Mike Trekking | The Unseen Northern

My name is Mike and I am proud to be born and raised as part of the Karen hill-tribe. I grew up in a Karen village and love sharing about my community and culture with others as a tour guide.

As a Karen, I can truly offer you an authentic and ethical hill tribe trekking experience, introducing you to my Karen friends, family as well as sharing with you stories about local places and how I grew up there. As part of the Karen community, I make sure the money you spend on your tour goes back into supporting the local community.

Join me on a spectacular trekking tour through the remote jungles of Northern Thailand! Go on a one, two, or three-day excursion with me. Enjoy breathtaking views on a guided tour through the trails and mountains north of Chiang Mai. My treks are a one-of-a-kind journey into lush, green, mostly-unseen jungles, and provide a unique opportunity to experience the authentic culture of the native hill tribes.

I am fiercely proud of my hill-tribe heritage and want to give you as deep and immersive an experience of my culture as possible. Spend a night in a Karen village! Spend a second night in a Lahu village! Eat their food…learn their language…wear their clothing…discover their culture. Your tour will also include light to moderate trekking depending on your desires, as well as bamboo rafting, and a visit with rescued elephants!

If you are interested in a personalized or group trekking tour out of Chiang Mai, please contact me directly by phone (+66 979246431) or Gmail (mike.authentic.trekking@gmail.com).

We will do everything to make your tour the most unforgettable memory of your travels here in Thailand.

Guestbook

Thank you Mike for 2 fantastic days. I whrite on swedich because I hope you get more people from my country.
En fantastisk 2 dagars tur med natur upplevelser utöver det vanliga. Om ni är i Chiangmay kontakt Mike. Han är så bra och även bra på engelska.
Han är väldigt anpassningsbar efter de förutsättningar ni har.
Go for it!
10 av 10 i betyg!

Hans Einemo

15 December 2022

Dos días inolvidables de aventuras por la selva. Una gran experiencia. Mike es muy amable y va explicando todo y haciendo el camino y la experiencia muy amena. El pueblo donde dormimos la cena y el desayuno impresionantes.

Carlos Calderon

13 October 2022

¡Mike es el mejor! Te enseña todo lo que sabe sobre plantas, animales… y lo hace con pasión. Aparte de ser un guía estupendo, es una persona maravillosa.
La gente de los pueblos que vive en la jungla es también maravillosa.

Muchas gracias desde España por esta experiencia. Ya eres parte de nuestra familia. ¡¡Te esperamos en Sevilla!!

Lydia & Kuko

13 May 2022

Thank you so much Mike for this amazing and authentic experience with your 3 days tour ! Your house is a so peaceful and ressourceful place to be in contact with nature and to discover the Karen way of living. We loved your humour and always happy and catchy behaviour, especially with our 4 year old little boy. Thank you for the experience and unforgiveable memories.

Marie

18 April 2022

If you're looking to get a glimpse into the life of Karen villagers, having that authentic experience, this is the perfect way to do it. Mike has an awesome personality, speaks English very well (even better now that we added pinecone to his repertoire) and grew up in the villages that you will be going to. Meaning hes the perfect person to lead you on this multi-day journey. I'm likely one of the few people who came to this trek solo, and it was awesome getting to know the 5 other people that I shared the eperience with.

If you read other reviews you'll see a lot of what will happen on the trek, but I want to point out that Mike went out of his way to make sure I made it to my next destination safe and on time once the trip was over. This included talking to my next guide on the phone about where the best place would be to "hand me off". Then he waited at that location, a random roadside gas station, with me for 15 minutes to make sure everything went smooth. He had no obligation to do any of that. Mike is a good tour guide but he's also just a good guy.

Mike- I'll see you in 2026

Aaron

06 April 2020

I had a 2 Days- 1 Night Tour with Mike and it is safe to say that it was one of the best expiriences of my entire trip to Thailand. Since my first contact with Mike to see if he had availability he gave me plenty of information about the tour, called me and wrote me Massages on E-Mail and Whatsapp to know exactly what would be going on during the Tour.
The Tour itself was extraordinary, from the punctual pick-up at my Airbnb until the Bamboo-Rafting(which the build in front of our eyes) on the second day, everything just felt great and authentic. Mike is a great guide, he was always talking to the group and asking if everyone was alright and he always was keen on lighting the mood up with some jokes or some great informations about the surrounding nature, the hill tribes or his personal history. And if that wasn't enough he and his helper Mr. Pong just started singing and everybody couldn't resist getting a big fat smile on their face. The only regret i have about my expirience with Mike's tour is that I didn't choose the 3 Day-Tour, cause I would've loved to stay longer in this beatiful village with those beautiful people. Kind regards to my friends Mike and Mr.Pong!

Angelo Di Giovanni

07 January 2020

This was a fantastic experience : in only two days of trip trough the jungle . We where a group of seven young people with only me and my wife over 50 . We start by a good 4 hours walk among the Karen ‘ s country. We discover the life in a little village among the forest, far from any road and modern civilization . Mike is a very cheerful animator and a good cook with his aunt : we laughed continuously with him and singing many musicals.
We have been eating, washing ourself and sleeping in a traditional stilt house, with no electricity and the noise of the animals from the forest around . A mystic experience. !
The day after we have been walking to a local elephants park ..bath with them in the river.
Then Mike’ friends build for us two long bamboo rafts and we start a three hours rafting on the river through the jungle, trying too fish ( with traditional net ! ) in the more quiet zone during the ride down. We enjoy so much all this trek and we kept an unforgettable memory of those two days. Recommend 100 % . Thanks Mike.

Philippe et Pascale

16 December 2019

The tour and its scope is already described in a lot of further reviews.
We were a group of 7 what was perfect. Speed of the trekking was really good, but of course this depends on the the group.
The trekking was good, not too hard and not to weak.
Waterfall without further tourist, same in the jungle village - only our group.
All meals were incredible good and absolutely prepared with love.
Bamboo raft and elephant feeding/bathing was also a lot of fun.
We really enjoyed the time and Mikes happy and open character.
You will understand when you do it :)
100% to recommend!

Dennis

Dennis

10 December 2019

2 days full of adventure, we loved it
This was the most authentic tour I could ever have imagined. Mike is a really great, funny and the most honest Thai/Karen I've ever met. I can fully recommend this tour because Mike wants to bring his world closer to us, not because he wants do do big business. Food was perfect, waterfall was awesome, trekking not too long but with so many awesome things to see and eat, accommodation was nice, elephants are free and bamboo rafting was big fun. Thank you like for these two wonderful days :) stay as you are, all the best.

Kristin

08 December 2019

1000 Dank an Mike.
Das waren wirklich zwei unvergessliche Tage in einer wundervollen Landschaft. Es begann schon total unkompliziert das Trekking zu buchen, Mike antwortete innerhalb weniger Minuten und am übernächsten Tag ging es schon los. Es war alles top organisiert, das Essen war spitze, das Trekking war sehr abwechslungsreich und atemberaubend, die Gruppengröße von 8 Personen optimal. Mike weiß einfach alles über die Gegend, die Pflanzen, die Einwohner usw. Ich würde diese Tour jedem empfehlen, hier wird einem für den Preis so vieles und noch mehr geboten. :)PS: In den Wintermonaten unbedingt dicke Klamotten mitnehmen, nachts ist es unglaublich kalt.
Danke für alles.

Steven

06 December 2019

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