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TOUR OVERVIEW
Get the most out of a 3 day stay in Chiang Mai with the itinerary packed Hello Chiang Mai Tour. Over the three days you will see all chiang Mai's city highlights, Thailand's premiere National park Doi Inthanon where you will stand on the peak of Thailand's highest mountain and all the highlights the province of Chiang Rai has to offer!
TOUR DESCRIPTION
Day 1
The day will start with The Mae Sa Elephant Camp to watch the elephants bathing and the elephant show. Here you can choose the option of riding the elephants either through the natural forested slopes in the Mae Sa Valley or to Baan Tong Luang the picturesque 4 hill tribe exhibition village set in a beautiful valley amongst the rice paddies. After a leisurely lunch you will have the option to visit Tiger Kingdom (You will have time to play with the fully grown tigers or tiger cubs if you choose) We will then proceed out to the Sankampeang area to view the manufacture of famous Chiang Mai and Thai product such as silk, Celadon, paper umbrellas and more. Our final destination of the day and probably the days highlight will be to the impressive Doi Suthep temple which sits on the mountain overlooking chiang Mai.
Evening
On this first evening you will be taken to Khum Kantoke for traditional northern Thai food as well as traditional Thai and hill tribe dance shows.
Day 2
The second day of this tour will be spent in Doi Inthanon National Park. Before embarking on our trip into the park we will stop at Wat Prathat Sri Chom Tong am important temple in the area housing Buddhist relics. We will continue the drive to the summit of Doi Inthanon the highest mountain in Thailand on route we will stop at the King and Queen Chedi's to enjoy the great views that these mountain side chedi's offer over the park. You will get to see two of Inthanon's most spectacular cascading waterfalls (Siritharn and Wachiritharn), A Karen hill tribe village, the Royal project research station and we will take a refreshing nurture walk at an altitude of around 2500 meters where the flora and faunas is unique and the air deliciously cool. On the way down the mountain will will stop by a local Hmong hill tribe market and check out some of the produce they grow within the bound of the national park.
Day 3
After collecting you from your Chiang Mai hotel your first stop will be Maekhajan hot springs a good spot to take a morning cup of coffee before heading up to Chiang Rai where will stop i to see the stunning Wat Rong Khun, frequently referred to as The White Temple. Chieng Saen which is situated on the banks of the mighty Mekong River is the next stop. Chiang Saen was once the site of an important northern Thai kingdom and much surviving architecture and Buddha images can be found in this area we will see one of the better preserved temples - Wat Chedi Luang. A short drive from Chiang Saen will bring us to the Golden Triangle meeting points of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. Here you will have the option of a boat trip across the Mekong River to the Laos island of Don Sao. The tour will proceed to Mae Sai the Thai border town with Myanmar this is a good spot for some shopping, dried food stuffs and counterfeit goods such as handbags and CD/DVD’s are all in abundance here. You will also get a glimpse of Myanmar itself with it only being situated a mere ten meters away across the river or if you feel more adventurous we can arrange for you to pop over the border into the Burmese town of Tachilek On the return to Chiang Mai we can arrange an option to visit the Long Neck village.
Note: You will be required to show your original passport if you want to take the boat ride on the Mekong to the Laos side. Please bring this with you if you want to take this option.