MOUNTAIN BIKE AND MULTI-SPORT ADVENTURE SPECIALISTS, CHIANG MAI, NORTHERN THAILAND
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Day 1 Views of Chiang Dao ascending Bakia Mountain
Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the start of our ride on quiet country roads approaching the base of Doi Bakia. On to smooth dirt roads we enjoy a challenging climb to the top of the mountain travelling through ever-changing vegetation and begin cooled by fresh breezes. We continue up to a magnificent view point and take a lunch break at the hill-station restaurant run by tribe’s people and serving delicious local foods. Then we continue over the back of the mountain for some smooth challenging single track. We are then picked up by our support vehicle and transported to our riverside homestay. Relax and enjoy the river view or take a walk to get a glimpse of some elephants and meet with the Akha and Lisu hill-tribe people coming back from their fields at the end of the day.
Ride 60 Km (25 up, 35 down) L, D Moon River Homestay
Day 2 Mae Taeng Valley
After a short beautiful stretch of dirt road along the river we head of into the back country and amazing single tracks. We spend the day riding smooth and flowing trails with some sizey undulations to get the blood pumping and the eyes wide. We cross back and forth over and through the Mae Taeng river off shoots using hill-tribe constructed wooden bridges, some portage and sometimes its possible to ride through. We stop in to say hi and take a break at some beautiful little villages, and finish with a long enjoyable downhill that takes us down to our hosts village and our accommodation for the night. After bathing in the river (optional but showers are available) and having a wander round the village we enjoy a tasty hill-tribe dinner and can sit around the fire and relax with a tasty home-made whisky or two.
Ride 40 Km (undulating) B, L, D Hill-Tribe Village Homestay
Day 3 Mae Taeng River
We strap our bikes on bamboo rafts for a day on the river you will never forget. Float downstream on the clean Mae Taeng river passing working elephant camps, bamboo spear fisherman and some exciting rapids that will test your best rafting skills. Stop for lunch and take a well earned rest at a great little restaurant built on stilts over the river and then finish off the day rafting some fun sections of river. Optional and time dependent river side ride to finish and then transfer back to Chiang Mai probably exhausted but no doubt with some great memories and stories to tell!
20 km Rafting, Optional 20km Ride (undulating)
3 day, 2 night trip including support and spares, bike, helmet, instructor/guide, water, snacks, 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 2 dinners.
Riding in the Doi Bakia and Mae Taeng areas, staying in a hill-tribe villages and bamboo rafting the last day. Return transport to and from.
Trip cost 9850B per person
3 DAY 2 NIGHT IN MAE TAENG
