This tour is all about fruit. The land between Chiang Mai and Lamphun is extremely fertile due to the proximity of the Ping River and tributaries. It is also very scenic. On this bikeride we concentrate on everything that grows here. You will see coconut palms, banana, mango and papaya trees; we will pass through endless longan plantations because this is longan country and Lamphun is the longan capital of Northern Thailand. Less easy to spot are trees that carry fruits like santol, starfruit, jackfruit, sugar apple, rose apple, tub tim, guava, rambutan, pomelo and dragon fruit.
This three day program has everything. On the first day you will embark on a wonderful trek through the forest, past waterfalls and villages. You will spend the night at a traditional Karen village and learn about their culture and language. You will get your hands dirty working for a couple of hours at the interesting Royal Agricultural Project before you descend back to the road. You will enjoy a relaxing bamboo raft trip before checking into the charming Mae Win guesthouse.
This three day program has everything. On the first day you will participate in an elephant-friendly experience. You will learn a lot you didn’t know about elephants. You will meet them up close, feed them, walk with them and bathe them in the river. A donation to the Tong Bai Foundation is included. Then you will embark on a wonderful trek through the forest, past waterfalls and villages.
This two day trip takes place very close to Chiang Mai but really brings you back in time. You will stay at a still very traditional Hmong village and really take part in village life. The hiking is absolutely awesome. A local Hmong guide will accompany us and explain about the history of these tribesmen and their interaction with their environment. You will pass former opium fields, enjoy magnificent vistas, collect seeds of trees which benefits the tree planting program of the village and participate in and learn about local life in this village. Two days of cultural immersion.
This interactive private trip introduces you to the Karen people of Huay Khao Lip in Northern Thailand and their fascinating culture. Enjoy thundering waterfalls and an afternoon mahout course in a small elephant camp. You will learn how a mahout controls his elephant. It's an educational and elephant-friendly activity.
Ban Pong Nam Ron is a group of villages with four different ethnic groups: Lanna Thai, Yunnan Chinese, Lisu and Akha. During this short trip you will learn about their traditional way of life and the way they make a living. You will enjoy the different ethnic villages dotted in a beautiful scenic landscape, and meet the people of the Ban Pong Nam Ron village. Ban Pong Nam Ron is a member of the Community Based Tourism Network of Thailand.
A unique program that will let you participate in a treeplanting community project that will offset part of the carbon footprint of your holiday. You will stay in a basic but beautiful bamboo bungalow, the Pure Farm, on the edge of ricefields. You will hike into to the forest with local people, plant your trees and monitor the growth of the Tiger Trail trees. Learn about the forest and its impact on local agriculture. We will also tell you everything you want to know about Asian elephants and their role in tourism. The second night you will stay in a Palong village.
The small Akha village of Huay Khee Lek nestles on top of a forested peak high above the rushing Huai Masang river some 30km north of Mae Suai in Thailand's northernmost province of Chiang Rai. Huay Khee Lek is a member of the Community Based Tourism Network of Thailand. There is no better way to experience traditional Akha culture than to visit Huay Khee Lek. We start the trip at Doi Chang where we will visit the coffee plantations.
Mae Kampong is a beautiful mountain village, only about an hour’s drive from Chiang Mai. The village is located at around 1300 metres altitude so temperatures are pleasant year round. A sparkling stream runs through the village.
The village is set in the midst of a largely untouched forest and is the base of Flight of the Gibbon, the first zipline in Chiang Mai province.
This tour departs very early and ends around noon time. It is in fact a bit longer than half a day. The morning is the most beautiful time to do a bicycle tour. Temperatures are still pleasant. We cycle through beautiful rural areas and pass villages and markets. When we reach our final destination, Wiang Kum Kam, most of the cycling is behind us. The ruins are within close vicinity of each other so we finish in a relaxed way before it gets too hot.
