Chiang Mai - 4 Days/3 Nights

Included Highlights

  • Meet & greets at airport

  • Services of a qualified English speaking guide

  • Private airport-hotel transfers in by air-conditioned vehicle

  • Sight seeing as indicated

  • Accommodation: 3 nights at chosen hotel

  • Daily breakfast at hotel

  • Meal as indicated

      Excludes:

  • Airfare, Airport tax and personal expenses.

Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive Chiang Mai
On arrival at Chiang Mai airport, meet with your tour representative. Transfer to hotel by private car. Tonight, enjoy a relaxed informal evening at the Thai Cultural Center Restaurant with a superb Khantoke dinner while being entertained by Thai culture and folk performances. Accommodation, 3 night: (D)
Superior
Orchid Hotel
Deluxe
Westin Hotel
Luxury
The Regent

Day 2 Cities, Temples, Hill tribes and Handicrafts
Visit some of the oldest and most important temples (Wats) of the area before continuing to visit some of the local hilltribe villages. All retain distinct cultures, language and religious beliefs, though the most obvious difference is their dress and elaborate costume. The afternoon tour focuses on handicrafts, with visits to Sunkampaeng, with its Thai silk and cotton looms; Bo Sarng, the paper and umbrella-making village; the Celadon kilns, with its exquisite, traditional high-fired stoneware; lacquer ware, teak-wood carving, jewelry and silverware factories. (B)

Day 3 Elephants at work
Watch the elephants taking their morning bath in the running stream before starting their day's training and work. See the demonstration of elephants at work, and then enjoy a fascinating journey bamboo rafting down the Mae Ping River for one hour. Drive to Mae Sa to visit an Orchid Nursery and Butter Farm before returning to the hotel. Afternoon at leisure (B)

Day 4 Depart Chiang Mai
At leisure before your private transfer to the airport to continue to your next destination. (B)

Prices & Departures
Dates Superior Deluxe Luxury
Apr 01-Sep 30 $191 $240 $1047
Oct 01-Mar 31 $200 $253 $1220

Blackout period applies at the Regent Chiang Mai: Dec 20, 2002-Jan 05, 2003.

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