Mae Taeng Active
Tourcode CNX 018 - 3 days / 2 nights
Chiang Mai - Cycling - Mae Taeng – 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 - MAE TAENG L
In the morning pick up from the hotel in Chiang Mai. After a short briefing start cycling and leave the city behind you. Follow the Ping River in northern direction. You will cycle around beautiful scenery like orchards, paddy fields, irrigation canals and small villages. Lunch break at a local restaurant on route. In the late afternoon reach the scenic countryside resort overlooking the paddy fields. There is some time left to relax at the pool. End of the cycling part of your tour package and there will be a new crew joining you the next day for the elephant eco farm and trekking in the mountains (today's distance for cycling will be approx. 50 km).
DAY 2 MAE TAENG - MUANG KUD - SOB KAI B/L/D
After breakfast you are picked up by the local tour guide from the resort and head to the nearby village of Muang Kud. 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 at basic tourist class resorts 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