Ancient Wisdom in Thailand with Emily Dexter & KristaLyn Sofia

Dates

Sep 27 – Oct 3, 2025

Group Size

8–23 Travelers

Duration

7 days, 6 nights

Activity Level

Adventure

About This Trip

Whether it’s the tranquility of meditating in an open rice paddy, the peacefulness of the mountains, infinite delicious food, or the serenity of the locals, you will find that Northern Thailand has a vibe all its own. Delve into the Thai lifestyle and sensibilities and you might find yourself forever enchanted and always coming back for more. We can't wait to channel in the magic, history and activation waiting for us in this incredibly place!
$2,200USD
$2,300USD
Sep 27 – Oct 3, 2025
7 days
Trip Closed

Meet Your Host

Emily and KristaLyn
Emily and KristaLyn

Hi! We are Emily & KristaLyn, the psychic/astrological/magical spirit guides of your traveling dreams! We are passionate about using channeled history and connection to help you access more of your power and soul journey. So come transform and adventure with us! Click the link for all our info! https://bit.ly/3VyHIYC

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Trip Activities

  • Khantoke Dinner & Traditional Lanna Performances

  • Lanna Countryside and Ruins Tour by Tram & Ping River Boat Ride

  • Night Market Street Eats Tour

  • Ban Mae Klang Luang Mountain Village Visit and Coffee Making

  • Leisure Hike and Pha Dok Sieo Waterfall Visit

  • Mae Ya Waterfall Stop

  • Elephant Nature Park Observation

  • Pai Night Market Walking Tour

  • Tham Lod Cave Visit

  • Sai Ngam Hot Springs

Optional Activities*

  • Thai Massage

*Add-ons available at checkout for an additional fee.

Included in Your Trip

  • Double occupancy in 3-star hotels (limited single rooms available)

  • Local Guide throughout trip

  • All city transfers

Not Included

  • International flights

  • Food and alcohol (except as noted)

  • Visas and travel insurance

  • Tips for Guides

What's included by Your Host

Welcome!

Informal Gathering
We are so excited to meet you! Before dinner we get together to lay down the need-to-knows about the trip and prepare our energy to receive all the activations coming our way.

Channeled History and Remote Viewing

Informal Gathering
Follow where the energy pulls you on our adventure through the ancient ruins! Learn how to tap into the past and use those skills to explore your past as well.

Enchanting your Coffee

Informal Gathering
Learn how to make your brew even more magical allowing you to ingest whatever desires you are seeking.

Release Through Nature

Informal Gathering
As we hike and experience the magic of the waterfall, use your spirit and your guides to help you release stuck blocks within your energy. Letting the past versions of you be healed and integrated through nature.

Animal Communication

Informal Gathering
Learn how to communicate animals in a meaningful way and see what the incredible elephants can teach you.

Following Your Alignment

Informal Gathering
During the night market visit, learn how to know when something is for you and when there is something better coming your way through sensing the energy of objects, people, and more.

Journey of the Soul

Informal Gathering
Understand your soul journey through the experience of navigating the caves of your soul. Follow where you guides lead you and the magic of your personal power.

Connecting with Your Guides

Informal Gathering
Invite your guides to the hot springs with you! Let them help you see all that you are through their eyes.

Informal Q&A!

Informal Gathering
During our transfer ask your hosts all your channeling, astrology, folk magic, and channeled history questions!

Farewell Ceremony

Informal Gathering
Close this amazing journey with a powerful activation.

Itinerary

*All durations are approximate

Day 1

Welcome to Chiang Mai!

Welcome! Please be prepared to meet in the lobby at 5:30pm to depart for your welcome dinner. The dinner reservation time will be finalized closer to your trip date. If you plan on arriving today, we recommend flying into Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX).

dinner

Welcome dinner as a part of the Khantoke Dinner & Traditional Lanna Performances included. Your meal is typically a set menu Khantoke dinner of Northern-style Thai dishes served family style with water included. Additional drinks and food are at your own expense. Restaurant is subject to change based on availability.

Khantoke Dinner & Traditional Lanna Performances

3 Hours

From the hotel take a 30 minute private transfer to Old Chiang Mai Cultural Center. Get a taste of what makes northern Thai food distinctive and famous even among Thailand’s iconic cuisine. Tonight’s outing is your chance to experience a unique and rather delicious Thai custom, the ‘Khantoke’ dinner. Served on large platters on low tables, enjoy a selection of iconic Northern-style dishes, including spicy chili dip with steamed vegetables, crispy pork skin, fried chicken wings, spicy sausage and the classic Burmese-inspired pork curry. During your meal, enjoy a line-up of live dance and music performances by members of surrounding ethnic hill tribes, including Karen, Hmong, Lahu, Akha, Mien and Lisu. To cap off a memorable night, you’re invited to join in with the final act called ‘Ramwong’, where you can dance alongside the local performers.

Welcome!

We are so excited to meet you! Before dinner we get together to lay down the need-to-knows about the trip and prepare our energy to receive all the activations coming our way.

Cross Chiang Mai Riverside

Night 1/3

Overnight in Chiang Mai.

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Day 2

Explore Northern Thai Culture

Embark on an early morning journey as you are picked up for a transfer to the Lanna countryside. Hop on a local tram (small open air trolley) and enjoy a tour through ancient ruins and villages, immersing yourself in the rich cultural tapestry of the region. Following the tram tour, head to Wat Chai Mongkol to hop on a boat trip along the majestic Ping River. After the charming boat ride, relish a traditional lunch at a Thai farmhouse, featuring the iconic "khao soi," a spicy curry noodle soup celebrated as a specialty of northern Thailand. Return to the hotel for a well-deserved rest before the evening's excitement begins. In the early evening you’ll take a short transfer to start your Night Market Street Eats Tour, an opportunity to savor the diverse flavors of Northern Thai cuisine. Finish the night with a brief transfer back to the hotel. For the night market street eats tour you’ll want to pack extra cash with you to buy any additional food or beverages at your own expense, most vendors are cash only.

breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel is included. Typical hotel breakfasts are continental full/America, or buffet style. The exact breakfast offered will be determined by your finalized hotel.

Hotel to Lanna Countryside

1 Hour

Take a private transfer from the hotel to Lanna Countryside.

Lanna Countryside and Ruins Tour by Tram & Ping River Boat Ride

3 Hours

After hopping into a local tram (small open air trolley) you’ll continue to the ancient town of Wiang Kum Kam in Chiang Mai on a private tour. You'll ride around the ancient town of Wiang Kum Kam, and visit temples like Wat Pu Pia and Wat E-Gang, once part of King Mengrai's imperial capital in the 13th century. Later occupied by the Burmese and then flooded, this area was restored as a Historical Park by the Thai government during the 1980’s. Today, it is surrounded by a gorgeous patchwork of villages, rice fields and rural settlements. After exploring this majestic ancient city, continue to Wat Chai Mongkol to begin your private boat trip 40 minutes down the grand Ping River. From here, take in the gorgeous scenery as you sail past old teak wood houses, riverside farms and lush jungles intertwined along the riverbank. Around noon, make a pit stop at a typical Thai farmhouse for a traditional lunch of “khao soi”, a spicy curry noodle soup considered a specialty of northern Thailand before transferring back to your hotel.

lunch

Lunch at a Thai Farmhouse is included. You will be trying a traditional lunch of “khao soi”, a spicy curry noodle soup with water included.

Thai Farmhouse to Hotel

1 Hour

Take a private transfer from lunch at a Thai Farmhouse back to the hotel.

Night Market Street Eats Tour

4 Hours

You’ll be picked up at the hotel in the early evening for a 30 minute private transfer to the market. You will stop at local markets, Wat Chedi Luang, and a local bar. Tonight you’ll be trying a variety of Northern Thai street food such as: sai oua (Northern Thai sausage), moo ping (marinated pork skewers with sticky rice), and Gaeng Hang Lay (a Burmese-inspired pork curry). Types of street food you will be trying are subject to change. Take a 30 minute private transfer back to your hotel after the tour.

snack

Trying a variety of street foods is included as a part of the Night Market Street Eats Tour with water included. Be sure to pack extra cash with you to buy any additional food or beverages at your own expense, most vendors are cash only.

Channeled History and Remote Viewing

Follow where the energy pulls you on our adventure through the ancient ruins! Learn how to tap into the past and use those skills to explore your past as well.

Cross Chiang Mai Riverside

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Overnight in Chiang Mai.

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Day 3

Coffee Making & Waterfalls

After breakfast you'll be picked up to transfer to Doi Inthanon National Park. You'll arrive at Ban Mae Klang Luang village where you will get acquainted with the locals and learn about the Karen culture. Then you'll participate in a hands on coffee making process and enjoy some fresh coffee. Afterwards, you'll embark on a leisure hike stopping at Pha Dok Sieo Waterfall where you can cool off in the pool below (dry season only). Continue onwards and finish your hike a restaurant where you'll enjoy lunch. On your way back to Chiang Mai, you'll make a stop at Mae Ya Waterfall to snap some pics. You'll arrive in Chiang Mai in the late afternoon. Today you'll want to wear comfortable clothes, your swimsuit underneath (if you plan on swimming at Pha Dok Sieo waterfall during the dry season), comfortable walking shoes, and bring water, sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat, and bug spray.

breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel is included. Typical hotel breakfasts are continental full/America, or buffet style. The exact breakfast offered will be determined by your finalized hotel.

Hotel to Doi Inthanon National Park

1 Hour 30 Mins

You’ll be picked up for a private transfer from the hotel to Doi Inthanon National Park. There will be bathroom breaks along the way or upon request.

Ban Mae Klang Luang Mountain Village Visit and Coffee Making

1 Hour

Upon arriving to the mountain village you'll experience another side of Northern Thai Culture. The locals here are almost entirely from the Karen ethnic minority, and lead rural lifestyles that have remained largely unchanged for decades. After getting to know your village hosts, roll up your sleeves for a hands-on lesson in the village's specialty: coffee making! Follow the lead of your local host and guide through each step of the production process - from roasting, to winnowing and grinding - before sitting down for a tasting. After enjoying a few cups of the local brew, head off next on a gentle, two-hour trek along nature trails flanked by stretches of emerald paddy fields and verdant rice terraces.

Leisure Hike and Pha Dok Sieo Waterfall Visit

1 Hour

A short 10 minute drive will take you to begin your hike. Embark on a leisure 2 miles hike through the forest and make a stop at Pha Dok Seaw Waterfall - a perfect place for a refreshing swim during the dry season. The trail is a mix of flat paths through the forest with some downhill sections. After the hike, you will be picked up and transferred 15 minutes to a local restaurant for lunch. *Please note that is it only safe to swim at Pha Dok Seio during the dry season - condition dependent.

lunch

Lunch at a local restaurant is included. Your meal will be a set menu served family style with water included.

Transfer to Chiang Mai via Mae Ya Waterfall

2 Hours 30 Mins

Take return transfer back to Chiang Mai. About an hour in, you'll stop at Mae Ya Waterfall. Then continue another hour and a half back to your hotel.

Mae Ya Waterfall Stop

30 Mins

On your way back to Chiang Mai you'll stop to admire the Mae Ya Waterfall. Considered one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Inthanon National Park, you'll want to make sure to snap some photos during your final stop of the afternoon before heading back to Chiang Mai.

Enchanting your Coffee

Learn how to make your brew even more magical allowing you to ingest whatever desires you are seeking.

Release Through Nature

As we hike and experience the magic of the waterfall, use your spirit and your guides to help you release stuck blocks within your energy. Letting the past versions of you be healed and integrated through nature.

Cross Chiang Mai Riverside

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Overnight in Chiang Mai.

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Day 4

Elephant Sanctuary, Rafting & Night Markets

Start your day with breakfast at the hotel, and then take a transfer to the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating mistreated elephants. You’ll then enjoy a vegetarian buffet lunch at the park. After this, you’ll whitewater raft down the Mae Taeng River. After the thrill of rafting, you'll dry off and transfer to Pai. In the evening you'll visit the Pai Night Market for a walking tour on Pai Walking Street, experiencing market stalls, shops, and various culinary options. Keep in mind that personal expenses for food, drinks, and shopping should be in cash, as most vendors accept cash only. You’ll then transfer back to the hotel after a day of exploration and cultural experiences.

breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel is included. Typical hotel breakfasts are continental full/America, or buffet style. The exact breakfast offered will be determined by your finalized hotel.

Hotel to Elephant Nature Park

1 Hour

Take a private transfer from the hotel to the Elephant Nature Park.

Elephant Nature Park Observation

3 Hours

The Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai is devoted to the rescue and rehabilitation of elephants that have faced mistreatment in logging, tourism, and other exploitative industries. The sanctuary provides a safe and humane haven for these majestic creatures. Visitors to the park can partake in observation programs, where they have the opportunity to witness elephants in their natural environment, learn about their individual stories, and contribute to their well-being. Notably, the Elephant Nature Park upholds a strict "no riding" policy, prioritizing responsible and compassionate interactions with the elephants while advocating for broader conservation initiatives and raising awareness about the challenges faced by these incredible animals.

lunch

Lunch at the Elephant Nature Park is included. Typically, lunch will be a vegetarian buffet with water included.

Transfer to Pai

2 Hours 30 Mins

Take a private transfer to Pai. Bathroom breaks will be made as needed.

Pai Night Market Walking Tour

1 Hour

Take a 15 minute transfer from the hotel to Pai Night Market. Pai Walking Street is a large outdoor market, boasting an array of market stalls and shops lining both sides of the street. There are both restaurants as well as delightful options of street food as you stroll along this lively avenue. In addition to the culinary delights, the street is adorned with art, showcasing everything from jewelry to paintings. The Pai Night Market, situated on Pai Walking Street, spans between 500 and 1,000 meters, depending on the season. A leisurely walk, with stops, will take a maximum of half an hour. Note that this is just a walking tour and that food, drinks, and shopping are at their own expense. Be sure to have cash on you as most vendors are cash only. Then take a 15 minute transfer back to the hotel after a long day.

Animal Communication

Learn how to communicate animals in a meaningful way and see what the incredible elephants can teach you.

Following Your Alignment

During the night market visit, learn how to know when something is for you and when there is something better coming your way through sensing the energy of objects, people, and more.

Peacock de Pai

Night 1/2

Overnight in Pai.

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Day 5

Cave Rafting & Hot Springs

Today you’re off on an exhilarating day white water rafting on the Pai River. It’ll take about 2 hours to get out to Soppong Wildlife Sanctuary. After your safety briefing, you’ll start your 27-mile (45km) rafting expedition featuring Class I to Class IV rapids, with safety gear provided. After a thrilling experience, savor lunch by the river before returning to the Mae Hong Son Forestry Office for a shower and a change into dry clothes. Conclude the day with a 2-hour private transfer back to the hotel in Pai to enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. Make sure to wear active wear, a swimsuit, water shoes or sandals that have straps, bug spray, sunscreen, a towel, and dry clothes for the ride back.

breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel is included. Typical hotel breakfasts are continental full/America, or buffet style. The exact breakfast offered will be determined by your finalized hotel.

Transfer to Tham Lod Cave

1 Hour 30 Mins

Take a private transfer to Tham Lod Cave.

Tham Lod Cave Visit

2 Hours

Upon arriving you'll walk around the cave before splitting into 3 person bamboo rafts to continue further into the cave. Tham Lod Cave is a highlight of the region and one of the largest in Northern Thailand. As you float through the complex cave system you'll marvel at its sheer size as well as the many limestone formations hanging from above. Please note that the bamboo rafts have a weight limit of 260 lbs. Those that weight above 260 lbs may be allocated their own raft for safety reasons. *This activity may not be suitable for those with claustrophobia.

lunch

Lunch at a local restaurant is included. Your meal will be a set menu served family style with water included.

Transfer to Sai Ngam Hot Spring

1 Hour

Take a private transfer to Sai Ngam Hot Springs.

Sai Ngam Hot Springs

1 Hour

Indulge in the relaxation of the Sai Ngam Hot Springs, or Secret Hot Springs. Shaded by tropical forest, the peaceful sounds of the waterfalls and the soothing thermal waters of the natural spring waters will be a refreshing and relaxing end to the day. Take a 30 minute private transfer back to the hotel to spend the evening at leisure.

Journey of the Soul

Understand your soul journey through the experience of navigating the caves of your soul. Follow where you guides lead you and the magic of your personal power.

Connecting with Your Guides

Invite your guides to the hot springs with you! Let them help you see all that you are through their eyes.

Peacock de Pai

Night 2/2

Overnight in Pai.

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Day 6

Optional Thai Massage & Farewell Dinner

You will have the morning at leisure in Pai with an optional Thai massage before you set out to travel back to Chiang Mai. In the late afternoon, you will transfer to a local restaurant for a final farewell dinner with the group.

breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel is included. Typical hotel breakfasts are continental full/America, or buffet style.The exact breakfast offered will be determined by your finalized hotel.

Thai Massage

(optional)

57 Mins

Take a 5 minute transfer to a spa near the hotel where you will enjoy a 60 minute Thai massage. It involves a combination of acupressure and stretches. This therapeutic practice is renowned for promoting relaxation, soothing your muscles, and enhancing overall well-being. Note that only 8 people can get a massage at a time. If the group needs to be divided, you will be given an appointment time and can relax at the hotel until pickup.

Pai to Chiang Mai

3 Hours

Take a private transfer from Pai back to Chiang Mai. Bathroom breaks will be made as needed.

Informal Q&A!

During our transfer ask your hosts all your channeling, astrology, folk magic, and channeled history questions!

dinner

Take a 20 minute private transfer to dinner. Farewell dinner at a local restaurant is included. Your meal will be a set menu of Thai cuisine shared family style. Additional food and drinks will be at your own expense. Restaurants are subject to change based on availability.

Farewell Ceremony

Close this amazing journey with a powerful activation.

Cross Chiang Mai Riverside

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Overnight in Chiang Mai.

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Day 7

Wave Goodbye to the Land of Smiles!

All good things must come to an end, but only until your next adventure! Enjoy a final breakfast and then make your own way onward. If departing directly from the hotel, we recommend flying out of Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX).

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Breakfast at the hotel is included. Typical hotel breakfasts are continental full/America, or buffet style. The exact breakfast offered will be determined by your finalized hotel.

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Physical Activity Level:Adventure

These trips are great if you want to get moving. These itineraries may include scenic hikes and/or exercise. A moderate level of fitness is required to enjoy these trips.

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You'll receive a future trip credit for the amount of your down payment (minus a $100 cancellation fee per Traveler). This trip credit is valid for one year from the date it is issued. Additionally, any payments made beyond the original 25% down payment will be refunded to your original form of payment.

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At this point, all payments are non-refundable because your experience is already in motion behind the scenes. By this time, our operating partners will be working with local businesses to secure your accommodations and finalize your activities.

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After booking, you'll receive a personalized recommendation for coverage tailored to your trip. For full details on our cancellation policy, please refer to our Terms & Conditions.

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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Protect Your Adventure–Invest in Peace of Mind
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After booking, you'll receive a personalized recommendation for coverage tailored to your trip. For full details on our cancellation policy, please refer to our Terms & Conditions.

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