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Tour code: NT-CNX3D
Chiang Mai
3 Days / 2 Nights
The sights:
Chiang Mai is home to over 300 temples dating as far back as the 13th century. Within half an hour's drive in every direction there are also museums, ancient ruins, national parks, waterfalls, mountain trails, and other unique and beautiful attractions. Chiang Mai offers something for everyone from nature lovers, culture vultures, to those who just wish to lie back in a luxurious spa and be pampered.
On our tour around Chiang Mai, we experience some of the beautiful temples in the City and also with the view over Chiang Mai. We see the old traditional way of making local handicraft at and enjoy a northern culinary tasty dinner and see the traditional northern style Thai Dance.
There is also time for a jungle visit north of Chiang Mai to see Elephants at work and to drift down the Ping river on a . As there is a wide variety of orchids growing in the jungle we will visit one of the many in the area.
The food:
Eating is a national obsession in Chiang Mai, and there is food everywhere you look. Chiang Mai is a culinary delight, with food and fruit carts on many street corners, noodle shops everywhere and endless restaurants with choices ranging from top international cuisine to rustic little bars with a kitchen.
Chiang Mai restaurants are numerous and cover a broad range of food. As a tourist town, there is a particularly good selection of restaurants for the foreign palate, offering toned down or very spicy Thai food, Northern specialties and Isarn food as well as menus laden with favorites from France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Vietnam, China and Mexico. There are also some very nice restaurants and Pub's along the Ping river in the city which is mainly open in the evenings.
Day : 1 Bangkok - Chiang Mai
Pick up after arrival to Chiang Mai airport or from Chiang Mai train station. Transfer to hotel. Visit Wat Doi Suthep, one of Chiang Mai's most respected temples that can be seen, from wherever you happen to be in the city, clinging to the mountainside near the summit of Doi Suthep 1,053 meters above sea level. The temple was built in the late 14th century under King Geu Na, and attracts many Buddhist pilgrims, both local and international, throughout the year.
Then further to Baan Tawai Handicraft Village located about 12 kms to the east of the city, and home to dozens of wood working shops and other handicraft factories. At the rear of many shops it is possible to watch the craftsmen at work. This fascinating art has been practiced by generation after generation. Lunch at a local restaurant and then sightseeing around Chiang Mai by tuk tuk to visit Wat Chedi Luang and Warorot fresh food market.
In the evening, experience the genuine Northern-Thai culture, enjoying the traditional to the tunes of a magnificent Thai classical dance show in a majestic Lanna-style mansion. Overnight in Chiang Mai.
*Meals : Lunch, Dinner
*Hotel : Chiang Mai Plaza
Day : 2 Chiang Mai
Drive north of Chiang Mai to which has one of the most beautiful natural settings in Chiang Mai surrounded by small hills and the Ping River running through it year round. The Elephant Training Center is today home to 32 elephants.
You will learn all about elephants – their nature, their individual traits, their lifestyles, their talents and their charms. You will also get a glimpse at the unique and very real relationships between elephants and their mahouts. Experience also the exciting elephant ride through the jungle and after the ride enjoy the exciting and scenic bamboo rafting down the Ping river through the beautiful natural forest.
Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit to one of the beautiful in the area and then return to the hotel late afternoon. In the evening, enjoy shopping at the Chiang Mai night market on your own. Overnight in Chiang Mai.
*Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
*Hotel : Chiang Mai Plaza
Day : 3 Chiang Mai
Free day in Chiang Mai for own Leisure. We can recommend The Ultimate Spa experience where treatments are created combining ancient secrets and advanced discoveries in beauty and wellness.
*Meal : Breakfast
Check out time is at 12 noon.
Hotel website:
http://www.cnxplaza.com
Price inclusive of:
- All transportation as per program
- All Admission fees as per program
- Elephant riding.
- Rafting
- 2 nights accommodation in shared twin room
- Meals : 2 BF, 2 L, 1D
- English speaking Local guide
Price excludes:
- Transportation to Bangkok airport or Bangkok train station
- All flight tickets or train ticket
- Beverages during meals
- Other personal expenses
Transportation options:
- Night train Bangkok-Chiang Mai OR
- Public bus with air-con from Bangkok-Chiang Mai
- One way flight Bangkok -Chiang Mai or
- round trip flight Bangkok -Chiang Mai
- Budget airlines; Suvarnnabhumi airport Check in 2 hours before departure at Row D-E / Gate 2
- Budget airline fare included one luggage check in fee.
*** In order to get the cheap fare according to our proposal, please confirm to issue the ticket and settle payment together with the booking fee, otherwise, the air fare can be changed without notice.
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