Old Trade Route Soft Adventure Tour (SA 301)

Tour ref. SA301A & B

3 Days & 2 Nights
Degree of difficulty: Easy
Departures: On request

Day One
Meal Code: (L, D)
Depart Chiang Mai for the Mae Tamman Valley and an oxcart ride followed by an Elephant Safari. Visit Chiang Dao caves. Lunch, then a drive along scenic rural back roads visiting a forest temple and a rare Paulong hill tribe village. Overnight at Maekok River Village Resort. Take dinner and then relax around the campfire (lit nightly if the weather is cool enough).

Day Two
Meal Code: (B, L, D)
An early breakfast, followed by a vehicle transfer to the raft boarding point for a full day (4 - 5 hours / 50 kms) of comfortable bamboo rafting. Relax onboard as the raftsmen pole you down river through stunning scenery, light rapids, passing isolated hamlets en route. A picnic lunch is served onboard. Canoeing is optional and you may use the canoes to take excursions away from the raft as it gently floats along. The river trip ends in the Karen village of Ban Ruam Mit and you return by vehicle to Maekok River Village Resort. Take dinner and then relax around the campfire (lit nightly if the weather is cool enough).

Day Three

Tour ref. SA301A

Meal Code: (B, L, Tea)

Tour ref. SA301B

Meal Code: (B, L)

Depart the Resort to visit several ethnic minority and hill tribe villages (Shan, Akha, Yao, Kuomingtong Chinese). Explore the exotic market of Ban Mae Salong. Lunch, then off to the Yao handicraft market of Ban Pa Deur. Travel the stunningly scenic route over Doi Toong and Doi Pa Mi to the Thai-Burma border market of Mae Sai. Drive via the Golden Triangle back to Chiang Rai.

Then:
Those on programme SA301A travel back to Chiang Mai with a tea / coffee stop en route.
Those on programme SA301B leave the tour here for either the airport or for their chosen hotel

SA 301A

SA 301B

Old Trade Route Map

Chiang Mai Visitors Guide

Maekok River Village Resort

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