Tuk-Tuk Adventure in North – 5 Days 4 Nights

Arrival in Chiang Mai (flight TBA / not included).

Meet the local English-speaking guide at the meeting point area and private transfer to the hotel.

Evening Chiang Mai Street Food Tour (Private service / time: 17:30-20:30hrs)

Welcome to our gastronomical Street food tour. Street food is a big part of Chiang Mai’s local life whether it’s on a plate, skewed on sticks or in a bowl, street food is super popular here among the Thais, expats, and tourists alike. We are the local expert in travel and as Chiang Mai locals we are also experts in finding the best street food, locating the best hawker, and showing our clients the best example of our favorite local dishes. As the sun is starting to set, you will be picked up around 6pm at your hotel for about 3 marvelous hours of street food journey led by our experienced driver and guide. They will be able to navigate through the busting Chiang Mai streets to do some serious street food hopping in Chiang Mai town. Besides our passion in food our guide also has enormous knowledge and experience in our rich culture and history. You would be in for a treat in both culinary experience and learning of our remarkable town.

Overnight in CHIANG MAI | Furama Hotel Chiang Mai, Superior room.

++ Check-in normal time 02:00pm ++

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out.

Pick up from your hotel in Chiang Mai at 08.00 and transfer by minibus to the Tuk-Tuk base in Mae Wang, around an hour southwest of the city. On arrival at the base, you will be introduced to your trusty Tuk-Tuk and driver and get settled in for the adventure ahead. Note: these Tuk-Tuk are specially modified to cope perfectly with the winding mountain roads and to give extra comfort and views from the back seat.

There are Bluetooth speakers for you to play your road trip selections and you can even roll back the roof if you fancy catching some sun.

You will start the journey by heading through fantastic winding mountain roads, passing through small farming communities and on up to temples almost never visited by foreign tourists. You will have a simple but hearty lunch at a local restaurant and then start to head up higher into the mountains. Make a stop to trek to a waterfall and explore a tiny Karen community and then wind up the hairpin bends to a remote Karen village where we will camp and have a real ‘Hill-Tribe’ experience. There are showers and toilets available, and the mattresses provided in the tents for a very comfortable night.

In the evening we will learn how to cook jungle style with an open fire and lessons from our Karen hosts before spending the night under the stars – a real Thailand adventure.

Overnight at Karen Hilltribe Camping.

After breakfast you will explore the area and forest around the village with a local guide before getting back into the Tuk-Tuk and heading along more stunning roads into the foothills of Doi Inthanon, Thailand’s highest mountain. This is a fantastic journey through spectacular mountain scenery along rarely travelled roads giving you a real insight into Thailand, well away from the tourist trail. You will stop for a late lunch at a small roadside restaurant and then head on to the small community of Ban Mae Klang Luang, your overnight base.

Your overnight accommodation at the village lodge is surrounded by mountains and rice terraces and is the perfect setting for the second night of the adventure. Once you have checked in you can explore the village, see how the community lives and get to sample some of the best freshest coffee around in one of the coolest coffee shops you will ever see. In the evening it’s time for a traditional Thai-style BBQ in the rice fields.

After breakfast you’ll head off this morning to explore the forests around the village in the foothills of Doi Inthanon. The trek is around 5 km, led by a local village guide and takes you through a fantastic forest habitat and eventually to a series of stunning waterfalls. You will have lunch at the foot of the largest waterfall and there will be plenty of time to swim in the pool below.

After lunch you will hike downhill out of the forest and back to the hill-tribe village where you stayed the previous night. Then it is time to say goodbye to your Tuk-Tuk and transfer back to Chiang Mai city by private minibus, arriving at your hotel by about 16.30hrs. Check-in and free at leisure.

Overnight in CHIANG MAI | Furama Hotel Chiang Mai, Superior room

Breakfast at the hotel, free at leisure.

Check-out at 12:00noon and private transfer to Chiang Mai Airport (flight TBA / not included).

++ Check-out normal time 12:00noon ++