Biking Adventure from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai

Highlights The Chiangdao valley is surrounded by mountains including one of the country's highest peak, Doi Luang. Ride great trails in the valley through scenic landscape with limestone rocks and dense bamboo forest. Ride the most scenic Northern Trails route with varied sights, village life and hill tribes. Challenging trails for experienced mountain-bikers and nature lovers.

Duration: 3 days / 2 nights
Departures: From Chiang Mai, regular departure on Mondays
Activities: Forest trails and off-road mountain biking, cave exploration
Fitness Level: Suitable for participants in good fitness condition! Off-road riding experience is recommended. Some hills (we do call it mountain biking!) but no long climbs as we cycle in the valley.

From Chiang Mai, join the Northern Trails team and experience great riding, varied landscapes, scenic river surroundings and good trails. Discover small hill tribes villages of Northern Thailand and pristine rural life.

This tour is a shorter version of our most scenic route, NT101, Northern Thailand Mountain Biking.

Pricing:

Joint trip: THB 7,900 / person
Single Room Supplement: THB 600 (to add when booking alone)

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Itinerary

Day 1 - MONDAY [-/L/D] > Cycle 30 to 40 km (25 miles)
08.30 Pick-up participants from Chiang Mai hotels and drive north by covered pickup to Chiangdao region. Stop at elephant camp in jungle. Watch elephants bathing and demonstrating their skills. Explore Chiangdao caves, followed by lunch at local restaurant. Then we start our bike ride through rural back roads first, continuing on off-road trails, across a pristine landscape leading to small hill-tribe villages. Visit Lahu, Lisu and Akha villages, and discover the Palaung people from Myanmar (only a few settlements in northern Thailand). We stop cycling at a local hill-tribe village where we spend the night as guests of a local family. Excellent Thai dinner will be cooked at the village.

Day 2 - TUESDAY - [B/L/D] > cycle 60 km (38 miles)
Intense and fantastic riding through nature! The ride is long today, but not too difficult and the escort vehicle is always near by.

After breakfast, ride exciting trails (15km) then onto paved road. Lunch stop and visit Buddhist forest temple and caves. Afternoon cycling is mostly off-road, until car transfer to Ban Thaton for overnight. Overnight at local hotel located on the bank of the Maekok river. Dinner at hotel.

Day 3 - WEDNESDAY - [B/L/-] > cycle 45 to 60 km (38 miles+)
Early morning, after breakfast, we cycle through the Maekok river valley, past rice fields and plantations. Then we follow exciting trails along the river. End of the trails so we take a local long-tail boat downriver. Disembark and continue cycling to a Karen village on the riverbanks. Continue by bike or transfer by car to Chiang Rai.

Drop off at Chiang Rai Airport or hotel.

Note: Flights to Chiang Mai or direct to Bangkok are available everyday on Thai Airways in the evening, between 19.00pm to 20.00pm. Contact us for latest timetable.

General Information

Departure possible all year long. English speaking tour guide. Quality mountain bike provided. Participants must bring personal cycling gear including shorts, helmet and sunglasses. Best (coolest) season is from September to end of February. Itinerary subject to change according to season.

Accommodation and meals

Overnight with a family in a hill-tribe village (this is one of the tour highlights!). And on the second night stay in selected hotel in Ban Thaton (Tourist Class).

Food is taken at local restaurants or hotels. Drinking water, fruits and snacks are always available in our escort vehicle. Other drinks are not included in price, but widely available at local restaurants and shops along the way.

Meals as per code in itinerary: [ B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner].

Included

Transportation and support vehicle. Experienced Northern Trails guides/mechanics, quality mountain bike 21 speeds. Full board.

For more general information on our cycling trips, see this page.

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