6 Wonderful Elephant Days in Chiang Mai
Day 1 | Chiang Mai
- 12:55 pm: Scoot flight from Singapore
- 2:55 pm: Landed Chiang Mai International Airport
- 3:30pm: Check into the Holiday Inn Chiang Mai
- Greeted with drink because of IHG status
- Greeted with drink because of IHG status
- 7:00pm: Hotel shuttle to edge of Chiang Mai Night Bazaar
- 7:30pm: Stopped at Ka Lae Night Bazaar
- $155 Baht for Thai Pork Basil / Pork Pad Kra Pao and Green Curry
- $100 Baht for large Chang Beer
- $50 Baht for Green Papaya Salad / Tam Mak Hoong
- $80 Baht Mango Sticky Rice / Khaoniao Mamuang
- $30 Baht Chiang Mai Sausage / Sai Ua La Wan like solid Tom yum
- $50 Baht Banana Mango and Avocado Shake
- Stopped at Big C Supermarket @ Chiang Mai
- $80 Baht Magnet
- $40 Baht Coconut Pudding / Kanom Krok
- $56 Baht bottled water and body wash
- $80 Baht Magnet
- 9:00 pm: Got back on the shuttle back to the hotel
- Grabbed a drink in the hotel lobby
Day 2 | Mae Win
- 9:00am: Wake up and have hotel breakfast
- 2:00pm: Check into Chai Lai Orchid Airbnb *Confirmed*
- 11:30am: Lunch at Kat’s Kitchen is a small brightly colored open air roadside eatery serving traditional Thai dishes
- Forgot sunglasses and picked it up the next day
- Ride to Chai Lai Orchid
- Hour away
- 1:00pm: Get to Chai Lai Orchid
- Metal suspension bridge to cross the river
- Room at an incline
- Elephants everywhere
- 6:00pm: Dinner at Phutawan Café
Day 3 | Mae Win
- Breakfast fruits pastries coffee and yogurt
- 10:00am: Found some long lost friends
- 11:00am: Drove upriver to ride bamboo back to the hotel
- 12:30pm: Went around the area eating and seeing waterfalls and villages.
- 7:00pm: Dinner at Phutawan Café
Day 4 | Doi Suthep–Pui National Park
- 9:00am: Check out of Chai Lai Orchid and meet up with the others
- Breakfast in bed
- Shuttle back to Chiang Mai
- 10:00am: Check into Rimping Village Chiang Mai
- Look for laundry around the corner
- Met up with other friends
- Laundry by hotel pickup 3.5 kg $60 Baht/kg
- 12:00pm: Going on a hike
- 7:00pm: Cooking Love
- So much food we couldn’t eat fast enough
Day 5 | Ban Pong
- Hotel breakfast espresso mango sticky rice waffle
- 7:30am – 3:30pm: Patara Elephant Farm
- Transportation is included, pickup from Rimping Hotel
- Comfortable athletic clothing | Towel | Swimwear
Sandals with good grip / trekking shoes
Change of clean clothes
Bug-spray | Sunscreen | Waterproof case for phones
Cash for buying drinks or handcrafts
- Professional elephant caretakers
- Amazing lunch included
- Guides to translate and take photos for you
- 5:30pm: Sense Massage and Spa
- Couples massage
- 8:00pm: Saturday Night Market Chiangmai
- Walked around looking for dinner
- 11:30pm: Zoe in Yellow Bar & Night Club
- Stopped by to take in some of the nightlife, music, and drinks
Day 6 | Chiang Mai
- 10:00am: Laundry for $210 Baht
- 11:00am: Sense Massage and Spa
- 1:00pm: Lunch at Its Good Kitchen
- 6:00pm: Leave Chiang Mai International Airport
- 10:00pm: Arrive back in Singapore
Price Breakdown ~ $1770 USD for 2 people
- Scoot Round Trip Flight to Chiang Mai from Singapore for both of us came to about $230 USD
- The entire stay cost us roughly $1450 USD for the 2 of us minus airfare
- Accomodations at the Holiday Inn Chiang Mai came out to $60 USD because of using points
- Accomodations at the Chai Lai Orchid came out to $100 USD
- Accomodations at the Rimping Village came out to $160 USD
- You and another could do our entire trip for more or less $1770 USD including food and drink
- Price Breakdown | $885 USD Per Person
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