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Wayfarers Travel TAT License number 22/0021 Wayfarers Thailand > Chiang Mai Tours > Chiang Mai Tour Options Tour Index Wayfarers Thailand Thailand Tours Chiang Mai Tours Chiang Mai - Half Day Tours Chiang Mai - One Day Tours Chiang Mai - Two Day Tours Chiang Mai - Three Day Tours Chiang Mai - Four Day Tours Chiang Mai - Five Day Tours Hotel & Tour Packages Trek & Tour Packages Cookery & Tour Packages Chiang Rai Tours - Two days & 1 night Chiang Rai Tours - Three days & 2 nights Sukothai Tours Top 10 Hotels to stay at while on a Chiang Mai tour Mandarin Oriental Dhara Devi Rachamankha Chedi Yangcome Village Lanna Mantra Royal Princess Hotel Empress Hotel D2 Hotel Tamarind Village Amora Tapae Hotel Chiang Mai Whitewater Rafting trip . International standard rafting - daily trips from June - February. Rafting Tours around Chiang Mai - both whitewater and bamboo rafting. Hilltribe trekking and tours. A range of treks and tours that include visits to hilltribe villages. Chiang Mai Tour Packages, available in Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Discovery A Taste of Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Scenes Chiang Mai Variety The Sukothai Bangkok One of Bangkok's favourite high end boutique style hotels Oriental Bangkok Perhaps the most famous of bangkok's hotels providing top of the range luxury by the Chaophraya River. Tamarind Village Chiang Mai One of Chiang Mai's favourite boutique hotels situated in the heart of Chiang Mai, very close to the Sunday walking street market. Yangcome Village Chiang Mai A very popular boutique hotel, very close to the Night Bazaar. Chiang Mai Tours - a variety of tours in Chiang Mai and around Northern Thailand. Welcome to Wayfarers Travel - Chiang Mai Tours. We have more than 20 years experience in organising and guiding tours in and around Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. We are a TAT registered tour company based in Chiang Mai and licensed to organise tours and trekking throughout the whole of Thailand. This season we have made a special effort to include extra tour itineraries so that we cover all the popular areas and activities around Chiang Mai. As always, our one day tours from Chiang Mai, are very popular and we have added some extra itineraries so there's something for everyone. Please note all our tours are private trips. "Private" meaning that if you book as a group of two you will trek as a group of two. If you book as a group of six you will trek as a group of six. This enables us to guarantee itineraries and departure dates. There is no risk of getting to Chiang Mai to find the trip has been cancelled because there are not enough people to form a group. If you would like further information or if there is something you can't find on the website, please just contact us by filling in our Tour Enquiry Form or drop us an E mail : tours@wayfarersthailand.com What's New! - Karen Hilltribe Homestay Our new program - touring to the Golden Triangle, north of Chiang Mai, for 3 days to enjoy the Golden Triangle area and experience living with the Karen hilltribe. Day 1 Drive north of Chiang Mai, first stopping at the hotsprings at Mae Kachan, then continue on to Chiang Rai and continue further north to visit the border town of Mae Sai. This town is on the border of Thailand and Burma and is the centre for cross border trade in the area. There are markets on both sides of the border. Spend some time exploring the border market town. Then we drive a bit further to visit the Golden Triangle , where the three countries of Burma, Laos and Thailand meet on the Mekong River. Take a longtail boat down the Mekong River (approx. 1hr) to Chiang Saen and across to a Lao island. We explore the town of Chiang Saen with its ancient temples. We then drive back to Chiang Rai and check into our hotel. (L) (Wiang Inn Hotel) Day 2 In the morning drive across upper Northern Thailand and visit Mae Salong, an ethnic Chinese town set in the hills north of Chiang Rai. Mae Salong is famous for its Chinese atmosphere and produces various Chinese agricultural products, the most famous being its Chinese tea. Drive down from Mae Salong which gives you views across the hills of upper Northern Thailand and visit Thaton and the Padong (long neck tribe). This tribe is famous for the brass rings worn around the womens necks which give the appearance of a long neck. Then continue on to the Karen hilltribe village where we spend the night. Accommodation in the village is basic and we spend the night in a Karen hilltribe family house. Your guide will prepare dinner for you and we spend the night in a village house with a host family.(B,L,D) Day 3 After breakfast depart from the Karen village and drive south towards Chiang Mai. On the way back stop at an elephant camp and ride on the elephants for approx. 1hr. Continue driving through the Northern Thailand scenery and stop off at an orchid farm before reaching Chiang Mai. Transfer to your hotel.(B,L) Click here for prices and details Book this Tour What's Popular! - Chiang Dao Elephant Camp + Padong ("long neck") tribe This tour starts at 8.30am. You are picked up from your hotel by your guide. Drive north of Chiang Mai to Chiang Dao (approx. 1hr) to the elephant camp. At the elephant camp you will see the elephants taking their morning bath and demonstrating some of their skills. Afterwards take an elephant ride for approx. 1½ hrs to a Lisu hilltribe village. The ride takes you through some of the lovely forest scenery and along the river. After lunch take a bamboo raft trip down the river for approx. 1 hr, admire the scenery and absorb the tranquility as you float down the river. Drive a few kilometers further to a Padong "long neck" tribe village. The women of the tribe wear long brass coils around their neck which actually pushes the collarbone down, giving them the appearance of an extended neck. This tribe has come from Burma as refugees in recent years due to the persecution of the Burmese government. Spend some time in the village and then drive back to Chiang Mai in the afternoon. This tour ends when you are taken back to your hotel at approx. 5pm. Click here for prices and details Book this Tour Click here for prices and details Book this Tour What's Popular! - Doi Suthep Temple Itinerary : This tour starts at 9am. You are picked up from your hotel by your guide. First drive from your hotel up to Doi Suthep Temple, which is approx. 12kms from downtown Chiang Mai. The majority of the route is a winding uphill journey passing through Doi Suthep National Park. At the base of the hill you will pass Chiang Mai Zoo and the Kruba Srivichai Monument. At the end of the journey, we leave the car at the base of the temple steps. You can reach the temple by climbing the 190 steps or by taking the small "cable car" to the top. Once at the temple you can admire the magnificent views over the temple valley as well as the temple atmosphere and architecture. The highlight is the inner sanctum which houses the enormous golden stupa. Drive down from Doi Suthep and have lunch. Afterwards visit some of the many handicraft villages in the Sankamphaeng area. As well as seeing products you will be able to see how they are made. Products include - celadon, silver, furniture, jewellery, lacquerware, silk, saa paper, handmade umbrellas and more. Plenty of opportunities for buying bargains and beautiful handmade products. 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