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Van Rental Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai8 Days 7 Nights

DAY 01 Arrive in Chiang Mai

00:00 Up on arrival meet and greet at Chiang Mai airport,transfer to the hotel, free day and leisure stay overnightin Chiang Mai.

DAY 02 Chiang Mai Sightseeing: Wat Phrathad Doi Suthep / WatChedi Luang Temple / Sankampaeng and Borsang HandicraftVillage

08:30am Pick up from the hotel

Take a journey to visit Prathat Doi Suthep temple which isthe important temple in historical aspects and a touristtemple. The temple is known of the Thai people in generalas one of the most sacred temples in Thailand, located onthe top of Doi Suthep, 14 kilometers away from Chiang Maicity to the west, 1,053 meters above sea level. It is asacred place that has religious and historicalsignificance of Chiang Mai. It was founded in the year of1429B.C. there are almost 300 stairs stretching up to thetemple. Inside the temple is the enshrined place of theMon-style pagoda, there is the Lord Buddha’s relicscontained under the base of pagoda. The full name ofPrathat Doi Suthep temple is “Praboromathat Doi SuthepWoravihan Temple” which can be considered that it is thebethel to express the important Thai Lanna art togetherwith Chiang Mai city. It is a beautiful place of worship,popular and known to go to pay homage by the generalpublic. Besides, the area around the temple is also aclear and beautiful viewpoint of Chiang Mai city.

Visit Wat Chedi Luang Worawihan temple which situated atcentral of Chiang Mai city. It is one of the biggest andold temples in Chiang Mai province which has a largepagoda within the temple area. Presently, the top of thepagoda was broken down because of a big earthquake in the

year of 1545 B.C.; however, it is still the valuablebeautiful pagoda of Lanna identity. There are so manynames of Chedi Luang Worawihan temple such as Rajakudakantemple, Chotikaram temple, it was built during the reignof king Prachao Sanmuangma, the seventh king of Mungraidynasty. No apparent year of construction, it is assumedthat this temple would be built in the year of 1391 B.C.Chedi Luang temple is an ancient royal temple that hasbeen restored for many eras; currently, there is 60 meterswide on each side. It is one of the most important pagodasin Chiang Mai.

Visit Sunkumpaeng district, Sunkumpaeng is one of thedistricts in Chiang Mai province. It is famous in silk andcotton weaving; it is away from Chiang Mai 13 kilometersto the east. This district will always be visited bytourists who go to visit Chiang Mai because of the goodquality and cheap of silk and cotton, which is woven fromthis district, suitable for souvenirs for friends andclose relative. Moreover, there is weaving factory fortourists to see how to weave as well as raising silk forviewing, too. Besides, there are many factories andsouvenir shops such as wood carving, silverware, lacquerware, leather, pottery, and cotton for tourists choose andbuy as well.

Stay overnight in Chiang Mai.

DAY 03 Chiang Mai - Mae Hong Son: Vachiratharn Waterfall / RoyalProject / Doi Inthanon National Park / Royal Pagodas

08:30am. Pick up from the hotel

Leaving Chiang Mai for the City of Three mists “Mae HongSon” by driving towards the north to Chomthong district,visiting Doi Inthanon Royal Project. It is 1 of 4 winterplant facilities of Royal Project foundation, presentlysome research has been conducted on flowers, ornamentalplants, vegetables, fruits, and highland fishery.Including, transferring research results on promotiontogether with fundamental development, social development,and forest watersheds conservation, moreover, generate

income for hill tribe farmers’ families that are situatedvillages around the project.

Visit Vachirathan Waterfall which is a large waterfallwith a lot of water falling. It is one of the mostbeautiful waterfalls in Thailand that has waterthroughout the year. The waterfall is in Doi InthanonNational Park area, Chiang Mai Province, it is adistinctive, beautiful with high valley waterfall, whichhas only one layer. The above water flows down into thebasin below with the height of the waterfall up to70meters. During high water, water droplets splash over thearea and exposed to the sun causing rainbow to occuroften here at Vachirathan waterfall. It is a wonderfulphenomenon that created this waterfall to be much morebeautiful.

Visit the Twin Royal Pagodas, Napamethanidol andNapapolpumisiri, which located on the top of high hill inDoi Inthanon National Park. These two pagodas havebeautiful magnificent architecture and landscape.Napamethanidol and Napapolpumisiri, are the pagodas thatcreated by The Air force works with Thai peoplethroughout Thailand for the 60th anniversary of HisMajesty the King Rama 9 in the year of 1987 and also tohonor the Queen Sirikit in the auspicious period of the5th anniversary on her birthday 12 August 1992. The areaaround these pagodas is decorated beautifully with WinterFlower Garden and variety of plants in cold period thisarea is very cold. It is a viewpoint and one of the mostbeautiful points for admiring the sea of mist in ChiangMai.

Visit Doi Inthanon, which is the highest peak of Thailandwith an altitude of 2,565 meters above sea level. DoiInthanon is a part of Thanon Thongchai Mountain rangestretching from the Himalayas which has a length acrossmany countries such as Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar withdiversity and abundance of the climate and forest.Tourists can touch with rain forest, pine forest, mixedforest from the different height and at the peak thetourists will enjoy with beautiful panorama scenery.Because of cool weather all year round, beautiful sceneryand abundance of the forest are all the charm to attractpeople all over the world to pour to visit hereuninterrupted.

Stay overnight in Mae Hong Son.

DAY 04 Mae Hong Son Sightseeing: Pai River cruise / Long NeckKaren Village / Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu Temple / WatJong Kham and Wat Jong Klang Temples / Ban Rak ThaiChinese Village / Ban Ruam Thai Shan Village (PangOung) / Su Tong Pae Bamboo Bridge

08:30am. Pick up from the hotel

Take a boat for sightseeing along the Pai River. You cancatch sight of one of the most beautiful scenery andsimply life style along the Pai River. Drop in to visitLong-Necked Karen village, the women in this tribalvillage wear their one brass winding rings on their necks.Being a conservative tribal village makes them can keepand prolong their unique culture and tradition for yearslong.

Pay the respect at Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu temple. It isthe important place worthy of worship in Mae Hong Sonwhich located on the top of Kong Mu Mountain. This templeconsisted of 2 different size pagodas, the big oneconstructed by “Jong Tong Su” in 1860. And the small oneconstructed by “Phraya Singhanatracha” in 1874. From thehilltop you can see entirely a beautiful nature of thetown which surrounded by mountains and valleys. Visit WatJong Kham and Wat Jong Klang temples. These two templesshare the same area right next to the big swamp. They bothare old temples consist of beautiful Burmese styleedifices which put up the holy Buddha image (Luang PawTo). In Wat Jong Klang temple you will see a great numberof the Burmese wood carving dolls, and the big glasspaintings concerned about Buddhist history.

Visit the Su Tong Pae Bridge, which is the longest bamboobridge in Thailand, is built to connect between Suan ThamPhusama Temple and Kung Mai Sak village. Its bridge crossover the paddy fields and canals, and it is convenient formonk and villager to use this way. It will doubtlessly bethe best impressive memories of visitor because ofuniquely classic beauty of the bridge across the verdantpaddy fields in the rainy season, and its grains which

will be glimmering golden in the winter, including theexquisite landscape surrounded by the mountains.

Visit “Ban Rak Thai Village” this interesting villagelocated on the border between Thai and Myanmar with a biglake nearby. Most of the population evacuated from thesouth of China (Yunnan), therefore, they can show you oftheir simply life style, and culture including thedelicious Yunnan food and the good taste tea such as U-long, and Ching Ching.

Next visit is the beautiful, calm and peaceful atmospherein Shan village “Ban Ruam Thai”. Also known as Pang Oung,the village is located among the rugged mountain range.The reservoir or a big lake is so spectacular landscapethat it is entitled Switzerland in Thailand, surrounded bypine forest and colorful winter flowers including year-round cold weather. The scenery of pine forest along thespacious reservoir embraced by the mountain range, thebeauty of fog floating above the lake with the coldweather in the morning, and the several colorful flowers,are always attractive the tourists to visit this place allYear round.

Stay overnight in Mae Hong Son.

DAY 05 Mae Hong Son – Pai: Fish Cave Forest Park / Tham Lod Cave/ Lahu Hill Trbe Village / Doi Kiew Lom Viewpoint / PaiWalking Street

08:30 Pick up from the hotel

Visit Fish Cave to behold of the most wondrous of a schoolof fish which gather peacefully in the steam inside thehole of the cave. Visiting Tham Lod Cave to see one of themost important archaeology place which has a stream knownas “Laang” flows through from one end to the another endof the cave. Consequently, it creates a wonderful cavewhich has a lot of stalactite and stalagmites; moreover,you can see and touch with a great variety of the earlyages antique tools and utensils which have been presumedto be over 2,000 years already. Aside from admiring themagnificent splendor that creates by the nature, there are

still other rousing things to do such as a bamboo raftinginside the cave together with short trekking around thecave.

Continue to visit the Lahu hill tribe village, Lahu havethe original abode in Tibet and live in the southwest ofChina, later gradually evacuated to the south of China andthere are some of them moved into the northeast of Myanmarover the period of hundred years already. After that theyhave moved to populate in the north of Thailand whenhundreds of years ago. For Lahu’s life style generally,they prefer to build their villages on the high land andthey are a tribe that does not like chaos, believe inspirits worship doctrine, and prefer simple way of life.The main occupation is agriculture such as rice farming,and corn planting; raising animals for consumptionbesides, Lahu are still the most famous in hunter. Lahuare a tribe that can adapt to people very well even thoughthe people with different from culture, or languages Lahucan also be good friends and glad to greet all foreigntourists who come to visit them with a warm welcome.

Visit Doi Kiew Lom Viewpoint this viewpoint is well-knownamong Thai and foreign visitors who come here to see aspectacular sea of mist collects in the valley as well asvarious types of colorful flowers. After that explore theways of life and to go round the lively walking street,you can walk along street and buy handmade products,clothes, fret works, basket works and several souvenirs.Also, there are many Thai food restaurants andinternational restaurant that you can come and test it.The walking street will be available for walker from 5 PMuntil midnight.

Stay overnight in Pai.

DAY 06 Pai – Chiang Rai: Santichon Chinese Village) / Yun LaiViewpoint / Memorial Bridge / Pai Canyon

08:30am. Pick up from the hotel

Visit Santichon village, its village belongs to YunnanChinese people who emigrated from China and settled down

in this village for a long time ago, but cultures,traditions, and the ways of life are unchangeable.Therefore, the house and place decorations and environmentin the village are still unique Yunnan Chinese style. Notmuch far from Santichon village, there is Yun Laiviewpoint where tourists can see the wonderful landscapeof Pai central district, surrounded by the paddy fieldsand high-rugged mountain range. There will be sea of mistcovered all over area of Pai and mountain range bothwinter and rainy season. Moreover, you will be excited byseeing spectacular sunrise at the view point, which isbeautiful and remain in your memories forever.

Visit the Memorial Bridge, built in the Second World Warwhile Japan still has a lot of strength in Thailand. Thereis an objective to use Thailand to be the route totransport troops and arms into Myanmar, which is the sameas Kwae River Bridge. In the past this bridge has beenused by the people until the present time the standardbridge has been built to replace. However, when the bridgeis worn-out, it then becomes the place for most of thetourists to come to take a photograph to keep for memorywhen visiting Pai district. Visit the Pai Canyon, theamazing beauty valleys that created by the nature. It nowbecomes the popular place among the tourists who like tofind the new interesting places. With the character of theearth that was eroded until it appears a deep wide bighole, it is altogether about 3 Acres.

Arrive in Chiang Rai transfer to the hotel and stayovernight.

DAY 07 Chiang Rai – Chiang Mai: Wat Rong Khun White Temple /Singha Park Farm

08:30am. Pick up from the hotel

Take a trip from Chiang Rai City towards Rong Khun temple.Rong Khun temple designed and built by ProfessorChalermchai Kositpipat, national famous artist inThailand. It was built with the aspiration that determinedto create spectacular art combined harmoniously with Lanna

culture. Stucco pattern decorated with glass and a largewall painting, pure white chapel that is as beautiful as acastle on the paradise with contemporary religiousarchitecture, and the bridge that stretches up to thechapel which has hidden puzzle of religious precepts. Passsculpture of hell and heaven, the chapel decorated withshiny silver mirror pattern in stratified. There are alsoan art gallery and gallery that able to visit the artpicture of Professor Chalermchai Kositpipat and therestill be various souvenirs for sale and the beautifulsculpture which scattered in every part of the temple.

Visit Singha Park Farm, it is an agricultural touristattraction of Boon Rawd Brewery which becomes anotherimportant highlight for tourists when arrive Chiang Raiand must not miss to visit, in the midst of beautifulnature on an area of over 3162 acres. It is an alternatingslope of hills stretching as far as the eye can see withthe vast lake. There is a farm car service to visit over250 acres of green oolong tea and ready to visit variousfruit kingdoms such as melon, strawberry, raspberry, giantgooseberry, and variety of fruits. Visit vegetable andherb gardens, be dazzled by the beautiful flower fieldsthat bloom throughout the farm, watch African animal lifein the green fields, Besides, inside Singha Park Farmstill have variety of activities to do such as bike ridingto see the farm, simulated rock climbing, or heightchallenge activities that challenges you to float abovetrees, flower fields, and tea plantations from above withZipline activity.

Arrive in Chiang Mai transfer to the hotel and stayovernight.

DAY 08 After your amazing holiday in Northern Thailand, it’stime to head home today.

00:00 Transfer to Chiang Mai airport, end of services.

Price:● 37,000 Thai baht

Included:● 1 Van + Fuel + Driver● English speaking guide● Travel accident insurance● Accommodation and meals for guide and driver

Excluded:● Meals● Accommodations● Expenses during the trip

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