Small group – Meet the Karen People of Mae Wang

Meet the Karen People of Mae Wang

Day 1: Chiang Mai – Karen Village

Waterfall and Karen People

Your guide will meet you at the hotel for your two-day “Meet the Karen people of Mae Wang” trekking. Here you can find more about the history and background of hill tribe trekking in Chiang Mai. Our first stop will be at a typical local Northern Thai market where your guide will do his shopping for the coming days and explain some of the local specialties for sale here. Continue after this, and drive to the starting point of the trek. Today we will walk mostly uphill.

We will follow a fantastic mountain trail along a sparkling stream with crystal-clear water until we reach a camp beside a waterfall. Here we will stay for a while, enjoying a swim in the fresh pool. Your guide will prepare lunch. After lunch, we will trek further up the mountain to the first Karen village. Here we will stop for a chat and say hello to the many adorable pigs. Then we are set for the final stage to the Karen village, where we will spend the night. We will first reach the Royal Project of the village. Your guide will explain this exciting agricultural project. The last part of our hike leads us through dense forests.

Cooking dinner and village overnight

After arrival in the Karen village where we will spend the night, your guide will introduce you to your host for tonight. You can explore the village while he prepares dinner, and you are welcome to help him cook. We also encourage you to practice some Karen language with your host after dinner while your guide.
Overnight will be in a homestay in the Karen village. For more information on the Green Trails village Homestays, please have a look here.

Day 2: Karen Village – Chiang Mai

Great views and ricefields

Rise with the roosters. Your guide will prepare a hearty breakfast. After breakfast, we will start our descent back to civilization, the second and last day of your hill tribe trekking. We will walk through the village and stop at local houses to chat with the local people. Then we start trekking. We are still at a pretty high elevation and are rewarded with great views over the countryside. We pass rice fields and walk through the beautiful dipterocarp forest before we reach a pretty waterfall, where we will spend some time relaxing, swimming, and enjoying nature. After a short walk, we will see our trekking truck parked along the road. We will drive to a private house where we will have lunch.

Bamboo rafting on the Wang River

After lunch, we will drive to a small rafting camp. Our bamboo rafts will be waiting for us. In the olden days, this was an essential means of transportation for local people. Enjoy a relaxing and, at times, exciting bamboo raft trip for about 45 minutes on the Wang River. After this, we board our trekking truck to drive back to Chiang Mai. It is the end of your “Meet the Karen People of Mae Wang” tour.