Upon arriving in Chiang Mai we booked a tour. A bit pricey at 50USD/person but well worth. We saw an orchard garden, then 1hr hour tour with the elephant, followed by rafting through the rapids, some trekking to a water fall (the bravest among us even did some swimming in the freezing water) and then a visit to the long neck and big ear tribes.

There was no bus/van, instead a converted pickup truck. 12 people fit inside and 2 more were hanging on the open lid 🙂