Chiang Dao Nest Chiang Mai Tours- Elephants / Rafting / Cave

Chiang Dao Nest Chiang Mai Tours
ERC1) Elephant / Rafting / Cave
photo by Phillipe Blanc http://www.angalia-photo.com
Elephant in Thai is "Chang"
Highlights

- Fascinating Elephant Show at the Chiang Dao Elephant Training Center. (Traditional logging skills demonstrated, not circus style.)
- 1 1/2 hour elephant trek through beautiful forest to a Lisu Village
- 1 hour bamboo rafting down the Ping River
- Amazing Thai / Northern Thai Lunch at Chiang Dao Nest 2
- Explore the famous Chiang Dao Cave
- Visit a local market

This popular day tour is based around the Chiang Dao area, which is famed for it's natural beauty.
Availability: - Private tours available daily. Non-Private Group Tours on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Private Tours and Non-Private Group Tours
Departs from: Chiang Mai
Suitable for all. Minimal exercise involved.
Itinerary:
7.30am - 8.15am
Get collected from your Chiang Mai Hotel / Guest House in an air conditioned minibus / minivan. Drive for just over an hour.
Enroute to Chiang Dao visit a local market (sometimes the market stop will be at the end of the day - depending upon timing)
10am - 10.45am
Watch the Elephant show at the Chiang Dao Elephant Training Center.
11am
1 1/2 hour elephant ride at the Chiang Dao Elephant Training Center to a Lisu hilltribe village
Look around the Lisu hilltribe village
1.00pm
Lunch at Chiang Dao Nest 2 - famed for it's high quality cuisine - variety of Thai / Northern Thai dishes. Enjoy the stunning views of the Chiang Dao Mountain.

2.00pm
Explore Chiang Dao Cave with a guide.

3.00pm
1 hour bamboo rafting down the Ping River (this is not whitewater rafting! It is a gentle float down this beautiful river)
4pm
Transfer back to your Chiang Mai Hotel / Guest House. (arrive back around 5.30pm - 6pm)
Price from Chiang Mai - Non-Private group tours
- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Rate per person in Thai Baht
2445

(Minimum of 2 people signing up to this tour on any day - Maximum 8 people per guide - Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays)

Price from Chiang Mai - Private tours - (Just you and your friends/ family - available daily)

  Rate per person in Thai Baht
Number of people in group.  
6+
2395
5
2495
4
2695
3
3095
2
3595
1
5795

 

Price Includes
- Transport to and from your Chiang Mai Hotel or Guest House in an air-conditioned minibus / minivan
- English speaking, experienced, friendly, knowledgeable and officially registered guide. (maximum of 8 people per guide)
- Entrance to the Chiang Dao Elephant Training Center
- 1 1/2 hour elephant ride at the Chiang Dao Elephant Training Center (based on two people sharing an elephant)
- 1 hour bamboo raft (based on four people sharing a raft) N.B. at the height of the dry season (March/April) if the river is not at a suitable level we may substitute the bamboo rafting with visiting another attraction.
- Thai and Northern Thai Lunch at Chiang Dao Nest 2, fine dining in a spectacular loction (please specify any special food requirements when booking, thanks)
- 20 Baht per person donation to the school next to Chiang Dao Cave (this school provides an education for the poor children from this area. They often struggle to have enough funds for a decent lunch. Many of the students are from the Lisu hilltribe villages in the surrounding mountains, whose families have literally nothing.)
- Entrance to Chiang Dao Cave
- Guide(s) with lanterns for inside the cave.

Price does not include
Insurance - please make sure that you are adequately covered.
Drinks.
Dessert - Chiang Dao Nest 2 has some tempting desserts!
Souvenirs.

Additional Donation to the school.
Tips.
Customer Review
"just a quick note to thank to you and your staff for a memorable excursion today, I really enjoyed it so much. Both the elephant ride and the rafting were real opportunities to get close to nature around Chiang Dao area I was glad to have survived the hermits cave and our lunch lived up to the promise on your website. The whole trip offered fantastic value and a special thanks to our guide who could not have done more to have helped make the day memorable" . James, UK
Booking & Payment
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Chiang Dao Nest Mini Resort is situated in a beautiful, peaceful, mountainous location, 80km North of Chiang Mai. Maybe you can include us on your tour of North Thailand?
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- 11th Edition Thailand Lonely Planet Published September 2005

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