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Private Tour: Journey through Hill Tribes and Golden Triangle from Chiang Rai
Begin your exclusive, full-day private tour to Mae Chan to explore the Yao and Akha hill tribe villages from Chiang Rai. The private guide ensures a more personalized and unique experience. Then journey to Mae Sai, the northernmost border between Thailand and Burma, filled with vibrant marketplaces. A buffet lunch will be provided.
Begin your exclusive, full-day private tour to Mae Chan to explore the Yao and Akha hill tribe villages from Chiang Rai. The private guide ensures a more personalized and unique experience. Then journey to Mae Sai, the northernmost border between Thailand and Burma, filled with vibrant marketplaces. A buffet lunch will be provided.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mekong River - This private Chiang Rai tour of hill tribes and the Golden Triangle offers an ideal opportunity to immerse in Thailand’s beauty and culture. Discover the junction where Thailand, Burma, and Laos converge, explore the renowned Opium Museum, and wander through the ancient city of Chiang Saen, established in 1260 A.D. Enjoy stunning…
- Mekong River - This private Chiang Rai tour of hill tribes and the Golden Triangle offers an ideal opportunity to immerse in Thailand’s beauty and culture. Discover the junction where Thailand, Burma, and Laos converge, explore the renowned Opium Museum, and wander through the ancient city of Chiang Saen, established in 1260 A.D. Enjoy stunning views of the Mekong River and the splendor of ancient ruins on this personalized excursion. Round-trip hotel transportation is included in this unforgettable experience.
- Golden Triangle - This private Chiang Rai tour of hill tribes and the Golden Triangle offers an ideal opportunity to immerse in Thailand’s beauty and culture. Discover the junction where Thailand, Burma, and Laos converge, explore the renowned Opium Museum, and wander through the ancient city of Chiang Saen, established in 1260 A.D. Enjoy stunning views of the Mekong River and the splendor of ancient ruins on this personalized excursion. Round-trip hotel transportation is included in this unforgettable experience.
- House of Opium - Visit villages of the Yao and Akha communities. Enjoy a delicious buffet lunch featuring traditional Thai dishes.
- Chiang Saen - Enjoy stunning views of the Mekong River and the splendor of ancient ruins on this personalized excursion.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Private tour
- Hotel pick up & drop off (selected hotels)
- Lunch
- Transport by private vehicle
- Local guide
- Private tour
- Hotel pick up & drop off (selected hotels)
- Lunch
- Transport by private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(26 Ratings)
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Christopherc898
Mar 18, 2024
A good insight into northern Thailand history and culture. - Nok, our guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The experiences on this tour were very interesting and gave us a good insight into the history and cultures of northern Thailand. A really interesting day.
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Igor_m
Jan 1, 2024
A nice tour to have a... - A nice tour to have a glimpse at the Northern Thailand and learn about its history and culture. The guide and the driver were helpful and attentive.
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402aldov
Dec 29, 2023
Complete and full of experiences - Our guide was very sweet, very knowledgeable and spoke excellent English. They pampered us in every way. Lunch was excellent.
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Birgit_g
Aug 26, 2023
Golden Triangle - Very nice and comfortable trip. Our guide was very good. Lots of information. We like especially our trip to the blue temple at the end. We learned a little about Buddhist traditions.
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Katherine_d
Jul 12, 2023
Fantastic experience - We had an absolutely fantastic day out visiting the Golden Triangle and the two hill tribes. Our guide Jackey was very friendly and knowledgeable and went out of his way to make sure we were well looked after. A particular highlight of the day was the Opium Museum and lunch at a local restaurant. We were so happy with the day we booked the same tour company to take us trekking through hill tribes to the Huay Kaew waterfall. Once again we were very happy with our guide, Jackey, especially with the phenomenal banquet lunch he made for us, which he carried all the way up the mountain, and then cooked at 900m! Overall, very happy customers!
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Barbarab458
Jun 2, 2023
Great trip to the hill tribes and border towns - Our guide was great - very friendly and informative, our transport very comfortable. We stopped at hill tribe villages and saw their way of life and village handicrafts. We stopped at Maisae, a border town, and the crossing into Myanmar. The town was a hive of activity. Our tour of the market showing local produce from Myanmar was very interesting. Next we went to Chiang Saen and the opium museum. We saw the wonderful golden Buddha and great views across the Mekong to Myanmar and Laos. We had a lunch stop for 1 hour - the food was very good. This tour was one of the highlights of our trip so far
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Massimo
Apr 8, 2023
A unique experience of North Vietnamese landscape and culture. - You wouldn't understand Northern Vietnam if you don't visit this area. Ya, our guide, explained very well the diverse peoples and cultures that inhabit the area and made the day unforgettable.
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David
Mar 18, 2023
Great Tour!! - Great tour with a lot to learn from our guide. We really enjoyed the visits of the Tribes the food markets and the experiences around the Golden Triangle.
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Vcwk1231
Oct 9, 2019
Not Worthy - 2 of us joined this private tour and my comment is not worth to join this tour. Basically, we had 1 tour guide and 1 driver to travel with us on that day. When we on boarded on the car, we asked the tour guide if we could visit the Long Neck Village as well as we saw from one of the comment that some visitors did the same when they joined this tour. However, right away, our tour guide told us the village is needed to pay rather than telling us depending on our timing etc. My friend and I felt bad on how his way to tell us... At the end of the tour, the tour guide didn't follow up with us if we still would like to go to the Long Neck Village.
In general, all spots are free to enter...... and not sure why it costs more than US$100 per person to join this tour. The tour guide is fair i.e. just providing some basic information. Lunch is great though and this is the only good comment on that day.
I don't recommend this tour at all as it is basically providing a so called tour guide and a driver. If the price could be a bit lower and to have a one driver guide instead, I'd consider to recommend this tour.
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Gerald_m
Sep 16, 2019
Think twice. - Disappointing. Skip the hill tribe village. Sad and exploitive. Mae SaI isn’t much to see either. Also little flexibility in the tour and guides who could have asked which opium museum to see (hall or museum) and offered some flexibility. We often drove by things that would have been nice to potentially see. It was a private tour so some upfront conversation about expectations would be reasonable. Not cheap either at $235+ for the day.
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