Watch elephants bathing and demonstrate their skills. Then explore the Chiang-Dao caves before lunch in a local restaurant. Visit Lahu, Lisu and Akkha villages, discover also the Palaung people, coming from Myanmar, with only few settlement in Northern Thailand. Finish cycling at Palaung village where we spend the night as guests of village headman s family. Excellent Thai dinner is fixed by your guide.
Lunch stop to visit a Buddhist forestry temple and caves.
Afternoon cycling around 25km mostly off road, until car transfer to Ban Thaton for overnight on the bank of the Maekok river, close to the Burmese border. Night and dinner at typical northern Lodge. After breakfast, early morning, we cycle in the Maekok river valley, through rice fields and plantations. Then we follow an exciting dirt road trail along the river. We also experience a local long-tail boat down river.