Enjoy a 12 days Thailand exploration in the mountainous area of the North. To start your journey in Chiang Rai, you will visit the beautiful White Temple, meet the Risu villagers, and make a traditional dish with the Indigenous residents. Continue to Chiang Mai with many markets and elephant sanctuaries, and explore the majestic Doi Inthanon National Park with many scenic waterfalls.
Welcome to Chiang Rai! To welcome you and start your northern Thailand 12 days adventure, a guide will meet you at the airport and escort you to your hotel. Check-in and prepare for an evening tour in a tuk-tuk.
Tuk-tuk
The first stop is the famous Golden Clock Tower and King Mengrai’s statue, where you will offer incense and flower to pray for a good and safe journey. Dinner at a local restaurant at the Night Bazaar, then a walk around the market before returning to your hotel.
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Dinner
Today, you will visit the Akha tribe outside of Chiang Rai. First, you will learn about their culture and unique customs, then you will visit their farms and trek through the forest, passing many plantations of pineapple, rubber, and rice fields. A local Akha guide will take you to a nearby waterfall for a relaxing swim. Lunch will be prepared by the habitants, using bamboo and banana leaves.
Then, you will have the full afternoon splashing in the cool water.
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
In this Northern Thailand 12 days tour, you will see the Golden Triangle, the crossing border between Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos. It used to be a famous opium production location, but now you can still find out the history of the old narcotics business in the museum. Lunch at a nearby restaurant.
The White Temple
Continue to Huay Pla Kang, home to a 23-tier statue of Guan Yin. Next visit the Black House Baan Dam. The last stop is the famous White Temple – Wat Rong Khun, an icon of the North.
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Today, you will visit the Lisu Lodge, an ecolodge near a hill tribe village. Enjoy your welcome drink, follow your Lisu guide to the Ton Lung Temple, then come to a shaman’s house to learn about spiritual rites and rituals. Lunch will be prepared back at the lodge. Explore many rural sites on a guided tour. Wander through the paddy fields and join the locals in rice cultivation. Continue to Himmapaam Nursery to learn about the flora of the North.
Rice Fields in Northern Thailand
You can choose to join a guided bike tour, steam bath, or relax with a Thai massage. Enjoy dinner at the lodge while watching a traditional dance.
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Enjoy breakfast at the Lodge, then you will join a bicycle tour to Muang Guert Village. Stop by a tea plantation on the way and learn about the growing /harvesting process, then try to do it by yourself and enjoy a fresh, authentic cup of tea. Have a picnic lunch by the river before hopping on a raft to get to a rural Thai village. Return to the Lodge.
Tea Plantation
In the evening, you will learn to make a traditional Thai meal. Your teacher will show you the most popular ingredients and the balance of flavors: creamy, spicy, sweet, sour, and salty. After class, enjoy your productions and receive a cooking book with detailed recipes.
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
You will have another culinary adventure today, learn about the rice cultivation history and many different types of rice before learning to make Thai sticky rice. Visit the lodge’s organic garden and pick some herbs and veggies for your cooking class. Enjoy your results for lunch, check out, and transfer to Pai. Check in at your accommodation and rest for the rest of the day.
Pai Village
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Breakfast, lunch.
Wake up early and travel to the Yun Lai Viewpoint, for the beautiful golden sunrise over Pai. Return to the resort for breakfast before continuing this 12 days Northern Thailand excursion. Visit Tham Lod caves, and explore the inside’s underground system on a bamboo raft. Meet the Black Lahu hill tribe in Ban Jabo Village, near the caves. Make a stop at Kiew Lom Viewpoint for a 360-degree view before joining in many tourism activities developed by the Ban Jabo villagers to learn about their culture.
Tham Lod Caves
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
After breakfast, you will travel to Chiang Mai in a private car. Stop by many beautiful sites like Mork Fah Waterfall, Pong Dued Hot Springs, part of Huai Nam Dang National Park. Embrace beautiful nature and relax with a hot mineral bath. Lunch at a restaurant on the way.
After checking in the hotel in Chiang Mai, you will have the rest of the day to relax and rejuvenate your body.
Huay Nam Dang National Park
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, Meals: Breakfast, lunch.
Your driver will pick you up early today to travel to Kanta Elephant Sanctuary. The host will show you around, next, change into elephant caretaker’s clothes and prepare some snacks for the elephants. From there, you will feed and play with them.
Kanta Elephant Sanctuary
You will take them to a river for a bath. Have some drinks and fruits to refresh yourself before saying goodbye and returning to Chiang Mai.
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Breakfast, lunch.
A highlight of your 12 days Northern Thailand tour is the full-day trip to Doi Inthanon National Park with many natural attractions and the highest mountain in Thailand. Follow your guide and trek around the park, exploring epic waterfalls and scenic temples. Keep your eyes open to find the habitants here, you can find monkeys, gibbons, colorful butterflies, and some of the bird species. Your last stop is a village of the Karen hill tribe and try the local coffee.
Doi Inthanon National Park
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Enjoy a free morning before visiting Baan Kang Wat artisan village in the afternoon. Continue to Saprang to see the making of delicate earrings and bracelets. Next, visit Bookoo Studio, famous for wooden and ceramic productions. After seeing the villages, head to Wat Umong, a complex of temples, pavilions, statues, and fountains.
Wat Umong
Stroll around the complex, enjoy the amazing sunset view, join in a blessing ceremony, and witness the evening chanting of the monks.
Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: Breakfast, lunch.
Have a last breakfast at the hotel. At the assigned hour, your driver will take you to the airport for your departure flight. End of your Northern Thailand 12 days trip.
Included: Transportation, Meals: Breakfast.
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