng River. Enjoy your dinner and spend the night here.

DAY 3 SOB KAI - BAN PONG NGAN (LAHU HILL TRIBE VILLAGE) - CHIANG MAI B/L

After a filling breakfast at the resort start trekking for about 3 hours up and down in the wilderness until you reach the Lahu hill tribe village of Baan Pong Ngan. Here your tour guide will cook your lunch and you can assist him, of course! Take also some time for a stroll around the village to observe the simple live out here. Then it is time for your trip down the Mae Taeng River on a bamboo raft (it can get wet while passing the rapids!), which takes about 2 hours. Finally the pick up truck will bring you back to the city of Chiang Mai and arrive there by late afternoon. Transfer to your booked hotel, airport or train station, depends on your further schedule.

REMARKS/FLEXIBILITY:

• During the cool season from Nov. to Feb. we do recommend to bring a long sleeves sweater or a jacket.
• Accommodation in Chiang Mai before and/or after this package can be booked with us as well.

PRICE INCLUDES:

All excursions and transfers as mentioned in the above itinerary, English speaking tour guide, accommodation 1 night at a boutique hotel in Chiang Mai and 1 night at a basic tourist class resort in Sob Kai with daily breakfast, all other meals as per program (L = lunch, D = dinner), entrance fees as per program

NOT INCLUDED:

Drinks, tips and personal expenses