One Day Elephant Sanctuary + Doi Inthanon Hiking

One Day Elephant Sanctuary & Inthanon Hiking

By Living Green Elephant Sanctuary

Pick up : 7.00 - 7.30 am.

Drop off : 17.30 - 18.00 pm.

 ITINERARY:

• Pick up from your hotel or accommodation
  
• Drive approximately 1½ hours through a nice rural area where you can have a scenic view of fresh mountain rivers, rice fields, corn fields and banana plantations.
  
• Arrive at the Living Green Elephant Sanctuary where you will be breifed about our Sanctuary and change into traditional northern clothing.
  
• Meet our Elephants. Feed and interact with our Elephants in their natural habitat as you learn about their history and understand their behavior.
  
• Walk with the Elephants to the river and bathe them (However if the weather is too cold and the elephants don't want to get into the river we would not force them).
  
• Enjoy a delicious local meal and say goodbye to the Elephants.
  
• Drive aproximately 30 minutes to Doi Inthanon National Park and explore the slopes and summit of Thailand’s highest mountain.
  
• Drive to the summit of Doi Inthanon and enjoy the cool breeze and mist of the highest peak of Thailand.
  
• Visit The Twin Pagodas which showcase the region's rich cultural heritage and the Botanical Garden which has a variety of colorful flowering plants.
  
• Start your hike at Pha Dok Siew nature trail where you'll see rare wildlife, lush rice terraces, take a refreshing dip in the waterfall and visit an organic karen hilltribe coffee farm.
  
• Leave Doi Inthanon mountain and drive approximately 1½ hours back to Chiang Mai.

SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO BRING
• Extra Clothes
• Swimming Suit
• Sandals
• Sunblock lotion
• Insect Spray
• Towel
• Customers with known allergies bring their own allergy medication.
• Rain Coat (During rainy season)
• Winter Coat (During winter season)

INCLUDES
• Round-Trip Transfer to/from your Accommodation in Chiang Mai
• English-Speaking Tour Guide
• Complimentary Local Meal
• Drinking water
• Elephant's food and snacks

We also offer an additional photography service at no extra charge. Our photographers will take pictures throughout the day, and we will upload them on the website including a link on a facebook for your ease of access