Old Trade Route Soft Adventure Tour (SA 403)

Tour ref. SA403A & B

4 Days & 4 Nights
Degree of difficulty: Easy
Departures: Tuesdays, Fridays, Sundays.

Day One
Meal Code: (At guest expense)
Depart Chiang Mai by vehicle at 0700hrs and travel via the Samoeng Loop road to a remote elephant camp in the mountains outside Chiang Mai and commence an elephant safari through the surrounding jungle that includes visits to one or two waterfalls. Visit the Queen Sirikit Botanical gardens to explore the wide range of flora that represents much of that indigenous to Thailand. Take lunch in a local roadside restaurant in the village of Chiang Dao. Continue north along rural back roads to visit a rare Paulong hill tribe village, and one of the few accessible Lahu Shaleh hill tribe villages in the north. Overnight at Maekok River Village Resort, an adventure tour base on the banks of the Kok river on the outskirts of the Thai -Burma border village of Ban Thaton.

Day Two
Meal Code: (at guest expense)
This morning the option is yours, a morning at leisure in the resort or a 4 hour walk through the hills surrounding the river valley. Visit several hill tribe villages and enjoy spectacular views of the valley below. The level of fitness required for this walk is above average. Or, take a less strenuous walk through our organic farm to the hill top temple of Wat Thaton with its 3 giant Buddha images, returning to the village of Ban Thaton. A medium-level of fitness is required for this walk. Next enjoy a 4 hour bamboo raft trip from a boarding point near Ban Thaton travelling down the Kok river to Ban Pha Tai, a Black Lahu hill tribe village. A picnic lunch is served onboard. Canoes are carried for those who wish to use them. Stops are made at the Shan village of Ban Mai Mokcham and the old tea loading station of Ban Mae Saluk. Return to the resort by vehicle.

Day Three
Meal Code: (at guest expense)
Day at leisure. Enjoy free use of a mountain bike for 4 hours, morning or afternoon. Local area maps marked with ‘day walk’ and ‘mountain bike’ trails will be provided. Alternatively, buy one of the numerous soft adventure excursion tour options available from the resort (see ‘Excursion Tours’ from Maekok River Village Resort).

Day Four
Meal Code: (at guest expense)
This morning you may opt to just laze by the pool, explore the nearby village, or choose from the following activities:
Option 1. (MRVR000) Using our ‘area map’ take a mountain bike ride through the rich agricultural farmlands of the Fang valley. Baht 300.- per person at guest expense.
Option 2. (MRVR019) Take a morning course at the resort’s Krua Maekok Thai Cooking School during which you would learn to cook 3 Thai food dishes. Baht 1,100.- per person, at guest expense.
Option 3. (MRVR025) Take a relaxing 2 hour traditional massage at the resort’s Nuat Phaen Boran school of massage, located on the resort. Baht 600.- per person, at guest expense.

SA 403A

SA 403B

Old Trade Route Map

Chiang Mai Visitors Guide

Maekok River Village Resort

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