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 one day tour will bring you to several tribal village around Chiang Mai. We will visit villages of Hmong, Akha, Lisu, Lahu, Karen and Palong. In each of these villages you will meet local people who will show you their most beautiful traditional dress. You will also learn about their culture and traditions.
This three day trip will take you to the seldom visited Doi Khuntan National Park and to the city of Lampang, the “horse cart city’. Doi Khuntan NP is a beautiful park with plenty of forest and wonderful views. The park also has an interesting history. It’s the only national park in Thailand that has a railway station.In the early morning we hike to the top of Khuntan Mountain. After that we will continue to Lampang, an interesting city with fantastic Lanna style temples, colorful markets and historic houses.
This hugely entertaining program sees you cycling through a beautiful botanic garden, admire orchids and exotic palms, float on a lake in a paddleboat and, finally, fly from tree to tree like a monkey along ziplines in the forests of Chiang Mai.
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.
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.
The underground city Wiang Kum Kam is our main destination today. Via a scenic route we will make our way from Saraphi to Wiang Kum Kam stopping at the McKean Rehabilitation Centre along the way. We will visit some of the really hidden ruins of the mystical underground city of Wiang Kum Kam.
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.
Lamphun, the ancient capital of the Haripunchai Kingdom, is several hundred years older than Chiang Mai and is steeped in history. We travel to Lamphun by local train. We explore the most famous temple Wat Haripunchai and the fresh food market before the real bicycle adventure starts. We cycle through fruit plantations and ricefields to Ban Tawai, the handicraft centre, visiting villages, market and local temples along the way and stopping to chat with locals.
