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| Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai Golf Tour -5 Days/4 Nights (MT-CNX02/G) |
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| A brief introduction of Chiang Mai - the city of Northern Thailand as well as the major gateway to the hill tribe villages. Play 3 rounds of 18 holes golf at Chiang Mai Lamphun Golf Club which lies in a natural valley surrounded by beautiful rolling hills, Waterford Valley Golf Resort - designed by Rathert International Golf Design and Santiburi Country Club set among lush greenery. |
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Chiang Mai - Arrival
Arrive in Chiang Mai airport, meet and transfer to hotel for check-in. Orientation tour of the city to let you feel at home in this fair city, the largest in northern Thailand. It is a lively city with gentle people steeped in Buddhist traditions and Lanna culture. The northern Thai dialect is widely used in every day speech. We visit two of the most revered temples, Wat Phra Singh and Wat Chedi Luang, for its Lanna-style religious architecture. Meet the monks at Wat Chedi Luang or Wat Suan Dok for a "Monk Chat" to find out how they live as monks or about Buddhism. This evening we attend a Khantoke dinner which exemplifies traditional northern Thai hospitality with cultural shows and hill tribe dances for entertainment. Pick up at your hotel lobby at 7pm. After the dinner at about 9.30pm you have time to stroll in the interesting Night Bazaar full of stalls selling northern Thai handicrafts and souvenirs. Coffee cafes and ice cream parlours jostle with restaurants, money exchange booths, massage places and beer bars along the Night Bazaar street of Changklan Road. Overnight at Rydges Hotel (4-star) or similar, Chiang Mai.
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Chiang Mai (Breakfast)
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. A morning round of golf at the Chiangmai-Lamphun Golf Club of 18 holes with caddy service, green fee and transportation included. (Lying in the heart of northern Thailand's most beautiful scenery, Chiangmai-Lamphun Golf Club is a dream come true for golfers and their families. Established in 1990, it is the first private golf course of Northern Thailand. The 18-hole championship course, 6919 yards, par 72, lies in a natural valley surrounded by beautiful rolling hills. Thousands of mature native trees together with well-designed traditional-style buildings give the golf course its unique, distinctively northern character. Its contoured terrain, interspersed with creeks and water hazards, offers a challenge to golfers of all handicaps whilst its lovely natural scenery soothes the senses.) Non-golfers go a morning tour to the mountain monastery of Doi Suthep. Free afternoon to relax and enjoy Chiang Mai. Tell your guide what you want to do and he will arrange it for you. Or explore the nearby Warorot market, have a foot or body massage along Tapae-Changmoi Road. Overnight at Rydges Hotel or similar, Chiang Mai.
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Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai (Breakfast)
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Morning transfer to Chiang Rai, a drive of 2.5 hours through teakwood forests, hamlets, hotspring resorts and hill tribe villages. Tour of Chiang Rai province to include Mae Sai, ancient Chiang Saen and the infamous Golden Triangle and the Mekong River. Arrive in Chiang Rai and do an orientation tour of the town before checking into your hotel. Overnight at The Legend Hotel Chiang Rai.
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Chiang Rai - Santiburi Golf Club (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning round of golf at Santiburi Country Club set among lush greenery. This 18 hole, 7,000 yards, par 72, Robert Trent Jones Jr. masterpiece is widely regarded as one of the best conceived, and conditioned golf courses in Asia . This brainchild of Khun Santi Bhirombhakdi, the owner of Thailand 's Singha Beer, is an exquisite example of understated elegance. Santiburi offers an aesthetic feast for the golf connoisseur. The golf course is world class, yet it is playable and enjoyable for golfers of every skill level. Set into the contours of a valley, it offers a superbly landscaped golf course that winds beneath a canopy of magnificent shade trees, across crystal clear lakes and streams, reflecting turquoise skies and pearl white clouds above, and the lush green foothills and mountains of Chiang Rai in the distance. Transfer to Waterford Valley Lodge after golfing. Non-golfers can learn how to cook northern Thai dishes at The Hot Wok Cooking School, or go to Mae Sai-Tachileik border checkpoint to look at Burmese and Chinese wares in Tachileik (Myanmar). There is a border-fee of 500 Baht to pay to the Burmese immigration in Tachileik.
Overnight at Waterford Valley Lodge, Wiang Chai, Chiang Rai.
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Waterford Valley Golf Resort - Chiang Rai - Departure (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the resort. Morning round of golf at Waterford Valley Chiang Rai with caddy service and green fee included. This truly beautiful golf course and resort is set in lush green landscape and surrounded by mountains with two 18-hole courses. These courses have wide, undulating fairways and large greens. The course playing from the back tees is just short of 7,000 yards. Altogether, there are five sets of tees at this 18-hole layout and players can be forgiven if they were distracted by the background of mountain scenery. There are eight OB holes, numerous water hazards and lovely flowers adorning the surroundings. The service in the clubhouse is very friendly and the complex has its own hotel fringing the golf course. From November through February the cool weather is ideal for golfing and family enjoyment. Designed by Rathert International Golf Design Inc. 18 holes with par 72. Total yardage Blue 6,847, Yellow 6,352, White 6,023 and Red 5,218.) Non-golfers go to Doi Mae Salong, the former KMT settlement which grew on opium cultivation but has turned to cash crop farming and is famous for its high-grade Oolong tea. In the afternoon transfer to Chiang Rai airport for your departure flight.
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| Chiang Mai |
| What To Bring: |
| Light clothings preferably of cotton material for good sweat absorption. Add a jacket for the cool season of Nov.-Feb. especially for northern Thailand and the mountains. A pair of slippers, sun-glasses, a hat, sunscreen lotion - all these you can buy in Thailand anyway. Your special medication. And plenty of money? |
| Best Time To Travel: |
| Mid September to Mid May. |
Visa: At the Thai immigration upon arrival, be sure to check your passport immediately after stamping. Overworked officials sometimes make mistakes. Point out any errors before you leave the immigration area at your port of entry. Mistakes will be rectified. If you don't notice the mistake made at the port of entry, go to the Immigration Office near Chiang Mai airport and plead your case.
Once a visa is issued, it must be used to enter Thailand within 90 days. The Royal Thai Embassy in Washington DC , maintains one of the best Internet sites for information about visas for Thailand : www.thaiembdc.org/visa/visa.htm
Transit Tourist Visa: No visa is required for people of 57 different nationalities to enter the country for 30 days at no charge. People of 78 other nationalities, such as those from smaller European countries like Andorra or Liechtenstein or from West Africa, South Asia or Latin America, can obtain a 15-day Transit Visa on arrival upon payment of a 500 Baht fee. A few nationalities (e.g. Hungarians) must obtain a visa in advance of arrival or they will be turned back. It is always prudent to check with a Thai embassy or consulate in advance about the requirement pertaining to you. Without proof of an onward ticket and sufficient funds for the period of stay, any visitor can be denied entry; but in practice your ticket and funds are rarely checked if you are dressed neatly for the immigration check. Next in length of validity is the Tourist visa, which is good for 60 days and costs US$30. Two passport photos must accompany the application form. Usually it takes only one day to get your visa, but check this.
Health Precaution: No vaccination certificate is required unless you come from Latin American countries and tropical Africa. Drink plenty of bottled or boiled water instead of alcohol when in the country. Avoid roadside stalls food unless it is hot - and we are not talking of chillies. Try not to smoke.
Insurance: Travel insurance is advisable although in many of the "dangerous" activities you would be covered already.
Direction to meeting point: At Chiang Mai airport look out for a signage of your name or group's name after having cleared Customs.
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Rates (Price Per Person in US Dollar)
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| Cost Inclusive: |
| Accommodation in shared twin rooms with daily breakfast.
All entrance fees.
Transfers and tours with English speaking local guides (or as specified).
One lunch. |
| Cost Exclusive: |
| Travel insurance.
Lunch and dinner not stated in the program.
Visa fee for Thailand.
International airfare.
Expenditure of a personal nature, such as drinks, souvenirs, laundry etc.
International airport tax (500 Baht per person).
Christmas and New Year Eve dinner supplement. |
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