Join Extreme Sports Café for an unforgettable White Water Rafting Adventure down some of Thailand's best rivers as they tumble out of the tropical mountains of Northern Thailand. Experience the beauty of the rainforest and remote areas of Northern Thailand with Extreme Sports Café as we follow the rivers through untouched wilderness and past quaint rural hill tribe villages. Originating high in the mountains, near the Burmese border, The Mae Taeng River winds its way through valleys and canyons eventually joining the Chao Praya on its way to the Gulf of Thailand. Come and experience a life of adventure with Extreme Sports Café at our partner White water Rafting Centre for one or multiple days and enjoy a break from the tourist crowds of Chiang Mai.
Extreme Sports Café has teamed up with a Whitewater Rafting Centre, which specializes in white water rafting kayaking trips in Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand, offering Whitewater Rafting and Kayaking adventure tours for the culturally minded with an emphasis on preserving local ways of life; cultures and customs. The Mae Taeng Valley is a perfect get away, location. This area is home to many ethnic hill tribes such as, Karen, Lahu, Lisu, Chan and Meow as well as large populations of domestic elephants and other wildlife. The beautiful and rugged Mae Taeng Valley is situated in the North Eastern corner of the Chiang Mai Province, just 90 minutes from downtown Chiang Mai. The Mae Taeng Valley provides views of lush jungle, local wildlife, and encounters with exotic hill tribes. Extreme Sports Café’s Whitewater Rafting trips are an unforgettable experience for any visitor to Thailand.
Extreme Sports Café’s Whitewater Rafting Centre has a private river camp and jungle-homestay, less than 75kms from Chiang Mai's old city centre on the Mae Taeng River, Mae Taeng District, offering you a genuine jungle experience. Our unique jungle-homestay, Hill tribe trekking excursions, elephant treks, whitewater rafting trips, white-water kayaking school, canyoning and full moon rafting are all unbeatable experiences.
Everyone’s safety is our #1 concern, whether you are a first time rafting adventurer or a seasoned paddler. Everyone participating in a White water Rafting experience is given a rafting safety talk and drilled with proper paddling instructions, and then given international standard rafting equipment. Extreme Sports Café’s Whitewater Rafting Centre has International standards, English speaking, first aid and swiftwater rescue trained guides. All of this guarantees your safety.
Extreme Sports Café’s White water Rafting Trips Run: Late June – March. From July through March The Rivers are flowing and we operate Whitewater Rafting tours daily! In the rainy season (Aug-Oct.) the rivers swell and turn into raging whitewater pushing their way out of the tropical rainforest covered mountains around Chiang Mai.
All Extreme Sports Café’s Whitewater Rafting Trips Include:
- Internationally Trained Rafting Guides
- All White-water Rafting Safety Equipment
- Healthy Thai Buffet Meals & Refreshments (Day Trips)
- Healthy Thai Buffet Lunch x2, Dinner, Breakfast & Refreshments (2 Day Trips)
- Hotel Pick up & Drop off
- Accident Insurance
- Optional Photo CD of the Day's Adventure
White Water Rafting experiences in Chiang Mai Thailand from Extreme Sports Cafe
All of our White Water Rafting experiences in Chiang Mai Thailand can be booked online.
Join Extreme Sports Café’s partner White Water Rafting center for an unforgettable Whitewater Rafting adventure experience as we tackle the mighty and untamed Mae Taeng River, paddling our way through endless grade 3 and 4 rapids.
1-Day Whitewater Rafting - Mae Taeng River
Along with normal White water Rafting inclusions listed above the 1-Day Whitewater Rafting Mae Taeng River trip features;
- White water Rafting on the Mae Taeng River
- 10 Kilometres of World Class Whitewater
- Minimum age: 10yrs Hotel Pick up: 8:30-9:00am Hotel Drop off: 5:00-6:00pm
1-Day Whitewater Rafting & Elephant Trek - Mae Taeng River
Along with normal White water Rafting inclusions listed above the 1-Day Whitewater Rafting & Elephant trip on the Mae Taeng River features;
- White water Rafting on the Mae Taeng River
- 1-Hour Elephant Jungle Trek
- 10 Kilometres of World Class Whitewater
- Minimum age: 10yrs Hotel Pick up: 7:30-8:00am Hotel Drop off: 5:00-6:00pm
2-Day/1 Night Whitewater Rafting - Mae Taeng River
Along with normal White water Rafting inclusions listed above the 2-Day/1 Night Whitewater Rafting Mae Taeng River trip features;
- White water Rafting on the Mae Taeng River
- 1 Nights Accommodation at our Jungle-Homestay
- 20 Kilometres of World Class Whitewater
- Minimum age: 10yrs Hotel Pick up: 8:30-9:00am Hotel Drop off: 5:00-6:00pm
2-Day/1 Night Full Moon Rafting - Mae Taeng River
Along with normal White water Rafting inclusions listed above the 2-Day/1 Night Full Moon Whitewater Rafting Mae Taeng River trip features;
- Full Moon White water Rafting Mae Taeng River
- 1 Nights Accommodation at our Jungle-Homestay
- 10 Kilometres of World Class Whitewater
- 4 kilometres of World Class Whitewater..by moon light
- Minimum age: 10yrs Hotel Pick up: 8:30-9:00am Hotel Drop off: 2:30-3:30pm
All meals, water and all safety equipment, which includes life jacket, helmet and paddle will be provided and on overnight trips All required camping gear will also be provided by our partner Rafting centre.
All of our White Water Rafting experiences in Chiang Mai Thailand can be booked online.
Extreme Sports Café’s partner Whitewater Rafting Private Jungle-Homestay is situated on 10Rai (about 5 acres) of land surrounded by a National Park; here they offer Basic clean accommodation in teak wooden bungalows with shared toilets. (This is a "real” working eco-farm, run and maintained by family and staff members.)
There are no phones here, no Internet connections and no traffic. If you are looking for a place to relax out of the reach of technology, this could be the place for you!
Overnight Stays at our Jungle-Homestay include:
- 1 Nights Accommodation, Healthy Thai buffet Lunch and Dinner, Western or Thai Buffet Brunch, Hotel Pick up/Drop off
- Activity participants only
Accommodation in Chiang Mai
The centre of Chiang Mai is full of guesthouses, which is the best way to enjoy Chiang Mai’s laid-back character and avoid the overly commercial, touristy feel of expensive hotels.
There are so many guesthouses to choose from that you can literally wander around and take your pick - that’s if the touts at the station haven’t already gotten to you first. Rates vary from 100 – 500 baht, but you get what you pay for and some have very pokey bathrooms and no hot water (Chiang Mai can get quite chilly). Noise is another factor worth considering, so it’s worth seeking out the small places tucked down an alley in the old town or adjacent areas. Since everything is within walking distance, there’s no need to select the most convenient location.
Full Day Whitewater Rafting , Whitewater Kayaking & Canyoning Trips - We recommend that you bring the following items:
- Paddling gear (if you have it!)
- Change of dry clothes
- Good walking shoes or trainers (for canyoning)
- Sweatshirt or jumper (Nov.- Jan.)
- Towel
- Hat
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen
- Strap on sandals for the raft
- Extra $$$
- A Keen sense of adventure!
Multi-Day Whitewater Rafting, Whitewater Kayaking & Canyoning Trips - We recommend the following items in addition to those listed above:
- Extra shoes for camping
- Extra warm clothes for camping (Nov. - Jan.)
- Toiletries
- Medication
- Extra $$$
- Even more sense of adventure!
All of our White Water Rafting experiences in Chiang Mai Thailand can be booked online.
Nan Province & Nam Wa River Sop Mang Village to Mae Charim National Park - This trip run on request only!
The Untamed Nam Wa River is located in the province of Nan in the remote Northeast of Thailand. Although Nan has been accessible to foreign tourists for several years, it is one of the least visited areas of Thailand and offers visitors a unique taste of untouched Thai culture and rural life. The original Wa people settled Nan over 700 years ago and are descendants of Laotians. Nowadays Nan is still quite and rural with few foreign tourists.
- The Nam Wa River was first run over 5 years ago and is one of the main attractions to Nan, along with the famous Provincial boat races held every year in end of October.
- The source of the Nam Wa River comes from high in the Doi Nun Mountains. Before winding its way to Mae Charim, it flows through beautiful and remote valleys, passes through some incredible gorges and provides paddlers with some pumping grade 2-4 rapids along the way.
- You will enjoy riverside camping, healthy Thai meals, campfires and stargazing at night. This is an unforgettable wilderness experience!
- The Nam Wa River is run-able 5-6 months a year, from July to December.
5 Day 4 Nights Nam Wa Expedition - Upper & Main Section 
"All Inclusive World Class Whitewater Trip"
- Transportation by private mini-bus to and from Chiang Mai to Nan
- Thai/ Western meals x 12
- 2 nights accommodation in Nan
- 75 kilometres of remote world class whitewater
- CD of the trips photo's
- Minimum Age 13 yrs.
18,500 Baht per person 6 Paddlers.
20,000 Baht per person 4 Paddlers.
26,000 Baht per person 2 Paddlers
This Rafting trip run on request only! Day 1: Travel to Nan. Day 2: Paddle 15-20 Km of Nam Wa White-water. Day 3: Paddle 45-50 km of Nam Wa White-water. Day 4: Paddle 15-20 km of Nam Wa White-water. Day 5: Travel Back to Chiang Mai.
- Extreme Sports Café’s partner Whitewater Kayaking Centre has been operating for over 8 years and has maintained a 100% incident-free record.
- While white water rafting and kayaking there are lifeguards strategically placed at large rapids with throw ropes in case anyone decides to go for a swim, and when available safety kayakers are also used.
- All of Extreme Sports Café’s partner Whitewater Rafting Centre lead staff and guides have been through emergency first aid training and swiftwater rescue in accordance with U.S.A. standards and staff are always training to be prepared for any unplanned situations.
- Extreme Sports Café’s partner White water Rafting Centre believes in quality products and quality service. Our partner Whitewater Rafting Centre uses the best white water equipment available in Thailand and in the West.
- Extreme Sports Café’s partner Whitewater Rafting Centre uses Werner and Feel Free kayak paddles, Carlise USA white water rafting paddles, Zebra & Lotus life jackets (that can support over 120 kilos in the water) and the helmets are Western designed NRS and Protec - For your safety!
- Extreme Sports Café’s partner Whitewater Rafting Centre can arrange Airport Pick up/drop off for roughly 350/400 Baht each way.
Come and experience the beauty of the rainforest and remote areas of Northern Thailand as we follow the rivers through untouched wilderness and past quaint rural hill tribe villages.
White Water Rafting experiences in Chiang Mai Thailand from Extreme Sports Cafe
All of our White Water Rafting experiences in Chiang Mai Thailand can be booked online.
Who runs our Rafting experiences?
Extreme Sports Cafe and it's partners run Whitewater rafting experiences in Thailand and New Zealand. We offer a range of exciting, challenging and fun experiences for you to enjoy whilst on holiday and will have more rafting (rafting centers) elsewhere soon...
Extreme Sports Café’s partner Whitewater Rafting Centre Owner and Founder Jason Younkin born in Marshall Islands Micronesia. His love for rivers began in Colorado USA. Working as emergency medical technician, whitewater rescue instructor, river guide, kayak instructor, international tour leader,and private pilot since the mid 90's. Once a starving traveler, Jason stumbled upon the Mighty Mae Taeng River by accident. In the past 10 years he has traveled to over 40 countries worldwide and worked in 9 or 10. Jason has been living in Chaing Mai, Thailand for about 10 years. You can usually find Jason, up at the river discovering new ways down the middle section, working on the net or flying an airplane.
Current Certifications: Wilderness First Responder, CPR & Swift Water Rescue 1, Swift Water Rescue Advanced, Technical rope Rescue & Rescue 3 Swiftwater Rescue Instructor.
The staff are trained and certified in Wilderness Medicine & Swiftwater Rescue according to USA Standards.
Where do I take it from here?
You can go on to improve your rafting with more practice and advanced courses allowing you to, take part in competitions worldwide, become an instructor and teach others, join a club and buy your own rafting equipment and go rafting whenever you want. Let us know how we can help...
If you have any questions, then please don’t hesitate to get back to us – we’ll be only too pleased to help. After all, the team at ESC are passionate about our various sporting disciplines – we want you to be, as well!
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