Up
06.10.2004 - Het aftellen naar huis
03.10.2004 - Koh Tao - 2de keer
25.09.2004 - Bangkok - 3rde keer
14.05.2004 - Duiken op Koh Tao
02.03.2004 - Chiang Rai en omgeving
27.02.2004 - Pai en Mae Hong Song
26.02.2004 - Break in Chiang Mai
22.02.2004 - Chiang Mai hilltour
21.02.2004 - Chiang Mai
18.02.2004 - Ayuthaya
14.02.2004 - Daytour Kanchanaburi
06.02.2004 - Een weekje Bangkok

3 Days 2 Nights TREKS & ACTIVITIES & COMMUNITY WORK

• Each group will be consist of a minimum of 6 persons and a maximum of 10-12 persons. If you do not want to join other trekkers, an individual trek can be arranged and you will be charged accordingly.
• You will stay with hill tribes family in the village of the various tribes, sleeping on wooden or bamboo floors with no fanciful amenities. However, there will be clean water for showering, drinking and cooking and we will provide you with sleeping bag and rucksack, a water bottle which you have to carry during the trek. The porters will only carry the food and cooking utensils.
• Treks are conducted through out the year but temperature varies :
  November – February 14 C – 23 C Cool Season (Winter Season for Thai)
  March – June 28 C – 35 C Dry Season (Summer Season for Thai)
  July – October 25 C – 33 C Rainy Season
• Your luggage and other items which you do not want to bring on trek and be kept in the hostel or hotel for safekeeping.
• You are only required to bring your personal belongings like clothing, good walking shoes, slippers, raincoat, first aid kit, swimming suit, warm jacket etc..
• The package will include transportation, accommodation, meal on trek included the first day lunch to the last day lunch. You will also be accompanied by a Thai Hill Tribes guide who speaks tribal languages, local dialects and has a good command of English to lead and assist the group. All our Thai Hill Tribes guide have Tourist Guide License from T.A.T.

 T.A.T. Travel license No.23/0287

This itinerary is a basic program for 3 Days 2 Nights extension is possible, however subject to seat availability

Breakfast on your own at the hotel or the hostel. Depart from Chiang Mai Youth Hostel at 09.30 A.M. to Southwest of Chiang Mai to Doi Inthanon National Park & Mae Jam, Mae Hong Sorn area. Stop at the local market and continue the trip to cave and waterfall for our lunch and if you wish, go swimming. Then we start the trek for 1hrs. to Akha and Shan hill tribes villages where we can learn about the hill tribes life and their tradition and culture before continuing our walk to Meo hill tribes villages. Overnight with Meo hill tribes family at this village. ( Understanding of the hill tribes culture and customs, some community work for the village)

Breakfast, we walk through the jungle to the waterfall and elephant camp (3hrs.) and have lunch. Afternoon we take an elephant ride through to the jungle around 2-2.30 hrs. Then we walk to the Karen hill tribes village try to do some activities with children and families such as teaching with song and game, helping in the fields, barbering for children and giving education materials etc… as we can then dinner and overnight here.

Day 03: Hill Tribes – Chiang Mai (B/L)

Breakfast, start the trek for 2 hrs. to Shan hill tribes village Then take an exciting bamboo rafting for 2 – 2.30 hrs. travelling down the headwater of Mae Jaem river until we reach at another Shan village, rest and lunch here, our meeting point for our truck to Doi Inthanon National Park visit some interesting point on the way back to Chiang Mai. (Free tour to visit National Park)

End of our trek. (around: 06.00 P.M.), transfer back to your hotel or Chiang Mai Youth Hostel.

• Walking shoes or tennis shoes, rucksack.
• Slippers or sandals.
• Pants and T-shirt
• Sweater / jumper, jacket, sleeping bag (Oct – Feb)
• Torch / flash light
• Swimming suit
• Sun glass, sun protection cream
• Mosquito / insect repellant
• Personal necessities like – soap, towel, tissue, toothbrush.
• First aids and personal medicines (pills- diarrhea, cold, headache etc..)
• No need of mosquito net, extra luggage, any valuable thing etc.