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OPIUM HAS GONE, BUT TEA HAS COME (COMFORT)

Code :NS.TH.MT-CNX05

Type :INDIVIDUAL BASED

Price :From 9690 baht / person

 

 

 

  •  Why book with NS Travel?

     

    We are located in BANGKOK and a specialist for your HOLIDAY in THAILAND, also for CHIANG MAI in combination with GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND HALL OF OPIUM – Check for punctual discounts on this program & special rates for groups
OPIUM HAS GONE, BUT TEA HAS COME (COMFORT)

This 3 day PACKAGE starts in CHIANG MAI and brings you to places like Chiangsaen, the HALL of OPIUM and more. An ideal package for your HOLIDAY in northern THAILAND

 
Chiangsaen would have been founded early fourteen century by a nephew of king Mengrai (who founded Chiangmai). But it is told that the spot was once a Chinese trade counter, on the banks of the mighty Mekong River (important sailing way to the South).
 
The little city is neglected by tourists for most believe the region lacks major interest. Nevertheless, the golden triangle is still a preserved cultural highlight, full with interesting spots and places to visit, a real masterpiece of ‘Unseen THAILAND’.
 
CHIANG RAI has a very animated and colorful market where many minorities use to flock to sell the product of their land.
 
Chiangsaen has still ruins of walls and moats dating from its ‘splendor’. Some very old chedis and temples are spread among the houses of the modern city, and old nice temples are found in the whole surroundings.
 
Mountains here are superb and host the famous Mae Fah Luang foundation www.maefahluang.org and its unavoidable ‘Doi Tung’ botanical garden. Plenty of ethnic minorities settled down in the mountains. Chinese communities are found in Mae Salong area where they grow tea leaves, in breathtaking landscape scenery. Descendants of the soldiers of the KUOMINTANG grow tea nowadays instead of opium in the mountains of MAE SALONG
 
The whole region is full with interesting spots like the ‘Hall of Opium’ www.goldentrianglepark.org which is not to miss either. This modern and very educative museum is unique in the world. The highlights of the province, the pure landscapes, the humility of the population, the quality of its cuisine as well as the presence of some bery good hotels make a trip to this region a real MUST for connoisseurs and amateurs of authenticity

PROGRAM

DAY 1:

Meals: - / L / D
 
- 08:00 Pick-up by your guide and driver at your hotel in Chiangmai and transfer to Chiang-Rai by air-conditioned vehicle. On the way, you will stop at the exceptional white temple Wat Ronkhung.
 
- 11:00 (Approximately) Arrival at your hotel in Chiang-Rai - Check-in – departure to the geographical site of the Golden Triangle (Journey by long tailed boat from Chiangsaen to Sopruak, where 3 countries meet (Thailand, Lao, Myanmar)) – Short visit of the site and overlook on the Laotian mountains from the belvedere hanging over the Mekong River
 
- 13:00: Lunch in a local restaurant
 
- 14:00: Visit the incredible Hall of Opium http://www.maefahluang.org/hall_opium.php - This interactive museum is highly educative. It is dedicated to opium in the region and its former impact on Thailand as on the neighboring countries. It also tells us the famous the tragedy of the ‘Boxers’ War’. The disaster this war made in China as the problems it created in Western countries.
 
- 16:30: Visit the old town of Chiangsaen, its ruins of the temples and chedis dating from the fourteen century. You will afterwards discover the superb views over the Mekong from the top of Wat Phrathat Pha Ngao.
 
- 17:30: Journey back to Chiangrai – relax at hotel
- 19:30: Dinner - Overnight.
 
 

DAY 2:

Meals: B / L / D
 
Your breakfast is served at the hotel, followed by enough time for you to enjoy the swimming pool a spa treatment, a massage or whatever
 
- 11:00: Meet and greet by your guide at the reception of your hotel and departure to Departure to Doi Tung botanical garden and Mae Fah Luang foundation http://www.maefahluang.org – lunch will be taken on the spot – The whole afternoon will be spent uphill to visit this superb realm. You will discover namely the Royal Residence, which was the hosted the mother of King Rama IX, HH Princess Srinakarin. You will also visit the Hall of Inspiration highlighting her charity work in this remote area as well as the fantiastic achievement of turning a wrecked mountain into a living place. You will also discover the laboratories and orchids’ nursery and finally you will enjoy the impressively beautiful botanical garden http://www.doitung.org and its lovely landscapes towering over the mountains of the whole region and over Brumes border. 
 
- 17:00: Journey back to Chiang-Rai.
 
- 18:00: Arrival at the hotel – relax – dinner – overnight
 
 
 

DAY 3:

Meals: B / L / -
 
Your breakfast is served at the hotel
 
- 08:30: Meet and greet by your guide at the reception of your hotel and departure to the amazing mountains of Doi Mae Salong – Halt at the tea plantations and visit at a tea fabric of the little village. If you are lucky, you will see hilltribes harvesting tea leaves.
 
- 12:00: Lunch will be served in a local restaurant- During the afternoon, you will discover the village founded by the former soldiers of the Kuomintang army. When Mao Tse Tung did conquer China back, the Kuomintang soldiers who were based in Southern Yunnan province had no way out to flee to Taiwan with the rest of their fellow soldiers. They found shelter in the mountains of the Golden Triangle and started cultivating and smuggling opium in these remote territories.
 
- After this unusual visit, your will go up to the Wat Borommathat which overlooks the whole region and offers amazing panoramas. Visit of a genuine Akkha hilltribe minority before leaving Mae Salong and taking the road back to Chiangmai
 
- You will than take the Tathon road and will stop a short while at the Wat Tathon where novices from the whole region come to study Buddhism – Road to Chiangmai by Mae Rim- Arrival in Chiangmai by end of the day – End of the program.
 

CODE

 

PROGRAM / PERIOD

 

PRICES PER PERSON ( 1/11/2011 - 31/10/2012 )

JOINING

1PAX

2PAX

3PAX

4PAX

5PAX

6PAX

NS.TH.MT-CNX05 

01/NOV/11 TO 23/DEC/12 

N/A 

34710 

19220 

14620 

13570 

12125 

11845 

NS.TH.MT-CNX05* 

24/DEC/11 TO 03/JAN/12 

N/A 

37510 

20620 

15550 

14970 

13245 

13245 

NS.TH.MT-CNX05 

04/JAN/12 TO 30/APR/12 

N/A 

34710 

19220 

14620 

13570 

12125 

11845 

NS.TH.MT-CNX05** 

01/MAY/12 TO 31/OCT/12 

N/A 

33585 

18660 

14245 

13010 

11680 

11285 

 

SUMMER PROMO RATES

 N/A

28790 

15990 

12190 

11190 

10090 

9690 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

INCLUDED
* Private licensed English speaking guide
* Private a/c vehicle with licensed driver
* 2 overnights at the Legend Chiangrai (Superior studio)
* All meals as per program
* All entrance fees to visited sites
* Private long tailed boat cruise up Mekong
* All local taxes, service and vat
* Insurance (Thai standards
*

EXCLUDED
* Personal expenses
* Meals not mentioned in the program
* Beverages during meals
* Tips to guide, driver and luggage boys
* Promo applies for stays up to 31/Oct/2012
*

REMARKS

* 20% discount is given to kids escorting parents (below 12 years old and 120cm high)
* rates for private program (blue columns) are given per person (from 1 to 6) traveling together
* rates for joining-up program (green column) are given for person joining-up existing group
* n/a = not available
* o/r = on request