You are picked up from your place of accommodation in chiang mai at around 8.00 am. Take in the natural landscapes as you relax on a scenic 1 hour drive to the Queen Sirikit Botanic garden. You will walk around the flower gardens, banana path or enter many different greenhouses – including a Rainforest Glasshouse, Savanna House, Orchid House or the Carnivorous Plant House displaying variety of exotic plants from desert area to the rain forest. At the another highlight, Canopy walk, you can enjoy forest view from the top of tree canopy which is 400 meters long and 20 meters high, offering some stunning views over the mountains in the distance. You can get a bird’s-eye view of the garden from the tree tops, from a glass floor being completely transparent as well.

Then drive to Mon jam, where you are amazed by incredible panoramic views high up in the mountains. There’s a valley on one side and step-like multi-color terrace fields on another side.

Let’s move to the the largest place among villages that have been set up to display the lifestyles and cultures of different hill tribe groups which typically reside in the north of Thailand. Here you will meet Lahu, Padong , Palong (the Long Neck Karen), Yao, Akha, Kayaw, Mhong and White Karen and Your guide will translate your questions to the villagers so you can communicate with them. You will visit the kindergarten, Budddism Hall, Saint Nicholas Church. While you are walking through the thatched roof huts, you will meet hill tribe women wearing the traditional Hill tribe costumes, displaying for sale a wide variety of Hill Tribe embroidery, cloth, jewelry and many other items. If you are short of time and would like to see the Karen Long Neck and other hill tribes groups then this might be the best bet.

Our guide will explain each stage of fascinating process from poo collection to rinsing to final product assembly. You are encouraged to pull up a stool, roll up your sleeves and join together with our talented artisans and guides and participate in our head-turning process. You even get to touch the poop which doesn't stink and it's mainly fibers and make a small piece of paper, super cool! It was really interesting to see how animal poop can be washed and recycled into lovely craft paper.