Special mixed activities in Mae Tang District

Description

From 8:00am we pick you up at your hotel in Chiang Mai and de part to the elephant camp at Tung La Korn village. Our staffs warmly welcome you. After changing to mahout clothes, we familiarize with the elephants by feeding them some fruits. The trainer will give you information of the elephants.  In the mahout course, you will learn basic elephant language and elephant riding skills. You also are trained to ride on their neck by using many different techniques. Then the trainer lets you control your elephant by yourself and head to the river. Here you can enjoy bathing and brushing your elephant. Next, you adventure riding elephant bare back following the river by scenic walk with wide views of the surrounding hills as well as the fields of local people in villages. Arrive at the elephant camp, you take a shower and change clothes. And next is the lunch time.

After taking some pictures and saying goodbye to staffs and elephants, we leave to visit Karen long neck village. Here you will see Karen women with long necks wearing their traditional bass rings. Visit around the village, our guide will tell you about their culture and life style. There is the chance to buy some souvenirs and ask the women about the goods they are selling. After that, we drive to the rafting camp. You will experience 1 hour bamboo rafting along Mae Tang River. Finally, we drive back to Chiang Mai. End trip around 5:30pm.

Highlights 

• Mahout course
• Elephant riding and bathing
• Karen long neck village
• Bamboo rafting on Mae Tang River

Schedule

• Duration : 1 day
• Departure – meeting point : hotel in Chiang Mai
• Return point : departure point