Eco Travel Services currently works closely with the hilltribe villagers to help improve their lives through a series of sustainable development projects. Here are the following experiences we hope to create for you as you contribute to this community:

• Enjoy the Best Cultural Experience! (Get to meet with various hilltribes & learn their cultures and tradition)
• Help the local community (teaching and community work)
• Live a different lifestyle in the outdoors (dip into the waterfall, cook in the outdoors)
• Learn about tea making at the tea plantation
• Explore the city in an unconventional way with a bike on a city cycling tour

Day 1 Assemble and depart for Chiang Mai by air from Changi International Airport. On arrival at Chiang Mai International Airport, we will transfer to Trekkers Lodge to check in. After a short rest, we have a cycling tour around the old city of Chiang Mai. We will first visit Wat Phra Singh, a Thailand temple which is the major temple in the province of Chiang Mai. Get to learn more about its history as we will walk past murals on the walls and be awed by its architecture. Upon return back to Trekkers Lodge, we get ready for a briefing and preparations for our 3 day travel and service trip into the mountains. Tonight, we may visit the famous Night Bazaar where we can grab gifts and souvenirs for our friends and family. Do not miss the local food along this famous night street full of hustle and bustle.

Accommodation: Trekkers Camp

Meals Included: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2 After breakfast, we head out to the Fang district by truck. On our way, we stop by a Elephant Camp where you can see the elephants taking a bath by the river. Elephants have been revered in Thailand for many centuries. Famous as the strongest beasts of burden, in Thailand they were important in battle, with kings mounted on Elephants fighting the Burmese to defend Thailand on many occasions. They have also been noted for their intelligence, memory and pleasant nature.

We now drive on the high mountain at Doi Mae Sa long where is one of those places where the journey there is more beautiful and worthwhile than the place itself. Don't miss this trip, as it leads on a very good road through beautiful mountains. The splendid views on the way alone are worth driving to Mae Salong. The little town was founded in the 1960s by former Kuomintang (anti-Communist) soldiers who had been expelled from Burma (Myanmar) and settled on the lovely mountain, unfortunately only in order to compete with the local drug barons for a sizable share in the opium and heroin trade.

The last place to visit in first day is Wat Thaton. The temple grounds consisting of over 400 rai of land is famous for its large Buddha and pagoda statues overlooking the town. The breath taking vistas from the upper temple grounds are unmatched anywhere in Thailand. The temple is perfect place for meditation and study because of its quiet tree covered grounds and flower gardens.

Tonight, we enjoy the dinner at restaurant before we transfer back to hotel at Fang.

Accommodation: Phumanee Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3 After breakfast, the vehicle will change to be local truck for transfer to the high mountain with the bumpy road about ½ hrs to Lahu village at Doi Pu Muen where is on mountains and highland which is 1,306 meters above sea level. The main people who living in the village is the black Lahu hilltribe who is living in the village is first settled in union of Myanmar and Thailand. At Doi Pu Muen have 2 sections, Pu Muen Nok (outside) and Pu Muen Nai (Inside).

Upon arrival at Pu Muen Nai, you will be warmly welcomed by the villagers. Leave your gear at the Bamboo Hut & take a short break. After which, we will have a walk of the village to orientate ourselves to the area. Then, we will begin our communal work at Pu Muen Nok village.

This evening, we play with the children and help the guide to prepare food for Candle light Dinner with no electricity. After dinner, enjoy the show from children and have friendly chat with tour guide and local people to learn something of hill tribe culture and history.

Day 4 After an early breakfast this morning, we visit the tea plantation to learn how to make tea. After tea making and appreciating tea, we return to Pu Meun Nok to teach the students at the school or help out with communal work. Tonight, we chat and play games with the students after dinner.

Accommodation: Lahu Hill Tribe Home Stay

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner