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DISCOVER THE GOLDEN
TRIANGLE
Tour code
: SMT-OBT 6.2
Bangkok – Chiang Rai - Chiang Saen - Doi Mae Salong - Mae Sai – Chiang Mai
6 days / 5 nights
(B) = Breakfast ; (L) = Lunch ; (D) = Dinner
Day 1
: Arrive Bangkok
(D)
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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