Full Day The Old Opium Trail on Doi Pui Tour

Información

Our day starts with a drive to Suthep Mountain. First we will visit Wat Doi Suthep before the crowds arrive. Walk up the 300 steps up to the temple from where you have a majestic view over Chiang Mai. We continue to Doi Pui Village, a Hmong community, close to top of Doi Pui.

Your guide will tell you about the turbulent history of this community. In the past the village was involved in opium cultivation. Nowadays the village is a major tourist attraction on Doi Suthep. We walk around the village before we meet our local Hmong guide who will accompany us on our hike to the Hmong village Ban Mae Sa Mai in the Mae Sa Valley. This hike will take about four hours including stops.

We start hiking through the forest. The local Hmong guide will tell about the flora and about the history of opium cultivation on this mountain. You will also be stimulated to recognize certain plants and trees in the forest with the tree and plant leaflet we will provide you with. After a walk uphill we will arrive at an open area with fantastic views on both sides of the mountain. We will stop briefly to look at a footprint of Buddha before enjoying a picnic lunch at a scenic spot.

We will continue through the forest to the Hmong village Ban Mae Sa Mai. This village is the largest Hmong community in Northern Thailand and gets very few visitors a marked contrast with Doi Pui Hmong Village. You will learn about a very interesting project of FORRU, the forest restoration unit of Chiang Mai University. We will visit the small Hmong museum and the FORRU tree nursery.

Pick up/Meeting point: Hotel in Chiang Mai city.
Duration:8 hours.
Start or opening time:8.30am (pick up at 8.00am).
End or closing time:5.00pm
Languages:English
Others: EInformation leaflet on Doi Pui-Doi Inthanon National Park and on the Hmong tribe, Insurance, Tree and plant leaflet, Donation of 5 USD per person to the FORRU project included. Due to weather or other conditions on the ground, we might have to adjust the itinerary of this trekking. If it is necessary to adjust the program, we will always make sure that the quality of your experience and your personal safety are safeguarded. We suggest not to let child below 4 years old to join the tour and the parents have to take care of child due to security reason.