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Golden Triangle
Tour - 5 Days
Bangkok - Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai - Price from 29,690
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| Day 1 - Bangkok - Chiang Mai - Chiang
Rai - Chiang Saen |
• 5.00
Pick up passengers from major Bangkok hotels and transfer to
Bangkok domestic airport
• 6.30
Depart Bangkok by TG-100.
• 7.40
Arrive Chiang Mai Airport.
• Drive to Chiang Rai and lunch at local
restaurant.
• Continue to Chiang Saen, former capital of
the first Thai Kingdom, situated directly on Mekong River at
border between Thailand and Laos.
• Visit Wat Phra Dhat Jom Kitti by climbing
383 steps to top of hill. Also visit Wat Chedi Luang and small
museum nearby.
• Continue by longtail speedboat upriver on the
Mekong toward Golden Triangle where borders of Thailand,
Myanmar and Laos meet.
• Check in at IMPERIAL GOLDEN TRIANGLE RESORT
or similar hotel. Dinner and accommodations. |
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| Day 2 - Chiang Saen - Doi Mae Salong -
Mae Sai - Chiang rai |
• 7.00
Breakfast
• 8.00
Depart from Chiang Saen to visit Lisu Village at Ban Mae Kaotom
and continue uphill via Mae Chan to visit Yao and Akha hilltribe
village.
• Proceed to Doi Mae Salong, passing through
beautiful mountain scenery. View takes in a stunning view of
Thailand, Myanmar and the Mekong Valley.
• Lunch at Mae Salong Villa in Doi Mae Salong.
• Depart Doi Mae Salong to Mae Sai, the northernmost
Thai town on the Myanmar border. Walk around local market with
opportunity for shopping. Before returning to Chiang Rai, short
stop at fish cave.
• Check in at WIANG INN or similar hotel.
Dinner and accommodations |
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| Day 3 - Chiang Rai - Thatorn - Hmong Hilltribe
Lodge |
• 7.00
Breakfast
• 7.30
Leave hotel for boat landing. Board simple longtail motorboats
for three-hour journey up Kok River, passing tiny hilltribe
villages, bamboo huts and jungle scenery.
• Disembark at Ban Pha Tai and continue by bus
to visit Ban Lorcha, a Phami Akha hilltribe community center.
This community-based tourism development project promotes sustainable,
self-reliant development to improve the quality of life of villagers
of this Akha Community, and is a model for tourism in Hilltribe
villages.
• Drive to Mae Kok River Lodge for lunch.
• Proceed to Mae Rim via Fang and Chiang Dao.
• Continue by landrover to HMONG HILLTRIBE LODGE,
for BBQ dinner followed by presentation of Meo dances and overnight
stay. |
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| Day 4 - Hmong Hilltribe Lodge - Chiang
Mai |
• 7.00
Breakfast
• 8.00
Drive to elephant camp and watch elephants taking timber in
forest. Their strength and strategic teamwork will amaze you.
Recommended Option:
Take one-hour elephant safari into the surrounding countryside.
Extra: Baht 600.- per person. (two person per elephant)
Continue with visit to orchid farm and lunch at local restaurant.
• Afternoon visit to Handicraft Villages
to see manufacture of lacquerware, spinning and weaving of Thai
Silk and to watch how paper umbrellas are made. Also visit a
well-known Thai wood-carving factory, with possibility of buying
Burmese antiques.
• 19.15-22.15
Kantoke Dinner. Enjoy typical Thai dinner with ancient dances
from northern Thailand followed by a performance of dances and
songs by various hilltribes.
• Accommodations at AMARI RINCOME or similar
hotel.
Optional: Opportunity to visit city's night market in
search of bargains. |
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| Day 5 - Chiang Mai - Bangkok |
• 7.00
Breakfast
• 8.00-11.30
City Tour. Visit the most interesting temples in Chiang Mai,
like Wat Phra Singh with its famous Buddha image, Wat Chiang
Man, oldest temple in Chiang Mai and built by King Mangrai,
and Wat Suan Dok, housing remains of many generations of the
old Chiang Mai Royal Family. Also visit Wat Doi Suthep, tucked
away in the mountains at 1,056 meters above sea level.
• Lunch at local restaurant.
• 13.30
Transfer to Chiang Mai Airport.
• 15.15
Depart Chiang Mai by TG-113.
• 16.25
Arrive Bangkok with transfers to your Bangkok hotel |
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| THB p.p | 1 Pax | 2 Pax | 3-5 Pax | joint | SGL S/C | Booking |
| Class A | 64,760 | 40,460 | 34,700 | 31,260 | 5,150 |  |
Guaranteed weekly departures for seat in coach tour with English/German/French/Italian/Spanish-speaking guide on Tuesdays and Thursdays, all meals included.
All prices are per person in Thai Baht, based on twin-sharing in double rooms in the default hotel for the listed category
*** Child reduction (sharing bed of parents): 2 - 12 years -30%.
NOTE: The itinerary can slightly change according to the season, local conditions, climate, flight schedules and room availability.
You may deduct Baht 5,520.- nett per person if you have your own air tickets. However, this only applies if we are informed at time of booking that you will not require Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok air tickets.
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| Hotel | Class A |
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| Chiang Rai | The Legend Chiang Rai Boutique River Resort & Spa
ROH
Imperial Golden Triangle Resort
ROH
Wiang Inn Hotel
ROH | | Chiang Mai | Hmong Hilltribe Lodge
ROH
Amari Rincome Hotel
ROH
Chiang Mai Grand View Hotel
ROH |
We will confirm one of the hotels mentioned above according to the selected category. Please note that compulsory gala dinners and peak season surcharges may apply during peak periods surrounding the public holidays of Christmas and New Year - these surcharges will be confirmed at the time of booking.
Included in the price:
Accommodation in air-conditioned room with bath (no-aircontioned room with shower at Hmong Hilltribe Lodge) and meals as mentioned in the programme.
Transfers, entrance fees, and tours by aircondioned car/minibus/coach with English/German/French/Italian/Spanish-speaking guide.
Boat trip.
Domestic airticket Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok.
Domestic airport tax.
Service charges, room tax, VAT and baggage handling.
Not included in the price:
Optional tours.
International airport tax.
Expenditure of a personal nature, such as drinks, souvenirs and laundry etc.
Other tours & meals than mentioned in the programme.
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