CHIANGMAI & CHIANGRAI, 3-DAY PACKAGE.

Day 1: Chiang Mai-Thaton-Chiang Rai (L,D)

 Your guide will meet you at Chiang Mai airport and take you on your journey to the far north of Thailand. On the way visit the elephant camp at Chiang Dao to see an elephant show, showing how these animals are used to help haul and stack timber logs and to obey commands from their mahouts. Continue our pleasant drive to Thaton. Arrive in Thaton, have lunch at the Thaton River View Resort. We do some leisurely sightseeing to Wat Tha Ton before boarding a long-tail boat to cruise down the Kok River to Chiang Rai taking 4-5 hours, stopping to visit a hilltribe village or two (Lahu and Karen) along the river. Riding an elephant at a nominal charge is possible at the Karen village. At the landing jetty in Chiang Rai disembark and walk to the hotel lobby of the Rimkok Resort.

Dinner in the hotel.  

Overnight in hotel, Chiang Rai.

Day 2:  Chiang Rai-Chiang Mai (B,L,D)

Buffet breakfast at the hotel.

Full-day tour of Chiang Rai province to include ancient Chiang Saen visiting old wat like Wat Chedi Luang and Wat Pa Sa, the west bank of the Mekong River opposite which is Laos, on to the Golden Triangle for a splendid view of the border where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet. A photo stop is made here. There are coffee stalls selling good coffee grown in the highlands of Chiang Rai. Then we are off to the border-town of Mae Sai the northernmost point of Thailand. You will find souvenir shops lining the main road right up to the bridge connecting Thailand to Myanmar. Here you will see set gemstones from the Mogok jade and ruby mines of Myanmar. (You can cross over to Tachileik in Myanmar by paying for a border pass at the immigration checkpoints a total of USD10. There are goods from China on sale at the shops – like mushrooms, blankets, bedcovers and fabrics, fruits both fresh and preserved, and “duty-free” cigarettes and liquour.) Lunch at a local restaurant. Transfer to Chiang Mai, a drive of about about 4 hours. Check into hotel in Chiang Mai and freshen up for dinner. Pick up at hotel lobby at 7pm for the Khantoke dinner with northern Thai cultural and hill tribe shows. And if you have energy enough, stroll in the Night Bazaar.

Overnight in hotel, Chiang Mai.

Day 03:  Chiang Mai Departure (B)

Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Free until time to transfer to Chiang Mai airport for your departure flight.

  End of Program

(There are no more flights available from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai or vice versa at present.)

Prices above include 2 nights hotel accommodation with daily buffet breakfast, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, tours and all entrance fees, transfers and transportation in air-conditioned vehicles, and services of a guide.

NOT INCLUDED: Airfare and airport tax, use of hotel minibar, laundry and phone calls, and drinks at meals other than what is served.

HOTELS USED:

SUPERIOR: Inn Come (Chiang Rai) & Royal Lanna, Suriwong (Chiang Mai).

FIRST: Wangcome / Rimkok Resort (Chiang Rai) &    Rydges / Tamarind Village (Chiang Mai)

DELUXE:  The Legend Chiang Rai, Sheraton (Chiang Mai).