Hiking and culture in Northern Thailand
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure, Relaxation / Well-being.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Automne, Hiver.
Where to stay - Bangkok ?
The map of your stay "Hiking and culture in Northern Thailand"
Detail of the stay : Hiking and culture in Northern Thailand
How to get there - Bangkok
Bangkok
Steps: Bangkok
Arrival at the hotel. Discovery of the city: startling descent of the Chao Phraya river or long tail boat ride along the klongs (no traffic jams). Possible visit of several temples or museums (Wat Phra Kaew ; Museum national ; Wat Po ;Wat Arun - le " Temple de l'Aube "). Traditional massage school in the Wat Po area. Choice of restaurants in Sukhumvit
Places of interest : WAT ARUN (TEMPLE DE L'AUBE) WAT PHRA KAEW UBON RATCHATHANI NATIONAL MUSEUM
Ayutthaya
Steps: Chiang Mai
Discovery of historical remains located in the city itself. Visit of the museum. However, if you have to choose between Ayutthaya and Bus, the second site is more secluded and it also allows you to get closer to Chiang Mai.
Sukhothai
Steps: Kamphaeng Phet
Quiet visit of the historic park (30 min from the city centre). Nights of rest in a "dream" guesthouse, drowned in the vegetation of a tropical garden.
Places of interest : KAMPHAENG PHET HISTORICAL PARK
Towards Chiang Mai
Steps: Chiang Mai
Transit to Chiang Mai in the afternoon of the last day or the next morning.
Chiang Mai
Contact with the city and organisation of walking if the question could not be settled in advance. At the end of the day, walk at Night Bazar or in Moon Muang Neighbourhood (choice of coffees, bars and small restaurants). Dinner.
Doi Inthanon
Steps: Mae Hong Son
Trekking in the national park followed the following day after a transit to Mae Hong Sound with possible step at Pai.
Mae Sariang-Mae Hong Sa-Pai Region
Hiking under the responsibility of a local guide. Choice of activities: hiking in the forest, rafting on bamboo rafting (except in times of crue!!), balade balade (usually 1 to 2 hours). In the evening, bivouac in forest or stage in a lodge. It is an opportunity to contact different mountain groups in this still wild region.
Pai Pai
Steps: Chiang Mai
Discovery of this friendly North-west village. Relaxation and well-deserved rest in the guesthouse. Exit to coffee. Return to Chiang Mai the next morning.
Chiang Mai
Visit of temples the day (the choice is wide). Shopping at Night Bazaar early in the evening. Handicraft market every Sunday at the Tha Phae Gate.
Chiang Mai
Steps: Thaton
One morning excursion to the Doi Suthep (panorama on the city by clear weather). Evening: Thai boxing match or restaurant along the Ping River, in White House, for example with local groups.
Lampang
Steps: Lampang
Tour organized at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center: demonstration of dressage of the elephants to forest work (in the morning) followed by the discovery of the famous Wat Phra Who Luang (afternoon). Ride in horse-carriage in a possible way... Either direct return to Bangkok (from Chiang Mai or Lampang) by plane or night train (reservation to be booked in advance, in both cases).
Places of interest : THAI ELEPHANT CONSERVATION CENTER
Bangkok
Steps: Bangkok
Visit to museums and Jim Thompson House. Continue your evening with a cocktail on the terrace of a skyscraper overlooking the city
Places of interest : JIM THOMPSON HOUSE
