So treking trips from Chiang Mai are a popular thing. Every shop, guesthouse, tour agency, or noodle hut will offer them to you, and they are all quoted as "non-touristy," go figure? "So what makes your trip different than the guy next door?", "Well...ours is non-toursity." It wasn't that bad. There are may areas to go to and we only saw 2 other groups with ours that followed in the same path, even though almost everybody starts off and ends the adventure at the same spot. The trip consisted of 3 days, 2 nights hiking through the jungle, a night stay at a hilltop village, an afternoon dip at a waterfall, elephant riding, white water rafting and floating down on bamboo rafts. It was a value let me tell you. All for roughly $35 including all
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