11 Jungle Tours in Chiang Mai Worth the Early Start

1.Full-Day Jungle Trek, Tubing & Waterfall Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 216 reviews · from $81Our pick

Review of Chiang Mai’s jungle trek, river tubing, waterfall slide, lunch, guides, transport, and practical tips for this full-day adventure.

“A great day. An enjoyable hike and relaxing float down the river past many elephants. The owner of this company has an amazing setup and greets you on arrival at the Beautiful location with a great selection of snacks and drinks.The staff go out of their way to make you very welcome & ensure you have a fun day. Excellent value for money.”

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2.No.1 Full-Day Chiang Mai Caving & Jungle Kayaking: Chiang Dao

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 206 reviews · from $81

Review of Chiang Mai’s Chiang Dao cave and Mae Ping River kayaking tour, with practical details on caves, lunch, transport, safety, and value.

“What a great experience and activity for everyone! Fun and exciting in the Caves and on the lazy river!”

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3.Off the Map Chiang Mai Jungle Coffee Trek Roast and Brew

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 107 reviews · from $123

Review of Chiang Mai’s jungle coffee trek, with Karen culture, forest walks, tree planting, vegetarian lunch, roasting, and V60 brewing.

“This tour is so authentic and special, you will not regret booking it! It exceeded our expectations!”

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4.Jungle Flight Zipline Roller Coaster

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 102 reviews · from $91

Review of Jungle Flight Chiang Mai, with 15 ziplines, an 800-meter ride, jungle roller coaster, lunch, transfers, and practical tips.

“It's great fun. Staff are fun and friendly make you have a good time. Great photos taken throughout. Lots of varied platforms, ziplines and roller coaster.”

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5.Zipline Adventure at Skyline Jungle Luge Chiang Mai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 102 reviews · from $86

Review of Skyline Jungle Luge Chiang Mai, with long ziplines, jungle views, hotel pickup, buffet lunch, safety details, and booking tips.

“Beautiful, exciting, fast! We have done zip lines several times before. This was the best ever. We had a great time. Highly recommend!”

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6.Kayak the Jungle Rivers of Chiang Dao Valley!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 89 reviews · from $74

Kayak Chiang Dao Valley from Chiang Mai through bamboo forests and jungle creeks, with guides, lunch, transport, and wildlife spotting.

“Great day! We were given some useful tips & advise on using the kayak. The kayaking was really straightforward, pretty gentle all the way. The guides were extremely helpful & made you feel relaxed & safe. Saw some beautiful birds along the way.”

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7.Elephant Experience and Hidden Jungle Waterfall Chiang Mai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 70 reviews · from $52

Review of Chiang Mai’s ethical elephant camp and jungle waterfall tour, with feeding, Thai lunch, transport, costs, tips, and honest drawbacks.

“The experience was pretty cool. Feeding the Elephants was so cool. The waterfall, without more truth, is an area like mini waterfalls, the fresh water clear. To get your feet wet and sweat out a little bit. The food included pretty well, really.Auto-translated”

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8.Jungle Wisdom Survival Trek

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · from $81

Learn Karen survival skills, share jungle meals, sleep at camp, and raft Mae Wang River on a practical two-day trip from Chiang Mai.

“Amazing experience! Our guide Kham (not sure I’m spelling it right) was so nice and extremely knowledgeable. As we hikes we learned about how to use all the wildlife for food or medicine. The overnight was very cool with great cooking as well. Make sure to bring a couple of changes of clothes, and a bathing suit, you will get wet and sweaty! Highly recommend!”

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9.Jungle Kayak Adventure with Rapids & Elephants

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 22 reviews · from $81

Kayak Chiang Mai’s Mae Wang River through jungle, rapids and elephant country, with lunch, guides, gear, pickup and options for all skill levels.

“Just a great day White water Kayaking, in a very scenic place, with lovely people, But be prepared for lots of horse fly attacks”

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10.Jungle Jumbo Elephant Sanctuary with Waterfall

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 19 reviews · 6 hours · from $45Best value

Feed and bathe elephants, walk through a Thai village, swim at a jungle waterfall, and enjoy Pad Thai on this six-hour Chiang Mai tour.

“Ha sido una de las mejores excursiones de nuestra vida! Fa, nuestra guía es súper profesional!! Nos ha tratado genial y nos ha enseñado un montón de cosas!! Vamos a recomendar a todos nuestros conocidos esta excursión. La atención fue excelente, nos hizo un millón de fotos todas preciosas! Teníamos la gran suerte de realizar esta excursión solos y disfrutar al 1000 de todo este lujo! Mil gracias a Fa por realizar un trabajo tan excelente.”

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11.Elephant Sanctuary & Jungle Trek w/ Waterfall

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 18 reviews · 1 day · from $61

Review of Chiang Mai’s $61 elephant sanctuary, jungle trek, waterfall swim, bamboo rafting, and Shan village lunch day tour.

“Elephant feeding and bathing was the highlight of our trip, would d highly recommend this tour, tour guides were excellent and made the trip fun”

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