2 days

Private

Multi-Day

About this activity

Day 1: You will be picked up from your hotel at 9am and head to Doi Angkhang mountain, approximately 2-hour drive from Chiang Mai town. Enjoy the landscapes as we drive up this sweeping mountain range, beautiful garden, agricultural areas and visit an outlook point which overlooks the Thailand-Myanmar border.

A cluster of peaks and valleys this is home to colorful minorities, we will visit Lahu and Palong hill tribe villages. Descend Doi Angkhang and onto a Karen hill tribe village. Meet your host family, enjoy a traditional hill tribe dinner together. You will stay overnight at Karen hill tribe (homestay), and please note that the meals and accommodation are not included (please refer to additional information for extra charges).

Day 2: After breakfast, you will learn and explore Karen village lifestyle. We will take a short trek to the farm and around hill tribe villages. You will see many beautiful flowers and vegetables grown in the farm. You are welcome to join the farmer for rice planting or harvesting (depending on the seasons).

We will then visit Akha hill tribe community located at tourism village (ticket not included). After you have purchased your entrance ticket, a local Akha guide will show you around Akha Hill House surrounded by natural, plantation, rice field and traditional life (hunting and weaving). After the tour at Akha hill tribe, we will return to Chiang Mai and the journey will take approximately 3-hour. Once we reached Chiang Mai, you will be transferred back to your hotel safely.

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Included

Professional local guide and driver
Transport by private vehicle, 4x4
Meals at home stay

Not included

Petrol: fill up and pay at the pump along the way, approximately 2,300 baht
Home stay accommodation: 500 baht/night/adult and 250 baht/night/child under 16 years
Food: it is customary to pay for guide and driver when eating together they will take you to try local foods
All entrance fees
Gratuities

Additional

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
We cannot guarantee or specify what you can see/do in the village, as the tour follow the natural rhythms of village life
You will travel with a local hill tribe guide, who opens up cultural doors for you in a respectful way
The tour includes an overnight at a hill tribe home stay in a village. Conditions are basic, with electricity and simple hard bedding, but no hot showers. Bedding and mosquito nets are provided. You are welcome to bring your own sleeping bag.
You can request overnight at a local guesthouse instead
You pay for the home stay directly to the host family, so they benefit directly from your visit
Activities are subject to change based on weather, events and other local factors
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Features

Tourism

100%

Cultural

70%

Aquatic

15%

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