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Day
1 : Arrive Bangkok
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Arrive Bangkok
International Airport. Transfer to hotel – Free at leisure -
Overnight in Bangkok
Day
2 : Bangkok – Chiang Rai
Breakfast in hotel – Transfer to airport
, by morning flight for Chiang Rai. Upon arrival , drive to Chiang
Saen, the former capital of the first Thai Kingdom, situated directly on
the Mekong River at the border between Thailand and Laos. Visit Wat Phra
Dhat Jom Kitti by climbing up 383 steps to the top of the hill. Also
visit Wat Chedi Luang and the small museum near by. Continue by
longtailed speedboat upriver on the Mekong towards the Golden Triangle
where the borders of Thailand,
Myanmar and Laos
convene. Drive back for Chiang Rai – Check in and Overnight in Chiang Rai
Day
3 : Chiang Saen - Doi Mae Salong - Mae Sai - Chiang Rai
Breakfast in hotel - Depart for Chiang Saen to visit the
Lisu Village at Baan Mae Kaotom and continue to Doi Mae Salong passing
through beautiful mountain scenery. The view from the top takes in a
large part of Thailand,
Myanmar and the Mekhong Valley which makes this trip very
worthwhile. Lunch at Mae Salong Villa in Doi Mae Salong. Drive to Ban
Lorcha, a Phami Akha hilltribe community center. This community-based
tourism development project promotes sustainable, self-reliant
development to improve the quality of life of villagers of this Akha
Commnuity, and is a model for tourism in Hilltribe villages. Continue to
Mae Sai, the northernmost Thai town on the Myanmar border. Walk around
the local market with opportunity for shopping. Return to Chiang Rai.
Overnight in Chiang Rai
Day
4 : Chiang Rai - Chiang Mai
Breakfast in hotel - Depart to Chiang Mai
, Visit the Mae Ping Elephant Camp to watch the elephants taking
timber in the forest. Their strength and clever teamwork will amaze you.
Take an one hour elephant riding into the
jungle. Continue to visit the Orchid Farm and lunch at a local
restaurant. Afternoon visit to Handicraft Villages to see the
manufacturing of lacquerware, spinning and weaving of Thai Silk and how
paper umbrellas are made. Also visit Thai wood carving factory with
possibility to buy Burmese antiques. Overnight in Chiang Mai
Day
5 : Chiang Mai
Breakfast in hotel - AM Chiang Mai morning market , Wat
Doi Suthep, tucked away in the mountains at an elevation 1,056 meters,
the temple is reached by a staircase with 290 steps, flanked by a NAGA
balustrade on either side. The monastery was built by King Gue-Na in
1383. The center is a big Chedi (spired pagoda) which contains partial
relics of Lord Buddha. PM transfer to airport for flight to Bangkok - Overnight in Bangkok.
Day
6 : Bangkok departure
Breakfast at hotel
- At leisure before transfer to airport for departure
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