Fly like a gibbon in Chiang Mai's forests

Here's one for weekend: If you find time to travel to Chiang Mai don't miss this great adventure....

Flight of the Gibbon, the new cable-and-pulley activity in Chiang Mai, is offering adventure canopy tours for eco and adventure travellers, and is donating 10% of the profits to the gibbon rehabilitation and other conservation projects.

The new attraction, located 15 kilometres from the centre of Chiang Mai province, sends travellers flying through the 1,500-year-old rainforest on a mountain 1,300 metres above sea level. Riders sway along the forest canopy on the two-kilometre-long cable contraption with 18 stations houses.

The attraction’s operator, Tree Top Asia Company based in Buriram province, is also planning other eco-projects called the Flight of the Gibbon Conservation Project in the Mae Kampong and Mae On area.

One-day and two-day canopy tours are available. The one-day ‘Flight of the Gibbon’ tour includes a three-hour canopy adventure on the two-kilometre zip lines and sky bridges, a one-hour trek up to Mae Kampong waterfalls in the afternoon, transfers to and from the participant’s accommodation and lunch. The price is Bt2,200 per person.

Accommodation at the nearby Mae Kampong Village is available at Bt980 per person and includes three meals.

For the two-day tour, an adventure program takes up the first day with rock climbing, white water rafting, mountain biking and in the future, elephant trekking, bamboo rafting and a hill tribe experience. The tree canopy program takes place on the second day. The price is Bt5,500 and includes transportation, accommodation in the village, instructors, equipment, lunch and dinner, water and insurance.

The riders must be at least seven years old and 120 centimetres tall. The attraction operates all year round, from 0800 to 1700. The temperature on the mountain is commonly seven to nine degrees Celsius cooler than the provincial centre.

For more information, visit: www.treetopasia.com or contact the company at Tel: 089 9705511, Email: info(at)treetopasia.com.