PROGRAM (short overview)
- BRIEFING EVENING BEFORE BY YOUR GUIDE IN YOUR HOTEL IN CHIANGMAI
- PICK-UP AT YOUR HOTEL IN CHIANGMAI (DAY 1 MORNING)
- 3 DAYS DEEP JUNGLE IMMERSION WITH PROFESSIONAL GUIDE (ENGLISH ONLY)


INCLUDING:
o TRUCK TRANSFERS
o TREKS ON AND OFF TRACKS IN NORTHERN TROPICAL JUNGLE
o BAMBOO RAFTING ON SOFT RAPIDS
o ELEPHANT RIDING
o FULL BOARD
o ACCOMMODATION IN ETHNIC VILLAGES (HOME STAY)

- DROP-OFF IN CHIANGMAI (DAY 3 EVENING)

PROGRAM (In details):

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 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.




DAY 3

MEALS: B / L

- 08:00: Breakfast in the middle of the jungle

- 09:00: Departure for a smooth 2 hours rafting journey towards a ‘Lahu’ village, with a stop on the way in a ‘Karen village’.

- 11:00: Another 2 hours rafting journey downstream on a river full with rapids, towards a ‘Shan’ village

- 13:00: Lunch in the ‘Shan’ village

- 14:30: Journey back by truck or jeep to Chiangmai

- 17:30: (approximately) Arrival in Chiangmai – Drop off in your hotel or railway station.