- LocationChiang Mai
- Activity typeSignature Journey
- Duration 4 Days / 3 Nights
- Traveler2–6
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฿2,500 Per person
The Mountain of Mon Jong — Signature Journey
Tour Overview
- Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
- Group Size: 2–6
- Destination: Chiang Mai
- Activity Type: Signature Journey
Mon Jong is reached by a road, and the road is the journey. People who live along it will tell you that the mountain changed their lives, and they will not agree on how.
This four-day programme stays on that road and on the older footpaths above it. It visits without claiming anything. Where a story is contested, the host says so, and you hear more than one version.
The first two days are for the communities on the lower slopes: farms, a school if it is open, a family kitchen where the food is grown two hundred metres away.
The third day is the walk. It is a long climb on an old path, and at the top there is a summit and a small shrine that people have maintained for a very long time.
The last day comes back down slowly and ends with a meal before the road. Nothing here is staged, nothing is exclusive, and no individual in this community is named or profiled, because that is not ours to do.
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Scheduled Travel Plan
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DAY01
Up the lower road
Morning Travel from the city up the mountain road. Stop where the first community begins. Late Morning Meet the host family. Orientation around the village and the fields around it. Afternoon Walk the fields with a host and learn what is grown here and when. Evening Dinner with the family. Expect to be asked what you do and why you came. Night Homestay one, lower community. -
DAY02
Life on the slope
Morning Seasonal farm work with the family. Whatever the week requires. Late Morning Visit the village school or community centre if it is open, and understand what young people here do after school. Afternoon A family kitchen session. Cook with what is harvested, and learn the preservation methods that make the lean months survivable. Evening Dinner and a long evening of conversation. Night Homestay two, lower community. -
DAY03
The climb to the summit
Early Morning Start the climb before the heat. Water, food and closed shoes are essential. Late Morning Old footpath above the village. The host will explain the plants, the springs and the history of the path. Afternoon Summit and the small shrine that the community maintains. Quiet, respectful, no performance. Late Afternoon Descend to the upper village and check in. Evening Dinner with the second host family. Night Homestay three, upper village. -
DAY04
Down the mountain
Morning Breakfast with the upper family. Slow. Late Morning Walk the lower sections or rest, depending on legs. Afternoon Return transport down the mountain to Chiang Mai. TBD — departure time must be confirmed.
Includes & Not Includes
- Three nights across two community homestays
- All meals with host families
- Guided climb on the old footpath to the summit
- Farm work and a family cooking session
- Ground transport up and down the mountain
- Alcoholic drinks
- Hotel in Chiang Mai
- Travel insurance covering mountain trekking
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