Bangkok to Chiang Mai Umphang Jungle Trekking Tour Package (5 Nights / 6 Days)

In Mae Sot our local staff picks you up. You will have the opportunity to sleep in Mr. Lars Guest House for a couple of hours (expect basic shared accommodation). After breakfast you will be taken a short ride to the Thai-Burmese border market at the river Moi.

After lunch, you will go by public songthaew (half-open pick-up truck) to Umphang. It is a beautiful 4-hour ride up the mountains with more than 1,000 turns in the road (if you suffer from motion sickness you might consider bringing motion sickness pills). Accommodation for the night will be in basic huts/houses. You may leave some of your belongings in Mae Sot in order to lighten your load for the trekking ahead. You can collect it again on day 5.

Transportation: Mae Sot Bus Station to Lars Rest House by Public Songteaw, Mae Sot to Umphang by Public Songteaw

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Overnight in basic huts or houses

After breakfast, the easy rafting takes you on the narrow Mae Klong River through the forest scape. From the riverside, there's a three to four hours of fine trekking to the camp area in Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary where your guides will pitch tents and cook dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Overnight in basic tent at Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary

After breakfast, you will walk to the impressive Tee Lor Su, South East Asia’s largest waterfall. Bring a towel and swimsuit and you can take a refreshing swim and if the water level permits, cliff jump from the top of the waterfall.

Afterwards, you will walk through bamboo forests, cross bridges and walk through dense jungle to the Karen village of Ko Tha where you spend the night in a local, traditional Karen house.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Overnight at local traditional Karen house

Wake up to a scrumptious jungle breakfast. In front of you there are 3 hours of trekking through the jungle and over a small hill to Palatha. Here your transportation back to Umphang is waiting for you.

When back in Umphang, you can take a shower before heading back to Mae Sot. You'll have an extra night at a simple rest house with basic facilities and the night is free for you to explore the city on your own.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Transportation: Umphang to Mae Sot by Public Songteaw

Accommodation: Overnight at Lars Rest House

Continue to Chiang Mai by public bus in the morning. Your guide will not be joining with you on the bus and upon arrival to Chiang Mai, you will have to get to your next destination on your own.

Meals: Breakfast

Transportation: Mae Sot to Chiang Mai by Public Bus