North Chiang Mai - 3 day trek

So we then headed north of Chiang Mai to the jungle and mountains for our 3 day 'elephant' trek. Now I have put elephant in inverted commas for a reason, this trek consisted of 2 long days of about 10 hours trekking in total and a grand total of 45 minutes with the elephants. However as much as this sounds like a moan, it was a great workout. And luckily, the sun wasn't shining so it was slightly cooler but we still managed to sweat buckets. 

During the trek, we were able to stop at waterfalls for a swim. Some of the waterfalls had levels with little pools, which we could climb to. However disaster struck when Mel asked Nath to carry her waterproof camera whilst she climbed up some rocks and he put it in his pocket. He then proceeded to clim up and managed to slip the entire way down and then realised he had a camera no more and it had fallen in the not-so-clear water. 10 minutes of panic later and he managed to locate it! 

This is one of the waterfall pools we stopped to swim in, but there was a torrential rain downpour at the same time.

Our accommodation, was simple but did the job. 

The bedrooms, a dormitory which slept the 9 in our group. 

A very basic toilet.

This is a picture of our group at breakfast. We were luckily to have spent the time with a great group of people. There were a couple from Alberta, Canada, 3 girls (twins and their friend) from Belgium and a girl from Indiana, America. Over the 3 days, we learnt so many things about the different cultures. It's strange how different everything can be from everyday routine, to schooling to diets etc and there were always questions to be asked. Everyone in our group, came across ridiculously intelligent with a great deal of universal knowledge. So Mel and I often found ourselves a little confused, Nathan not so much.

A picture of the 3 of us at the top of a waterfall on the day of the elephant trek.

Baby elephant

Trekking through the jungle 

 

View from the top 

Water trek 

And finally, my last and least attractive picture.. Me feeding an elephant bananas. For those who don't know me, elephants are my top most favourite animal so this is practically a life long dream. I am also hoping to spend a day with elephants later on in the trip.

So all in all, the 3 day trek was an experience and an adventure and for those visiting Thailand I would definitely recommend it, as included in the package you are also feed very local food. 

Enjoy reading x