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horstinho
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Hey everybody!
Chiang Rai -> Lampang (temples, elephant centre)
Thanks for any suggestions/ comments in advance! We want to see some of northern thailand before heading to vietnam. I used a sample plan I found here on travelfish and shortened it a bit...
How much time would it take us to visit these places in a loop? Would a week be enough? Which place should we rather skip to make it shorter?Thanks!
Flight Chiang Mai
6) Chiang Mai -> Chiang Dao (nature, trekking)
7) Chiang Dao -> Tha Ton -> Chiang Rai (trekking, temples)
9) Lampang -> Chiang mai
Flight Back to Bangkok
#1 Posted: 12/7/2012 - 04:33
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One week is not enough. You could go to all of those places, but your visits would be very short and it's unlikely that you'd have time to go trekking.
#2 Posted: 13/7/2012 - 15:09
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I would do your trekking from Chiang Dao instead of Chiang Rai , I would spend minimal time in Chiang Rai, and I would skip Lampang completely.
Chiang Mai 2 days, bus to Chiang Dao, trekking 2 days, bus to Thaton for a day/night, boat to Chiang Rai for a night, bus to Chiang Mai. That's one week already.
#3 Posted: 14/7/2012 - 05:11
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You can book lots of treks from Chiang Mai. If you wanted to visit other towns you best hire a car. Chiang Rai is a bit quiet and Dao very small. If you are most interested in temples do that in CM and book your trek from there.
#4 Posted: 15/7/2012 - 06:21
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Trekking is by definition kind of a multi-day affair, so your time for that kind of activity is really short with this much movement compressed into that short of a timeline.
#5 Posted: 15/7/2012 - 06:24
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