7 days - 6 nights
Individual, private tour with a German-speaking tour guide.
The cosmopolitan city of Bangkok, the former capital of Thailand Ayutthaya, Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai - the pearls of the north, the 'Golden Triangle', an elephant ride through the jungle of northern Thailand, rafting on a bamboo raft - culture, landscape, experience, adventure.
The focus of this interesting and very varied tour is the mysterious people, their way of life, their habits and culture.
We go to the mountain tribes of northern Thailand, also visit the Long Neck Karen tribe, boat trip to Laos and visit Chiang Mai in detail. Certainly the highlight of this interesting tour: an elephant ride through the jungle and a rafting tour.
Day 1: Transfer from the airport.
You will be picked up at the airport in Bangkok with your name tag at EXIT 3 and accompanied to your hotel in Bangkok. The day is at leisure. Overnight stay in a first class hotel in Bangkok.
Day 2: Bangkok city tour - Ayutthaya - Pitsanulok.
During the city tour we take you through the fairytale temple complex of Wat Phra Kaew, the temple of the highly revered “Emerald Buddha”, and through the royal palace. We then drive to Ayutthaya, which was the splendid capital of Siam for over 400 years. We visit the largest “Sitting Buddha in Thailand”, “Wat Yai Mongkol”, a temple complex popular with the population, as well as the temple ruins of the former royal palace. Continue via Nakhon Sawan to Pitsanulok. Overnight stay in a first class hotel.
Day 3: Pitsanulok - Chiang Rai.
In the morning we visit a temple complex in Pitsanulok that is important for the Thai population and has a gilded bronze statue from the Sukhothai period. In the complex itself we see Thai dancers, fortune tellers, food stalls and stalls. We drive on a good road through the mountain jungle up to the north to Chiang Rai. Overnight stay in Chiang Rai in a first class hotel.
Day 4: Chiang Rai - 'Golden Triangle' - Laos - Thaton. “Long Neck Women”.
After breakfast we visit the magnificent Wat Rong Khun (“White Temple”), where a contemporary Thai artist built his life’s work.
We then drive to the “Golden Triangle”, where the Mae Sai and Mekong rivers form the border between Laos, Burma and Thailand. Boat trip in the border triangle along Burma and Laos. We visit the Laotian river island of Koh Don Sao, where you can admire the handicrafts of the Laotians (no visa required for Laos). Then we will visit an opium museum and your tour guide will tell you interesting facts about opium in the “Golden Triangle”. Drive through a fairytale landscape, past hill tribe villages, on the pass to Mae Salong. Once there, you think you are in a small Chinese village. During Mao's reign, an entire Chinese battalion fled from China via Burma to Mae Salong and settled there. The Mae Salong market offers a unique picture: women from the neighboring mountain villages, in their typical traditional costumes, chewing blood-red betel Offer your goods (fruits, vegetables, handmade souvenirs, etc.). We then take a tour of the temple above the village, where an oversized Buddha figure watches over Thaton.
Overnight stay in the romantic first class hotel Mae Kok River Resort located on the river.
Day 05: Thaton - Elephant Safari Rafting – Butterfly and Orchid Farm –
Chiang Mai.
An eventful day: we visit the elephant camp and take part in the daily morning washing of the elephants. In a demonstration we see how the animals are prepared and trained for their jungle mission. You can optionally go on an elephant safari and ride on the pachyderms' backs for an hour through the lushly forested jungle and through a river. We glide on the river through the densely overgrown jungle landscape on a bamboo raft. (Elephant safari and bamboo rafting optional. €25 per person – to be ordered when booking). Continue to Chiang Mai. Overnight stay in a first class hotel in Chiang Mai.
In the evening we recommend a shopping spree through the well-known and popular Night Bazaar.
Day 06: Chiang Mai.
In the morning we visit a butterfly and orchid farm. We then visit the world-famous craft workshops in Bo Sang and San Khampeng with umbrella making, umbrella painting, silk weaving, silver processing and wood carving.
At the end of this very interesting tour we drive to Doi Suthep Temple (800 m above Chiang Mai). A jewel among Thai monasteries, this temple with a golden chedi offers magnificent panoramic views of Chiang Mai.
Day 07: Transfer to Chiang Mai airport. F
Transfer to the airport. The onward flight is not included.
Cheap direct flights from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui.
Travel dates from/to Bangkok: daily
Private tour: from 2 people
Tour guide: German speaking tour guide.
Included services:
- Program and visits as listed
- all transfers
- Travel in good cars (2 people) and VIP minibuses (3-6 people)
- 1 night in a first class hotel in Bangkok
- 1 night in a first class hotel in Pitsanulok
- 1 night in a first class hotel in Chiang Rai
- 1 night in a first class hotel in Thaton.
- 2 nights in a first class hotel in Chiang Mai
- Overnight stays with breakfast buffet
- Bangkok city tour
- all entrance fees and boat rides. National park fees
Optional services:
- Elephant safari and bamboo rafting in the jungles of northern Thailand. To be ordered when booking - €25 per person.
- Half board (if desired, to order). Per person per day with lunch €9, per person with dinner €12.
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