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10 Chiang Rai Hiking Tours Worth Flying For

10 hikes  ·  from $57 a head

Every trip has one free day too few. These 10 chiang rai hiking tours earn the slot, priced and timed so you can decide over breakfast and still make the trailhead.

Chiang Rai: Jungle Adventure-Group Trekking & Bamboo Cooking - The 9 a.m. pickup and ride into the hills
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Chiang Rai: Jungle Adventure-Group Trekking & Bamboo Cooking

1.Jungle Adventure-Group Trekking & Bamboo Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 166 reviews · 1 day · from $80Our pick

You’ll hike 10 to 12 kilometers through bamboo forest, rice fields, farmland, tea country, and hill villages with English-speaking guides such as Wat, James, and Mo. Along the way, you’ll swim at a waterfall, help prepare lunch with bamboo tools, and finish with a hot spring soak. Expect about five hours on foot and some steep, slippery ground.

“Amazing experience, highly recommend! Views are picturesque, the route is not challenging, maybe slippery at some parts. Guides have good sense of humour and entertain us all the way. Bamboo cooking is fun, we were not much involved in cooking, just helped with some things, the food was good. We finish our tour at hot springs, enjoyable after active day.”

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1 Day Trekking in Chiang Rai forest (walk only) - Bamboo forest, farms, and a proper physical start
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1 Day Trekking in Chiang Rai forest (walk only)

2.1 Day Trekking in Chiang Rai forest (walk only)

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 95 reviews · 1 day · from $57Cheapest way up

Spend a full day walking from Chiang Rai through bamboo forest, farmland, Lahu and Akha villages, tea plantations, and Chinese village areas. Guides such as Thor, Addy, June, and Chai lead the route, explain forest plants, and help you cook lunch in bamboo. Expect about five hours of walking, steep and slippery sections, and time at Huai Kaew Waterfall.

“Amazing day trip!!! Highly recommend. It’s a long physical fun educational journey. Bamboo cooking, waterfall, villages,tea and coffee. Guides were skilled and enthusiastic.”

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Authentic trek only walk in Chiang Rai jungle - From Chiang Rai hotels to the first trails
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Authentic trek only walk in Chiang Rai jungle

3.Authentic trek only walk in Chiang Rai jungle

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 90 reviews · 9 hours · from $57Best guided

Spend nine hours walking Chiang Rai’s jungle trails with local guides such as James and Wat. Visit Lisu, Chinese, Akkha, and Lahu villages, pass tea plantations, cook lunch in bamboo, swim at a waterfall, and see hot springs. This is a real hike with steep slopes and rough ground, not an easy forest stroll.

“This trip was exactly what we were looking for. It is important to notice, that you really should be physically competent. We had one granny that had to leave at the very beggining of the hike. You go up steep slopes, you duck under fallen bamboo etc. If you are up to it, as we were, you will have an amazing hike with great and funny guides. Bamboo cooking is excellent adon and you also get a nice handmade souvenir from the guides.”

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Chiang Rai: 1-Day Trekking and Longtail Boat Trip - Starting on the Mae Kok River
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Chiang Rai: 1-Day Trekking and Longtail Boat Trip

4.1-Day Trekking and Longtail Boat Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 53 reviews · 1 day · from $96

Spend a full day with a small group of up to 10, riding a longtail boat on the Mae Kok River, visiting a tea plantation and hot spring, eating a local lunch, and walking 3 to 4 hours through forest to Huay Kaew Waterfall and Akha and Lahu villages. Guides such as June, Thor, and Addy are praised for care, humor, and local insight.

“Would like to thank June and her husband for a wonderful time We will never forget this trekking trip. Don’t hesitate just book a tour with them , and strawberry man was a bonus Joanna and Andy from Poland”

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1 Day Trekking Group Tour With Bamboo Cooking / Chiang Rai - Meeting Lahu and Akha communities
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1 Day Trekking Group Tour With Bamboo Cooking / Chiang Rai

5.1 Day Trekking Group Tour With Bamboo Cooking / Chiang Rai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 51 reviews · from $58

Spend about eight hours trekking up to 15 km through Chiang Rai’s jungle and mountain country with guides such as James, Wat, Sam, or Eat. Visit Lahu and Akha villages, a Chinese tea-growing community, Huay Kaew Waterfall, and a hot spring. Lunch is cooked in bamboo over an open fire.

“Best trekking experience we have done . A great adventure , food was very tasty and very authentic. James , Watt and Sam were very hospitable and fun. The only thing I would say to be aware of if you are nervous of dogs that there are a lot on the trek. However, they were not interested in the you just the other dogs .”

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1 Day trekking : Chiang Rai popular activity,Fun in Nature. - From Chiang Rai town to the hot spring
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1 Day trekking : Chiang Rai popular activity,Fun in Nature.

6.1 Day trekking : Chiang Rai popular activity,Fun in Nature.

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 18 reviews · 1 day · from $59

Spend a full day trekking from a hot spring through bamboo forest to Lisu, Chinese, Akha, and Lahu villages. Guide Kai and his local team explain plants, village life, and cooking as you prepare lunch over firewood. The route includes a tea plantation, Huay Kaew waterfall, swimming, and a hot spring bath.

“We really enjoyed the tour with Chiang Rai Lanna Tours. Our guide was very fun and knowledgeable. His English was very good. and a day mainly in the forrest felt good.”

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Akha & Lahu village trekking 1 day - Starting among rice fields and pineapple farms
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Akha & Lahu village trekking 1 day

7.Akha & Lahu village trekking 1 day

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 18 reviews · from $87

Spend one day hiking through jungle, rice fields, pineapple farms, and bamboo forest near Chiang Rai. Your local guide, identified as Acha or Achra, explains Akha and Lahu customs, useful plants, and bamboo cooking. The day includes lunch, water, morning coffee and tea, plus a waterfall stop. Bring solid shoes and swimwear.

“Challenging trekking in some sections, shame about the view which wasn't exactly on the valleys”

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Chiang Rai: 2-Day Jungle Trek only walk with Waterfall - Morning pickup and the road to the mountains
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Chiang Rai: 2-Day Jungle Trek only walk with Waterfall

8.2-Day Jungle Trek only walk with Waterfall

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 17 reviews · 2 days · from $122

Spend two days walking about 10 kilometers daily through Chiang Rai’s jungle, tea fields, bamboo groves, and mountain villages. Your English-speaking guide, often Mo, Ru, or Aryu, teaches bamboo cooking and jungle skills. You’ll swim at a waterfall, sleep in an Akha village, visit four communities, and finish at a hot spring.

“beste was de gids, gaf veel info en bracht het op een leuke en goede manier over! de bedden waren even wennen omdat het is zoals ze in het dorp slapen, dus een dun matrasje op een bamboo vloer. Het eten was heerlijk en bijzonder om te zien hoe ze het voorbereiden!”

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Trekking with Lunch cooked by Bamboo in the Chiang Rai jungle - From Chiang Rai to Huai Kaeo Waterfall
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Trekking with Lunch cooked by Bamboo in the Chiang Rai jungle

9.Trekking with Lunch cooked by Bamboo in the Chiang Rai jungle

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · from $58

Spend about eight hours in Chiang Rai’s hills with local guide Aryu, walking through bamboo forest to a waterfall, Lisu and Chinese villages, and a tea plantation. Lunch is cooked by bamboo in the jungle. The day ends at Pha Soet Hot Spring, with hotel pickup, transport, water, and insurance included.

“This was an amazing experience! Aryu was a wonderful guide. The hike went through the jungle, tea plantation. Bamboo forest, villages, and an incredible waterfall. Aryu is a local from the area and knows the forest well. The trek was beautiful Read more”

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Chiang Rai Trek: 4 Hilltribes Villages & Waterfall Only Walk - Starting at the hot spring and entering the forest
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Chiang Rai Trek: 4 Hilltribes Villages & Waterfall Only Walk

10.Chiang Rai Trek: 4 Hilltribes Villages & Waterfall Only Walk

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 8 reviews · from $82

From Chiang Rai, walk for about five hours through forest, farms, bamboo groves, and Lisu, Chinese, Akha, and Lahu villages. Your guide explains local plants and customs, helps you cook a firewood lunch in a bamboo hut, then leads you to a tea plantation, Huay Kaew Waterfall, and a mineral hot spring. Small groups keep the day personal.

“Excellent guide who cares about his customers, the trekking activity, discovering tribes and tea growers. Beautiful walk in the jungle and countryside northwest of Chaing Rai. I recommend it...”

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