Location: Chiang Mai province.
TREKKING TOUR ELEPHANT
TOUR DESCRIPTION. This tour has the tropical forest that surrounds the city of Chiang Mai as its backdrop and is definitely one of the most engaging and unforgettable tours. This trip, lasting an entire day, includes a long walk in the forest and the river on elephant back with lunch in a local restaurant at the elephants’ camp or in the fields of orchids. In the afternoon, you will go “bamboo rafting”, consisting of sailing along the river aboard rafts and you can also swim with the elephants.
Description of the tour. The first leg of the tour takes place at the Elephant Training Camp.
The tour takes place in the Mae Tang district to reach the elephants’ camp where you can admire the abilities of these large and highly intelligent pachyderms. You then go on elephant back for a leisurely hike in the jungle lasting about an hour until you reach an ethnic village of Lisu tribe.
There is a buffet lunch in a typical restaurant followed by an afternoon excursion on a typical ox drawn cart to reach the banks of the Mae Tang River, from where you continue with a thrilling ride aboard a bamboo raft.
It is an ideal day out not only for families but for those who do not want to tire themselves out hiking in the hills or mountains, and also those who wish to see the rural life in northern Thailand. At the end of the tour on the way back to Chiang Mai you stop to visit a plantation of orchids and a butterfly farm.
ITINERARY
08:00 Pick up from the hotel in Chiang Mai
09:00 Arrival at the elephant breeding camp
09:30 Recreational activities with the elephants
10:00 Trekking tour on elephant back in the forest and along the river
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Bamboo rafting along the river in the Chiang Mai forest
15:00-16.00 Return back to your hotel in Chiang Mai.
This tour includes:
– Licensed English, Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, French, Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese, Thai or Italian speaking tour guide
– Private transport by air con minibus
– All listed activities
– Lunch (only for 1 day sightseeings outside Bangkok)
– Pick up and drop off at your hotel
– Entrance fees.
This tour excludes:
-tips.
TOUR PRICE TREKKING TOUR ELEPHANT WITH ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE
PRICES WILL BE EXPRESSED PER PERSON
TOUR PRICE TREKKING TOUR ELEPHANT WITH CHINESE (MANDARIN OR CANTONESE), RUSSIAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, GERMAN, KOREAN OR JAPANESE SPEAKING GUIDE:
PRICES WILL BE EXPRESSED PER PERSON
Tour Transport.
We only employ safe and careful drivers and use the most modern and comfortable air conditioned minivan and coach. We will provide transport dependent on your group size as follows.
Group size 1-9 persons: modern minibus with air-conditioner 9 passenger seat format or modern and confortable pick up with air-conditioner (only for groups of 1-4 people).
Group size 10-13 persons: modern minibus with air-conditioner- 13 passenger seat format.
Group size 13+ persons: we can either use multiple minibuses or a full sized passenger coach in a 24, 32 or 40 seat format.
Guides.
A Tourist Authority of Thailand licensed and English, Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, French, Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese, Thai or Italian speaking guide will be provided. We provide separate drivers and your guide will not be driving the vehicle.
Customize.
If you feel this itinerary does not quite suit then we can customize it to suit your own interests and length of time so please contact us with you suggestions.
Pick up and drop off.
Included with all our tours are both pick up and drop off to and from any hotel in the city center.