Doi Mae Salong and Mae Sai Explored | 8 hours

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Private Tour: Full Day tour to Mae Sai and Mae Salong including lunch.
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • All applicable taxes and service charges
  • Lunch at a local restaurant is included (food only)
  • All entrance and donation fees for visits as mentioned in the description
  • Transportation by private vehicle with professional driver.
  • A full day private tour with a professional English-speaking guide.
  • Tours, inclusions of any kind and other services that are not outlined in the tour description
  • Personal expenses such as meals, drinks, tips and gratuities, shopping, portage fees and optional tours, unless otherwise stated
  • Hotel accommodation in the destination of commencement.
  • Any airline tickets, visa fees, additional transportation cost from and to the general meeting point
  • Transfers To/from any airport or resorts located outside the general pick-up and drop-off locations
  • Travel insurance coverage for customers (highly recommendable)

Overview

Doi Mae Salong and Mae Sai are essentials when in need to explore the Chiang Rai region in depth; destinations that live and breathe the authentic aspect of commerce and hospitality, dating back to the Lanna era and bring you beyond the Golden Triangle. • Get amazing views from Doi Mae Salong • Meet the various ethnic minorities in the Chiang Rai region • Wander around Mae Sai, Thailand’s northernmost point • Find yourself immersed on local trading grounds • Lunch is included at a local restaurant

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Itinerary

  • Doi Mae Salong

    Guests will have enough time to enjoy their breakfast at their Chiang Rai hotel before meeting your guide for the day. Together with a separate driver, we will leave approximately at around 08:30 hrs from Chiang Rai and into the Doi Mae Salong area, home to the various hill tribes still calling this part of northern Thailand their home. It may sound that Doi Mae Salong is only a mountain region in the Chiang Rai province, but it is an all-encompassing town with temples and churches, schools, factories and shops. The local eateries on Mae Salong are famous for the tasty Yunnan cuisine, prepared from farm-fresh vegetables and livestock raised there. Besides seeing all this passing by, your guide will bring you to one of the larger Akha, Yao and Lisu Hilltribe villages, explaining the differences in culture, origin and traditions. It is here where we too will enjoy a local lunch, freshly prepared at one of the leading restaurants in the area.

    2 hours

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    The town is also the official border crossing with Thakhilek in Myanmar and the daily stream of Burmese trading their goods in Thailand is a sight to behold. The thriving market is a paradise for gem collectors, and wandering up and down the main street gives you an insight into the large variety available for sales, originating from Myanmar. In all corners along with Mae Sai’s market, you will find various end products, cut, polished and ready to be sold to those interested in its value, shape and beauty. It is time to head back to Chiang Rai after being close to 8 hours on the road, exploring the Chiang Rai region to the northern-most point. We’d expect to be back at your hotel at around 4.30 pm.

    1 hour 30 minutes

  • Wat Hiranyawat

    Is located in Mae Sai district, and formerly was known as Wat Mueang Daeng Noi. Inside the temple is the largest bamboo woven Buddha image in the world called “Phra Singh San Chana Mara”

    30 minutes

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour is operated on full private basis with English-speaking guide. Other languages are on request / subject to availability and supplementary charges may apply
  • Transfers are only operated within the downtown Chiang Rai areas and restricted to main hotels only. Regions outside the central business district such as Fang, Thaton, Chiang Saen, Chiang Khong, Mae Sai, any surrounding mountain resort outside the Chiang Rai city borders and Chiang Rai International Airport are excluded and supplementary charges apply.
  • This excursion includes obstacles of various kinds that may not make this excursion suitable for wheelchair users. The obstacles comprise of unpaved roads, small boats and cruise embarkation and disembarkation and insufficient facilities to provide a comfortable sightseeing tour.
  • Guests are advised that some walking is required during this excursion; we always ensure that we take the most comfortable ways from the entrance of the sight to the sight itself.
  • We always will make efforts to confirm the exact pick-up time upon reservation. For any operational issues in which are not able to confirm the exact pick-up time in advance, we reserve the right to inform you the day before the departure of the tour.
  • Please note pickup and drop-off services may not be confirmed for customers staying at private residences, apartment complexes, or other non-registered tourism accommodations. Customers may be asked to meet at a nearby hotel for pick-up and drop off.
  • Sand and water have a destructive effect on electronic equipment. It the customer’s own responsibility to ensure that any camera, mobile telephone or other device is properly wrapped and protected against these elements. We cannot be held responsible in any way for negligence and/or not following suggestions for any damage related to this.
  • Please ensure that you bring sunglasses, a hat /cap and sunblock with a high SPF factor when traveling with us on this tour – even when it is cloudy, the sunrays still have an immense power.
  • We reserve the right to make necessary changes to the excursion in case of unfavourable weather conditions or situations where we are forced to make alterations to guarantee the safety of our guests.
  • It is the responsibility of the customer to provide us with the correct hotel information, should pick-up and drop-off services be included in the package. Any changes in accommodation outside 24 hours will be handled accordingly: changes within 24 hours may be on request.
  • During this full-day tour, due to time constraints, it is not possible to include a trip into Thakhilek, Myanmar.

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  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Personalize tour in chiang rai

Published on Sep, 2024

Mae (Tour Guide) and Golf (Driver) were there to pick us up early from our accommodation. She asked what we would like to do during the trip and recommended a few sites for us to visit. They stop the mini bus at local attractions (e.g., rice paddy fields) for us to view whats is it like. Mae explained a lot of the history and culture of Chiang Rai and its tourist attraction though it is not included in the the tour as one of the places that they will bring us go. Apart from that, we were brought to a local food place where they served awesome papaya salad (som tum pla ra) and mae taught us how to eat with our hands like the locals!! The chicken wings, sausages, and kanom is so damn good! Thank you to Mae and Golf!!

“ Ladies’ ChiangRai Wonderers”

Published on Jan, 2023

Yai was a great guide for our group of 3 ladies. The village experience with hill tribes including longnecks was unforgettable. Superb vistas and sweeping valleys and mountains. We also really enjoyed Tea tasting and the interesting visit to Thailand’s northern boarder with Myanmar.

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