Thai cookery lessons every day at our Thai Cookery School. Learn how to make Green curry, Pad Thai and Papaya salad as well as many other popular Thai dishes.

Chiang Mai Two Day Trek - Hilltribe Overnight Stay - CMT2D

Our popular 2 day trek to the area north of Chiang Mai. This is a fairly easy trek and the route can be altered to make it a very easy trek if travelling with children or older people not used to hiking.

Day 1  Start of our two day trek. Drive north of Chiang Mai towards Chiang Dao, taking approx 1 ½ hours. First visit the Chiang Dao Caves, a cave complex used as a Buddhist temple for hundreds of years, and then have lunch. After exploring the caves drive half an hour further to an Akha village and start our trek. Walk for 3 hrs in the afternoon until we reach a Palong village. We can choose either a harder 3hr hike or an easy 2 ½ hour lowland hike, depending on group fitness. We spend the night in the Palong village. (L,D)

Day 2  Ride the elephants out of the Palong village for approx. 1hr. Walk for a further 30mins, then meet our transport and drive to the start of the rafting trip. After lunch board the rafts for a 1hr trip down the Ping River. Drive back to Chiang Mai.(B,L)

Highlights = elephant riding, rafting & Chiang Dao Caves, as well as hiking in the hills around Chiang Dao and meeting the Palong tribe. A good trek for anyone who is not fit, and as it's a private trek you can stop as often as you need.

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Encounter with Nature - CMT2C

Our popular 2 day trek to the foothills of Doi Inthanon Park - south of Chiang Mai. A fairly easy trek with nice scenery and an excellent location for bamboo rafting.

Day 1 Drive south of Chiang Mai to an elephant camp and ride on the elephants for 1 hour. Continue driving on to a Karen village, stopping for lunch on the way. From the Karen village walk for 2½ hours through the foothills of Doi Inthanon, passing two waterfalls on the way. Our final stop is another Karen village, where we spend the night. (L,D)

Day 2  Walk for 1½ hours in the morning, passing through a Karen village and then rejoin the truck to drive on to the raft camp. We stop for lunch on the way. In the afternoon raft down the river for 1 hour. Then drive back to Chiang Mai. (B,L)

Highlights = elephant riding and rafting, as well as hiking through the foothills of Doi Inthanon and seeing the Karen tribe. A good trek for anyone who is not fit, and as it's a private trek you can stop as often as you need.

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 Three Day Trekking with Rafting - Lanna Trail - CMT3C

Our popular 3 day trek into the hills of Chiang Dao to visit mainly the Palong and Karen tribes. A good trek of moderate difficulty with many trail options for harder and easier hikes.

Day 1    Pick up from your hotel.  Drive north of Chiang Mai for approx. 2hrs, stopping for lunch along the way. In the afternoon drive up to the Lahu hilltribe village, where we start trekking. Walk mostly uphill for approx. 3hrs. to a Karen village. It's a fairly hard hike but you can stop as often as you wish. Overnight at the Karen village. Learn about the fascinating Karen tribe and stay in their village, which has tremendous views over the surrounding area. (L,D)

Day 2   Walk for approx. 2½hrs. and stop for lunch at a Lahu village. In the afternoon, take a ride on the elephants for approx. 2hrs, arriving at a Palong village. Overnight at the Palong village. See the Palong tribe who only recently came to settle in Thailand from Burma; they dress in distinctive , mostly red costumes with decorative hoops around the waist. . (B,L,D)

Day 3   Walk for approx. 2½hrs. to the Ping River and stop for lunch. The morning's walk is mostly an easy hike and nice and relaxing. We then meet our transport and drive the short distance to the rafting point. After lunch, board the bamboo rafts and cruise down the river for approx. 1½-2hrs. Then drive back to Chiang Mai (approx. 2hrs).

Highlights - elephant riding and rafting, visiting the Karen and Palong tribes.

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Doi Inthanon Trekking Adventure - CMT3D

Our new program - trekking to the Doi Inthanon National Park for 3 days to enjoy the great outdoors with great views.

Day 1  Drive south from Chiang Mai for about 2 hrs, to the summit of Doi Inthanon (the highest mountain of Thailand). We visit the twin chedi monuments as well as the summit of the mountain. Then we drive downhill a short way and visit the Royal Project for agriculture. We take a packed lunch to have at the Vachiratarn Waterfalls. After lunch we drive a short distance (15mins) to the start of our hiking trail. In the afternoon we walk for about 2hrs to a Karen village where we spend the night. (Hiking is in the National Park itself). (L,D)

Day 2  Leave the Karen village and walk for approx. 3hrs to another Karen village where we have lunch. We walk for a further 2 hrs in the afternoon to the Karen village where we spend the night. Hiking on the second day is also in the National Park itself with lovely scenery, plant life and a climate considerably cooler than the lower lying areas. (B,L,D)

Day 3  Walk for for 2 hours to the elephant camp passing a waterfall on the way where we stop for a rest. We take a 1 hour elephant ride and then break for lunch. In the afternoon our transport will take us to the rafting point, and we raft down the river on bamboo rafts for approx. 1hr. Drive back to Chiang Mai which takes approx. 1hr. (B,L)

Highlights - Doi Inthanon National Park and its wonderful views and forest, as well as Karen hilltribe villages.

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Tours in a hot air balloon over Chiang Mai countryside at dawn. (October-February)

One Day Trek - Taste of Trekking

One Day Trek - Hilltribe Explorer

One Day Trek - Northern Thailand Adventure Trail

Two Day Trek - Chiang Dao Explorer

Two Day Trek - Lisu Homestay

Three Day Trek - Rural Siam

Three Day Trek - Chiang Dao Adventure Trail