Tour C – One Day Doi Inthanon National Park & Elephant Care

Highlights

• Small group
• Half day with elephants including baby elephants
• Trekking to Pha Dok Siew waterfall
• Trekking past rice fields (only in rainy season)
• See the King and Queen’s Pagodas
• Visit the highest point in Thailand
• Beautiful waterfalls
• Taste fresh coffee at Karen village
• Free photographs (shared on Facebook)

For this tour you will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 7:00 – 7:30am to drive for roughly one and a half hours to the elephant park located at Doi Inthanon National Park. On arrival you will be greeted by members of the Karen Hill Tribe, who will give you traditional clothes to wear. You will also be provided with fruit and vegetables to feed the elephants, whilst you can also play and interact with them. Later on you will walk with the elephants down to the river where you can swim and bathe with the elephants.

A buffet consisting of freshly prepared, local home cooked food is provided, and afterwards you will be picked up from the elephant park and taken to the mountain so that you can visit the highest point in Thailand. You will also have the chance to Visit the King and Queen’s pagodas, which have very beautiful views and pleasant gardens. We will then drive you to meet your local hill tribe guide, who will take you on your trek to Rak Jung waterfall, through the jungle and small local farms on the hillside. Learn about different plants and trees. Finish your trek in the Karen hill tribe village with a cup of freshly ground locally grown coffee. You will be picked up from the village and taken to Wachirathan waterfall en route back to Chiang Mai. You will arrive back in Chiang Mai at approximately 6:30pm

Throughout the whole tour we will be taking many photos with a professional camera, which will be shared for free, so that you can fully focus on enjoying your time with the elephants.

This tour consists of:

• • Pick up from your accommodation between 7:00am – 7:30am (drive to the elephant park takes apx. 1hr 30mins)
  • You will be greeted by members of the Karen hill tribe and given some traditional clothing to wear
  • You will be given a bag of fruit and vegetables to feed the elephants with
  • You can feed the elephants, interact and play with them
  • Walk the elephants down to the river where you can swim with them and help bathe them
  • We provide a delicious buffet of freshly prepared home cooked food
  • We will pick you up from the elephant park and drive you up the mountain so that you can visit the highest point in Thailand
  • Visit the King and Queen’s pagodas which have very beautiful views and pleasant gardens
  • We will then drive you to meet your local hill tribe guide, who will take you on your trek to Rak Jung waterfall, through the jungle and small local farms on the hillside. Learn about different plants and trees. Finish your trek in the Karen hill tribe village with a cup of freshly ground locally grown coffee
  • We will pick you up from the village and take you to Wachirathan waterfall en route back to Chiang Mai. You will arrive back in Chiang Mai at apx. 6:30pm