Chiang Dao Nest 3 Day Treks - HT32G

Itinerary:
Day 1
7.30am - 8.00am
Get collected from your Chiang Mai Hotel / Guesthouse. (only applies to trekkers departing from Chiang Mai)
9.30am
Breakfast at Chiang Dao Nest (only included for trekkers departing from Chiang Mai)
10am
Leave Chiang Dao Nest.
The first day day is probably more of a fun day tour than a trek but you get to do a variety of activities (elephant ride and bamboo rafting) and you get an idea of the diversity of peoples in the area (5 different groups in a small-ish area).
During the course of this day you will visit hilltribe villages of five different ethnic groups, Akha, Lisu, Lahu, Karen and Palaung. Highlight of the day will be a 60 min adventurous elephant ride through the forest and gentle, relaxing bamboo rafting (about 1 hour) down the Ping river. during the day. Lunch will be in one of the villages.
3.30pm you will be transported for about an hour uphill into the Chiang Dao National Park, to the top of a track that leads to a Lisu village.
Walk down the track to the village, where you will have an evening meal and sleep overnight. Accommodation – basic, but clean, dormitory style bamboo huts. There is be about an hour and a half of hiking during this day.

Day 2
After breakfast on the second day walk to an extensive cave, about 30 mins from the village (please note that this cave is for the adventurous only! If you suffer from claustrophobia it may not be suitable. Only very short sections of the cave are small). Explore inside the cave for about 1 hour. Return to the village for lunch.

In the afternoon walk through the nearby forest along a stream , to a beautiful waterfall (not the world's biggest waterfall it has a nice location and it is an adventurous route in places ).

After the waterfall trek from this village about 1 hour to another Lisu village where we will have a meal and sleep for the night. Stunning location and friendly (if occasionally drunken) hosts.
At night have a special "mountain view" meal and maybe a few(!) drinks.

Accommodation – again basic, but clean, dormitory style bamboo huts. There is about four hours of trekking / hiking during this day.

Day 3
On the third day undertake a lengthy and demanding trek from the Lisu village, via another Lisu village to a Karen village, stopping to explore another cave enroute .
3.30pm A good uphill hike to the road, from where a car should be waiting to take you back to Chiang Dao Nest, stop briefly before heading back to Chiang Mai (for those returning to Chiang Mai)
This day is about five hours of trekking /hiking .

Price from Chiang Mai (Small group treks only)
4845 baht each
(Minimum 2 people for being able to provide transport from Chiang Mai)
Minimum 2 - Maximum 8 People on the trek

Price from Chiang Mai also includes
- pick-up and return to your Chiang Mai Hotel / Guesthouse
- breakfast on Day 1 at Chiang Dao Nest - Homemade Bread Roll, 2 x eggs (scrambled), Jam, + Unlimited fresh Hilltribe Coffee, and English Tea

Price Includes
60 Baht per person which is donated to the villages we visit.
Guides / assistants / carriers
Transport to and from Chiang Dao / Chiang Mai.
All Meals (Lunch x3, Evening Meal x2, Breakfast x2)
Drinking Water
200 baht per person National Park entry fee.
Elephant ride
Bamboo rafting
Overnight simple accommodation

Price does not include
Insurance - please make sure that you are adequately covered.
Any drinks at any of the villages (except water).
Anything else you might buy at the villages.
Tips.