For this day, wear swimwear under a quick-dry top, and ordinary trainers you don’t mind getting wet.

You’ll be on the river for about an hour in the afternoon, so swimwear goes on before pickup. A quick-dry shirt or rash guard over it helps if you burn easily. Cotton t-shirts and jeans soak through and stay cold — leave them at the hotel.

Ordinary trainers are fine for the jungle trek — they will get wet at the stream crossings. Trekking shoes or Teva-style sport sandals work too; flip-flops are not enough for the trek.

The trail crosses the stream five or six times. In the dry season you step across rocks; when there’s water you wade. Whatever you wear on your feet will get wet — that’s normal. You do not need to buy special water shoes. Flip-flops are fine for the river later in the day, just not for the walk.

A dry change of clothes, sunscreen, insect repellent, a little cash for drinks, and a padlock if you have one.

• A full dry set of clothes for after the river (we give you a towel)
• Sunscreen and insect repellent for the trail
• A light rain jacket in rainy season (June–October); a warm layer in the cooler months
• Cash for drinks on the water — water and snacks are free; soft drinks and beer are sold on the tube and paid for at the end
• A small padlock for the free locker, or rent a key at base camp for a small fee

We provide a life jacket, a waterproof phone pouch, a glasses strap, a hat and a towel, free to borrow; Thai lunch, water and snacks are included.

At base camp you’ll find a waterproof pouch for your phone, a strap for your glasses, a hat if you forgot yours, and a life jacket (put on at camp). After the river there’s a towel for everyone and four hot-water showers with shampoo, conditioner and body wash. Lunch is a Thai meal at base camp between the trek and the tubing.

Jewellery, watches and big bags — anything you’d hate to lose in a river.

Rings and watches come off easily in the water. The lockers are free, but valuables are safest back in your room. You won’t carry anything on the water; your phone in the free pouch is the one electronic thing worth bringing.

Moderate. About 3.5 km there and back on a jungle trail that follows a stream, roughly an hour each way.

It’s a real trail, not a paved path — uneven ground, stream crossings, some up and down — but it isn’t technical, and the guide sets the pace for the group. If your knees aren’t what they were, or you’d rather not walk the whole way, tell the guide: you can rest and wait for the group at a comfortable point and walk back together. The waterfall at the end is about 11 metres high — you can cool off in the shallows under it (it is too shallow to swim); the guide hands out snacks and water there.

Pickup in Chiang Mai at 07:30, trek in the morning, lunch at camp, tubing and the waterfall slide in the afternoon, back in the city around 18:30.

• 07:30 pickup from Chiang Mai city (roughly a 5 km radius from the Old City) (some days 08:00 if there’s a single group) — about 1 h 15 – 1 h 30 to base camp. Driving yourself? Arrive at base camp around 10:00.
• Briefing, change, lock your bag → 10-minute drive to the trailhead
• Jungle trek, about an hour each way, with time at the waterfall
• Thai lunch at base camp
• 2-minute truck ride to the put-in (the stretch of river beside camp is white-water, so we drive past it) → 50 minutes to 1 hour 15 on the tube depending on the water level, with the guide floating beside you, a waterproof speaker and a cooler of cold drinks
• If the elephants are in the river, we stop and wait for them — sightings are never guaranteed
• The SaGee waterfall slide, a 5-minute walk behind camp
• Hot shower, a snack (fried banana and cold watermelon), then the drive back — about 18:30 in the city, earlier with a small group and clear roads, later in heavy traffic. Times are a guide, not a guarantee.

Yes — everyone wears a life jacket fitted at base camp, the tubes are tied together, and the guide is in the water with you the whole time.

This is the calm stretch of the Mae Taeng, not the rapids: in the low-water months the current does not even reach grade 1, and in the wettest weeks of the rainy season it is grade 1–2 at most.

The river takes children from age 1 with an adult; the morning trek suits roughly ages 6 and up who can walk about an hour each way.

Whether the youngest can float depends on the river that day — in the calm low-water months even toddlers join; when the water is high the guide may set a higher minimum. Travelling with younger kids? Message us before you book and we’ll tell you honestly what works. The waterfall slide at the end of the day has a children’s section with no minimum age and an adults’ section — nobody is made to slide, the guide shows you first.

Up to six months, yes. After that the river and the trail are not suitable, and we’d rather say so than take the booking.

If you’re unsure, message us before you book and we’ll talk it through honestly.

Normal rain doesn’t stop us. Only a serious storm cancels, and the guide decides that on the day, on safety alone.

If the stream has been high for several days we use a backup trek route behind the village without crossings. If the river itself can’t be floated, the rest of the day still runs and we drive that stretch instead.

Yes — accident insurance for every guest, up to ฿500,000 medical and ฿1,000,000 cover, on top of life jackets and a guide in the water with you.

The guide films the tubing on an Insta360. If you booked on our website, the highlight video and your tour photos are included and sent to you after the tour.

With a small group you’ll usually have them before you leave camp (AirDrop for iPhone); on busy days we send a Google Drive link afterwards.