OVER VIEW

Treks in Northern Thailand are very popular among adventure and nature lovers. They provide priceless feelings… Feelings of freedom from human rules… Freedom from big cities promiscuity… Freedom from claustrophobic modern life…And freedom from daily life habits.

One feels so little and so big in the Nature. So little and voiceless, because we are all genetically aware of its might and have no other choice than subject to it. But one feels big as well, for Nature obliges us to defeat our own fears, forces us to go beyond bounds. Therefore, once we come back to town, we all secretly think…’Waw, I did it’.

Nature brings us to the bosom, compels us to an inner journey towards our limits and our strength. Nobody comes back from a trekking without feeling different, like purified, like stronger and calmer… There is no doubt that the Nature is our mother and treks remind us to respect it.
Lucky those having time enough to undertake a ‘minimum 3 days’ trek, since they will have the chance to push deeper in the jungle. But any trek, even a short one, does bring good memories anyway.

DAY 1: (Departure everyday)
MEALS: L / D
- 08:45: (approximately) Your English speaking guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel in downtown Chiangmai - Departure by truck or jeep to Huay Nam Dung National Park
- 10:15: (approximately) Stop at the local market of Mae Malai – Meet locals and buy food for lunch
- 12:00: Stop on the way at a local waterfall – Lunch and bath in fresh water
- 13:00: Reaching Huay nam Dung by a winding road
- 14:00: Arrival in a hill tribe village of the ‘Shan’ ethnic minority – Departure for a 2 hours trek in the jungle towards another village of ‘Karen’ ethnic minority. On the way, your guide will tell you more about habits of hill tribe villagers, nature, trees, etc.
- 17:00: (approximately) Arrival in ‘Baan Mae Jok’ (Karen hill tribe village). Discover your one night ‘home town’ and its inhabitants – Dinner - Overnight.

DAY 2:
MEALS: B / L / D
- 08:00: Breakfast in the village, surrounded by morning clouds.
- 09:00: Departure for a 3 hours morning trek towards an elephant camp. You will really appreciate the Nature at its best, walking under the green canopy and surrounded by the thousand noises of the Jungle.
- 12:00: Arrival at an elephant camp hamlet. While ‘mahuts’ fetch elephants in the jungle and prepare them for the ride, your guide will prepare the lunch
- 14:00: Departure through dense jungle for a +/- 2 hours ride. You will admire the jungle, sitting on your ‘elephant saddle/chair’ for almost 2 hours.
- 16:00: Arrival in ‘Baan Pa Khaolam’, another hill tribe village – Dinner – Overnight – After dinner, all participants, chat and laugh during a candlelight evening.