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EXCURSION ADVENTURE TOURS FROM MAEKOK RIVER VILLAGE RESORT 4WD TOURS Full Day 4WD Tour – Across the Wawee & Doi Chang Ranges Tour ref. MRVR022 Degree of difficulty: Medium-Hard Meal Code - (Lunch) Symbol Code:
Itinerary. Depart the resort by 4WD vehicle and head down river via Ban Mae Mok Cham and Ban Mae Saluk up into the Wawee range. Visit a Yao village and then travel on to the village of Wawee, a fascinating place, home to 8 or 9 different ethnic groups and run by ex-Kuomingtong Chinese refugees. Until recently, the remote location and treacherously narrow access roads that hugged the steep mountain side made it difficult to reach. Travel down the new hard surfaced road on the Mae Suay side and then turn off onto a narrow rutted track that climbs steeply and leads you up to a Lisu hill tribe village the top of the beautiful Doi Chang. On the way up stop off at a seldom visited Akha village ( they see less that 4 foreigners per year, outside of the few on our own tour). On reaching the top we take a picnic lunch in the village and then (dictated by road conditions and guest preference) we follow one of two forestry roads, through a wide range of flora, stopping at one or two isolated villages en route, to the main Chiang Rai – Mae Suay road. Return to Wawee along the new hard surfaced road, take a different route around the village to the small resort on the tea plantation, stopping for tea and to enjoy the late afternoon views of this beautiful area. Return the 20km downhill to Ban Mae Saluk, the old tea loading station, and on to the resort.
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