Chiang Mai · Northern Thailand

Trekking Trail Thailand

Ancient hill-tribe footpaths, rediscovered and restored. Walk them. Run them. Sleep in the villages they lead to.

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Why we exist

For centuries, hill-tribe footpaths linked villages across the mountains of the North. Then the roads came, and the mountains went quiet. We spent years finding those paths again — side by side with the Karen, Lahu and Hmong people who first walked them. What came back is not a tourist route. It is a living trail network that exists nowhere else on Earth.

Our greatest achievement

TMT.1 — the longest
footpath in Thailand.

The route links Chiang Mai city to Chiang Dao, the biggest mountain range in the country — through wild jungle, stunning rice paddies and beautiful summits, crossing the remote Karen valleys and the Lahu and Hmong high countries. Our trekking and running trips live along this line.

Map of the TMT.1 route from Chiang Mai to Chiang Dao

The Sacred Mountain of Chiang Mai

Wild jungle trails of Doi Suthep National Park, minutes from the city.

The Hill-Tribe Areas

Remote Hmong, Lahu, Karen and Lisu valleys and mountains.

The Majestic Chiang Dao

The highest mountain range of Thailand — the end of the line.

Why You Should
Walk with TMT?

01

Exclusive access

Trips into the highest mountain areas, unlocked by our close relationship with the locals.

02

Premium village stays

Premium accommodation in remote hill-tribe villages you cannot book anywhere else.

03

1 to 5 days

Journeys sized to your time and your legs — a single summit day or a full traverse.

04

Every ability

Designed for nature and outdoor lovers across hiking, trekking and trail running.

Stop 01 — Trekking

The Sacred
Jungle Trail.

Far from the tourist circuits — through the deepest jungle and the most beautiful rice fields, sleeping in remote hill-tribe villages along the way. Demanding, humid, and worth every step.

1–5 days Village nights Local guides
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Stop 02 — Trail running

The Ancient
Opium Route.

Running as a way of traveling: single-track over the highest summits by day, the magic of hill-tribe villages by night — at a pace that lets you take it all in.

20–30 km / day 1–5 days All levels
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Stop 03 — The high country

The Rice Terrace
Traverse.

Cloud forest, ridgelines and terraced valleys where few outsiders have walked — linked village to village by the paths that always connected them.

4 days +3,900 m 3 village nights
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Stop 04 — Races & events

The Summit of
Doi Luang.

Where Thai trail running was born: first on every now-famous mountain around Chiang Mai, and chosen to help bring the UTMB World Series to Thailand.

Since 2015 Ultra trails Running camps
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The trail, alive

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Base camp — Chiang Mai

Your great adventure
starts here.

Visit our agency in the city center of Chiang Mai, or start planning from wherever you are. The mountain is waiting.