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SIGHTSEEING
Half Day Tour of Local Attractions
& Rural Thailand
Tour Ref. MRVR008
Degree of
difficulty: Medium.
Meal Code - (None)
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Itinerary:
Depart Ban Thaton
by vehicle for a tour along rural back roads to a small hill
top temple at Mae Sao. Travel through farmland with your guide
explaining the local customs and agricultural practices. Visit
a working rice mill for an explanation of rice production
‘from the paddy to the packet’. On to the local food market
in Fang, and then travel inland to visit a rare Paulong hill
tribe village, followed by a visit to an equally rare Lahu
Shaleh village. Return by road to the Maekok River Village Resort.
Half Day Tour to a Padong
(long necked Karen) village and Ban Mae Salong Market.
Tour Ref. MRVR009
Degree of difficulty: Medium
Meal Code - (None)
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Depart Ban Thaton
by vehicle heading up into the hills of the Mae Salong area.
From a drop off point, walk for 45 mins to an hour along steep
sided jungle trails to a small village of the Padong, otherwise
known as the long necked Karen. Return along a different route
to the main road and continue on to the ex-Kuomingtong stronghold
village of Ban Mae Salong with its colourful daily market
where all manner of local produce and goods smuggled in from
China are sold. Return to the valley floor and Maekok River Village Resort.
Full Day Tour to the Royal
Agricultural Project on Doi Angkhang & several ethnic
Minority villages.
Tour Ref. MRVR010
Degree of difficulty: Easy
Meal Code - (None)
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Depart the resort
for the high altitude royal agricultural project on Doi Angkhang.
En route visit a Jin Haw (Chinese refugee) village. Once at
Doi Angkhang, spend some time exploring the extensive grounds
then enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. On the return trip
down to the Fang valley floor some 1200 metres below, visit
the Paulong hill tribe village of Nor Lair, the Black Lahu
village of Korp Dong, and the Shan (or Tai Yai) village of
Ban Koung, exploring each at your leisure. You return to the
resort before last light.
Full Day Tour
of Mae Salong, The Queen Mother’s Royal Garden Project on
Doi Toong, Mae Sai, Chiang Saen & The Golden Triangle.
Tour ref.
MRVR011
Degree of
difficulty: Easy but a very full day
Meal Code
- (Lunch, Afternoon Tea)
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Itinerary:
Depart Ban Thaton
and travel up into the mountains to the ex-Kuomingtong mountain
top refuge of Doi Mae Salong where the Yunnanese speaking
locals run an interesting ‘exotic’ market. Continue after
a brief stop via a Yao hill tribe village market with some
interesting
products before
climbing the mountains again to the Queen Mother’s Royal Garden
Project on Doi Toong. Lunch there and then set off for Mae
Sai (the Thai-Burma border town) via the very scenic mountain
route over Doi Pa Mi that affords stunning views of the valley
below. After a stop in Mae Sai, travel through to Chiang Saen
and the Golden Triangle for an afternoon tea stop in a restaurant
overlooking the river before returning via Mae Chan to the
resort in Ban Thaton.
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2 Day & 1 Night Tour –
Sightseeing & Shopping in Chiang Mai
Tour ref.
MRVR012
Degree of difficulty: Easy
Meal Code - (Lunch)
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Day One: Depart
the resort by minibus and travel head south into Chiang Mai.
Turn off into the Mae Sa valley and head up towards Samoeng
to the Pong Yang Elephant camp for a genuine ‘elephants at
work show’. Take a 1.5 hour elephant safari through thick
jungle to two waterfalls. Continue along the Samoeng loop
to the beautiful Suan Bua Hotel & Resort for a set Thai
lunch. On to the Hang Dong and Ban Tawai areas,( where the
dealers go to buy their products) stopping at various small
shops and factories selling antiques, reproduction furniture,
rattan, handicrafts and bric a brac. Continue in to Chiang
Mai proper where you stop off in an area of the old town where
the silversmiths ply their trade. Check into the Royal Princess
Hotel in the centre of the town with the famous Chiang Mai
night bazaar on its doorstep. Either eat at one of the many
western food restaurants in the city centre, or ask you guide
to take you to one of the several traditional Thai restaurants
or popular bars on the river, or outside the city centre.
(dinner is at your own expense). Spend the remainder of the
evening exploring the night bazaar.
Day Two.
Meal code
– (Breakfast, Lunch)
After breakfast
in the hotel. Depart by minibus for Sankampaeng, and the more
tourist orientated handicraft centres; Umbrella making, ceramics,
silk, cotton and saa paper products. Stop at those you wish
to visit, and then continue on to the butterfly and orchid
farm in the Mae Rim area. Head north once more to visit the
rather special and little visited temple – Wat Thoeng Luang.
There is a sacred ambience about the place not found in many
temples along the tourist trail. Take lunch at Chiang Dao
Hill resort, in a restaurant set under giant trees in an idyllic
stream side setting. Continue north stopping briefly at the
scenic forest temple at Tum Tubtao, returning to Maekok river
resort in the mid to late afternoon.
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