Elephant Camp, Bamboo Rafting and Lisu Hill Tribe Market Experience

Take a day off from the hustling in Bangkok and visit the countryside, visit an elephant camp, go bamboo rafting, visit the people from the Lisu Hill Tribe and more.

Highlights

• Watch how the elephants interact and understand their day to day routine in an elephant camp.
• Ride the majestic elephants and go on ox-cart rides.
• Visit the Lisu hill tribe market, take a tour of an orchid farm and also a butterfly farm.
• Bamboo Rafting experience for an hour.
• Complimentary lunch and roundtrip transfers from Bangkok.
• Company of a local tour guide.

Detailed overview

This tour takes you to the countryside of the vibrant city of Bangkok and lets you explore the wilderness. First up visit an elephant camp and interact with the mammals and take a ride on their back. Witness the daily lifestyle of a hill tribe named Lisu and take a tour of a butterfly farm and an orchid farm. Take part in a bamboo rafting experience in Maekhong River for an hour, before being dropped back to your hotel in Bangkok.

Itinerary

• The day's tour begins with a pick-up from your hotel in the central areas of Bangkok between 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM in a shared minibus.
• After a short meet and greet you would be driven to the wilderness on a minibus, with a group.
• Traverse through the Jungle and arrive at the Elephant Camp, witness how the gigantic mammals are trained.
• You would hop on the backs of one of the elephants and enjoy a ride through the camp. Also, take part in ox-cart or bullock cart rides.
• Next up, you will be heading to the market of a hill tribe called the Lisu hill tribe, interact with the vendors there, understand their culture and way of life.
• Visit an Orchid Farm and also a Butterfly Farm, before you head for lunch.
• Post lunch you will be heading to a Bamboo Rafting Camp, undertake a rafting session for an hour in the Maekhong River.
• After the completion of your rafting session, you will undertake the journey back to Bangkok by 5:00 PM.