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Old Trade Route Soft Adventure Tour (SA 208)
Tour ref. SA208A&B
2 Days & 1 Night
Degree of difficulty: Easy
Departures: On request
Day One
Meal Code: (L, D)
Depart Chiang Mai at 08:00hrs by vehicle and head north for a one hour Elephant Safari in the Mae Taeng area. Take a short and very scenic drive up to the tea estates, and if permitted, visit the tea factory. Return to the main road and have lunch in a local restaurant in Chiang Dao. Drive north for one hour to the forest temple of Wat Tum Tubtao, where you enter a cave housing a two thousand year old reclining Buddha image. Then it’s mountain bikes for an easy ride along sealed rural back roads, through rich agricultural land to a rare Paulong hill tribe village. Reboard the vehicle at a local market and continue by road to Ban Thaton, checking into Maekok River Village Resort for an overnight stay. Enjoy dinner in the restaurant overlooking the river. Then relax around the campfire (lit nightly if the weather is cool enough).
Day Two
Tour ref. SA208A
Meal Code: (B, L)
Tour ref. SA208B
Meal Code: (B, L)
Tour ref. SA208C
Meal Code: (B, L, D)
Travel by vehicle to Akha and Shan villages. Board a bamboo raft in the Shan village of Mae Mok Cham for a 2 to 3 hour lazy rafting trip down river to Ban Pha Tai. A picnic lunch is taken onboard. From Ban Pha Tai, embark on a 1.5 to 2 hour walk through several hill tribe villages before transferring by minibus via the Mae Chan pass to Chiang Rai.
Then:
Those on tour programme SA 208A travel to the airport for a flight (20 minutes) to Chiang Mai, where on arrival you are transferred to your hotel.
Those on programme SA 208B end their tour on arrival in Chiang Rai city (any hotel).
Those on tour SA 208C return via the airport to the Dusit Island Resort for dinner and an overnight stay, plus breakfast and an airport transfer the following morning.
SA 208A
| # persons | 1 person only | Two persons (twin sharing) joining a group |
1 person joining a group |
| price (in THB) | 35,217 | 24,384 | 26,751 |
| for more information go to our pricing policy page / prices valid until oct. 31st 2009 | |||
SA 208B
| # persons | 1 person only | Two persons (twin sharing) joining a group |
1 person joining a group |
| price (in THB) | 35,146 | 24,315 | 26,685 |
| for more information go to our pricing policy page / prices valid until oct. 31st 2009 | |||
SA 202C
| # persons | 1 person only | Two persons (twin sharing) joining a group |
1 person joining a group |
| price (in THB) | 39,323 | 28,491 | 34,679 |
| for more information go to our pricing policy page / prices valid until oct. 31st 2009 | |||