Thailand Treks and Tours

Day 1
Arrival in Bangkok and transfer from the airport to your hotel

Day 2 (B)
Discover Bangkok on your own, for information you can go to our own tour counter in the hotel.

Day 3 (B)
Free at leisure, in the evening you will take the overnight sleeper train to Chiang Mai.

Day 4
Arrival in Chiang Mai and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day free at leisure.

Day 5 (B,L,D)
Departure from the hotel by Pick Up truck, drive half an hour north of Chiang Mai to visit a local market. We continue for another 1.5 hour to a Shan village where we have lunch. After that we walk for about half an hour to a Hmong village. This tribe used to fight side by side with the Americans during the Vietnam war. From here through the beautiful jungle in about 2.5 hours to the Karen village where we will spend the night.

Day 6 (B,L)
After breakfast we will walk for about 1 hour to reach the elephant camp where we will ride these majestic animals for about 1.5 hours. From here it is another 1.5 hour walk to the water fall where your guide will prepare lunch. After that we follow the river for about 1.5 hours to the place where our truck is waiting. We continue by truck to the rafting camp where we will do bamboo rafting for about 1 hour. Then back to Chiang Mai where we will arrive late afternoon.

Day 7 (B)
Free at leisure. You could for example do a cycling tour or learn how to cook Thai food. Late afternoon your aircon sleeper bus leaves for Hua Hin

Day 8
In the morning you will arrive in Hua Hin where you can take a local taxi to the hotel.

Day 9 (B)
Enjoy your beach stay.

Day 10 (B)
You will have a full day more on the beach, late evening we take the overnight sleeper train to Surathani.

Day 11 (L, D)
Transfer from Phuket by aircon coach or from Suratthani train station by private songthaew. The journey to Tree Tops is around two hours. You will be met off the Phuket bus by Tree Tops staff who will drive you to Tree Tops. On your arrival, check-in, and after some refreshments you will be taken to your tree house which is equipped with mosquito net, double bed, cold water shower & toilet (an extra single bed is available in triple rooms).
Depending on the time of your arrival, you can then either relax the short time until lunch or walk in the grounds taking in the spectacular scenery and visiting a small local cave. After lunch, tubing down the Klong Sok in inner-tubes observing dramatic mountain cliffs and wildlife along the way. Visit a viewpoint and small waterfall on the way back. Dinner and overnight in your jungle tree top shelter.

Day 12 (B,L,D)
Breakfast, then transfer to the Raja Phraba lake for your boat trip to the raft houses – approximately 2 hours travelling in total. Check in to your raft house. Most bungalows are one roomed and are equipped with a mosquito net and double mattress (an extra single mattress is provided in triple rooms). There is one 3 bedroom bungalow and if requested any of these three rooms can be made into a twin bedded room with 2 single beds and mosquito net. The toilet facilities are a short distance away for environmental reasons! Relax, swim or tube on the lake, before lunch. After lunch, a short boat trip to a local fishing village followed by a visit to a bat cave where you can swim with the bats*. Back to the raft houses to relax before your evening meal. After your meal a short night safari to observe the natural night life of the rainforest. Overnight in your raft house.

Day 13 (B)
An early morning wake-up call for a canoe trip to look at the local wildlife. Coffee and tea will be served on the canoe. Back to the raft houses for breakfast, then journey back by boat and private transfer by songthaew to Suratthani. You can look back to an unforgettable trip! From Surathani you go by ferry to the tropical island of Koh Samui.

Day 13-17 (B)
Beach at Koh Samui.

Day 17
Around midday we will pick you up at your hotel and bring you to the ferry. After arriving at the mainland we will drop you off at the train station of Surathani where you take the night train to Bangkok.

Day 18
In the morning you arrive in Bangkok and this is where your tour ends.

Includes:

All Accomodation in 3 star hotels with breakfast (except during Trek),
Transfer from the airport to the hotel on Day 1
Night Train Bangkok-Chiang Mai aircon sleeper
Transfer train station-hotel Chiang Mai (Day 4)
Two day trek with elephant riding, bamboo rafting and full board
Transfer hotel – bus station at day 7
Nightbus Chiang Mai-Hua Hin aircon VIP
Night Train Hua Hin-Surathani
Three days Tree Tops Tour in Khao Sok National Park full board
Transfer Surathani-hotel Koh Samui return trip
Night Train Surathani-Bangkok
Meals as mentioned
(B= Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)

Excludes: Other meals, Entrance Fees,

If you do not want to take the nightbus on Day 7 you can instead stay an extra night in Chiang Mai and fly to Bangkok on Day 8 where we pick you up from the airport and bring you to the train station. You take the night train to Surathani and start the Tree Tops tour on Day 9. This means that you also have 2 days more in Koh Samui.
Please enquire for extra costs.

Hotels:

Bangkok - Royal Hotel
Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai Gate Hotel
Jungle Trek - Hilltribe Village
Hua Hin - Hua Hin Grand
Khao Sok National Park - Tree Hut and Rafts
Koh Samui - Lawana Resort

Departures: Every Sunday, other days on request

PRICE: THB 28,400 | EU €703 / pp / Minimum: 2 persons
PRICE: THB 27,200 | EU €673 / pp / Minimum: 4 persons