02 Days Hmong Lodge Soft Adventure

Leave Chiang Mai by Land Rover or similar to visit the hill tribe museum at Mae Rim and the local market in Mae Malai. Then continue to Ban Mae Taman of Mae Tang. Take a one-hour elephant ride through the rainforest, which for most people is an exciting and unforgettable experience and ride on a typical northern ox-cart through rural landscape. After a picnic lunch, embark on inflatable rafts for an adventurous journey down the rapids in the white-water and scenic Mae Tang River for about an hour (during mid-March to June the water levels might be too low and the river-journey will be replaced by a floating down the river on bamboo rafts). Continue by 4-wheel drive to Baan Pang Hai, a simple village situated 850 metres above sea level. Check-in at the Hmong Hilltribe Lodge, B.B.Q. dinner at the lodge, followed by a presentation of the Hmong dances and songs and overnight.

After breakfast, a short drive brings you to the small village of Ban Teen Doi, where you take a short stroll to Ban Mae Pa. Continue on mountain bike to Ban Palan. Visit the small village reservoir and continue biking to Ban Pong Kwaw where there is an old temple with beautiful wall paintings. After a picnic lunch, proceed to Ban Nong Hoi Kao for a visit of the Royal Project, that teaches the hill tribe people to grow vegetables and flowers. The office of the Royal Project also buys the produce from these hilltribes. Return transfer to a hotel in Chiang Mai or Chiang Mai Airport.