Dorms sleep six, and there are single rooms for many who prefer to not share (from around £100). EcoTraining runs year-long courses for skilled safari guides – but it additionally provides week-long tasters for nature lovers who need to expertise life in the bush. The Wilderness Trails Skills course for adventurous travellers is nice worth, providing a stripped-back safari at a fraction of the usual price.
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With a less traffic jams and more surroundings, Chiang Mai is called Thailand’s ‘Rose of the North’. The central area of town is surrounded by historic walls and a moat that date again to the city’s origins. Inside the walls lie a trove of temples, massage parlours, bars and eating places making it the backpacker and expat haven it’s right now. My itinerary is a very typical journey along the Banana Pancake Trail. I started by heading north from Bangkok, working my method by way of Northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.