Tours from Chiang Mai

These are the trips people ask me for most often. All of them are private, in my own van, with pickup at your hotel. You can change any stop or ask for something else. Prices are for the whole van, and I quote them before you decide anything.

• Full day, about 9.5 hours
• pickup 8:30
• Moderate walking

Doi Inthanon National Park

The highest mountain in Thailand, two royal pagodas, a hike through the forest to a Karen village, and the biggest waterfall in the park.

Price on request

• Full day
• Flexible, set by your sanctuary booking
• Light walking

Elephants, Bamboo Rafting & Sticky Waterfall

A morning with elephants at a sanctuary that does not offer riding, a bamboo raft down the Mae Wang river, and a limestone waterfall you can walk up barefoot.

Price on request

• Full day
• Flexible, you choose
• Light walking

Doi Suthep Temples & Craft Villages

A forest temple on the side of Doi Suthep, the golden temple above the city, the umbrella makers of Bo Sang, and a hot spring to finish.

Price on request

• Full day, about 12 hours
• pickup 7:30
• Easy walking

Chiang Rai Day Trip

The White Temple, the Blue Temple, the Black House and the Guan Yin statue at Wat Huay Pla Kang, with a stop at the hot springs on the way. A long day, about twelve hours.

Price on request

• 2 or 3 days, 1 or 2 nights in Chiang Rai
• Flexible, usually morning on day one
• Easy walking

Chiang Rai & Golden Triangle, 2 or 3 Days

The Chiang Rai temples, then north to the Mekong at the Golden Triangle, the tea plantations, Doi Tung and the hill villages, with one or two nights in Chiang Rai.

Price on request

• About 7 to 8 hours
• pickup 9:00
• Light walking

Pha Chor Canyon, Bamboo Rafting & Wat Doi Kham

A canyon of eroded rock pillars south of the city, a bamboo raft on the Mae Wang river, a café by the fish ponds, and a hilltop temple on the way home.

Price on request

• About 7 to 8 hours
• pickup 9:00
• Light walking

Mae Kampong Village, Hot Springs & Muang On Cave

A mountain village of wooden houses east of Chiang Mai, a soak at San Kamphaeng hot springs, and a limestone cave with a reclining Buddha.

Price on request

• About 7 hours
• pickup 9:00
• Light walking

Mae Rim Valley — Botanic Garden & Mae Sa Waterfall

An easy day in the Mae Sa valley north of the city, with the glasshouses and canopy walk of the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, the ten tiers of Mae Sa waterfall, and an orchid farm on the way back.

Price on request

• Half day, full day or multi-day
• You decide
• Easy walking

Custom Tours & Transfers

Your own itinerary, airport and station pickups, or several days across the north. Tell me what you have in mind and I will tell you what is possible.

Price on request