8 Day Motorcycle Tour (Unseen Thailand) from Chiang Mai
Overview
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192 hours
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Introducing the Unseen Thailand Motorcycle Tour in the north and north-central region of Thailand. Visit Chiang Dao cave, the charming Tha Ton, the long-neck Karen tribes village; the impressive mountainous scenery of Doi Mae Salong, Doi Tung Royal Villa, and the famous Golden Triangle, where three country borders meet: Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar (former Burma). Ride to the famous White Temple Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai. Ride the exhilarating, mountainous road R1148 from Nan, ranked in the Top 10 as one of the most fun biking roads to be found anywhere in the world. Ride along with the unique panoramic views of the border between Laos and Thailand on dream roads and explore Bo Kluea’s unseen Salt Mines. Cross the Sirikit dam reservoir on a wooden ferry and discover the amazing Phayao and the unseen Uttaradit. Visit the UNESCO world heritage historical park of Sukhothai. You will have unique sightseeing in unseen Northern Thailand.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
English speaking professional Road Captain with TAT license on a motorcycle leading the group
Third party liability insurance for motorcycles
Motorcycle rental with unlimited mileage
Support van for luggage transportation and space for a few guests on entire tour upon prior request
7 overnights at carefully selected quality hotels and resorts with leisure facilities
Famous Big Bike Tours “On zeee bikes!” T-Shirt
Riding gears (Helmets, Jackets, Gloves, Knee Guards)
Insurance for motorcycles with deductible of up to 25,000 THB in case of damage
Water, soft drinks and coffee / tea in connection with the meals
Pick up service from Chiang Mai Airport
Accident cover insurance up to 100,000 THB, life insurance up to 1,000,000 THB and much, much more!
Alcoholic beverages
All services not mentioned as included and all items of a personal nature
Visa fee
Airfare
Travel insurance. We highly recommend you arrange an appropriate insurance in your home country
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
What To Expect
Chiang Mai – Chiang Dao – Tha Ton (210 km.)
Accommodations
Saranja Riverhouse
Food and Drinks
DINNER
Dinner
LUNCH
Lunch
Mae Ai
We take the highway, heading north of Chiang Mai to Chiang Dao, where we will have a relaxing lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, visit the Chiang Dao cave. Then ride along the fantastic mountainous road until reach Tha Ton, where you will visit the Wat Tha Ton on top of the mountains and enjoy the amazing sunset there. Later you relax in your charming accommodation with a fantastic panorama view.
Tha Ton - Golden Triangle (144 km.)
Accommodations
Serene @ Chiang Rai
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Golden Triangle
After breakfast, we leave Tha Ton to visit the long-neck Karen tribe village near the border of Thailand and Myanmar. Ride to Doi Mae Salong, where Chinese mountain tea farmers live. Of course, you will test Thailand´s best tea there. Then back on curvy roads to Doi Tung Royal Villa. Visit the Winter Palace and the botanical garden. Lunch is served at the Royal’s Project restaurant. Continue along winding roads to Mae Sai, the northernmost point of Thailand. Reach the Golden Triangle to take a long-tail boat trip on the Mekong river and short visit a small village in Laos (no visa necessary). Visit the Opium museum before relaxing at your peaceful accommodation directly at the mighty Mekong River.
Golden Triangle - Chiang Rai - Nan (328 km.)
Accommodations
Namthong Hotel
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Nan
After breakfast, ride along a scenic farming area road to Chiang Rai city. After that visit the famous White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) one of the top 10 wonder temples in the world. Lunch is served at a local restaurant. Ride the exhilarating, mountainous highway to Nan. Visit Wat Phra That Khao Noi (Nan hilltop scenic temple) before relaxing in your lovely accommodation and jump in the swimming pool. Later you will discover and enjoy Nan´s night-life.
Rest Day in Nan
Accommodations
Namthong Hotel
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
DINNER
Dinner
Nan
A day of leisure. Today we’re doing nothing at all. Relaxing by the pool or shopping in the town. Optionally you can, of course, discover the historical and cultural sites of unseen Nan by bicycles. (Laundry service available)
Nan – Bo Kluea - Phayao (334 km.)
Accommodations
Phounglong Luxury Hotel
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Phayao City
After breakfast, we leave Nan riding through winding mountainous roads via the famous and motorcycle paradise road R1081 the Bo Kluea. Here we will visit the Bo Kluea salt wells. Then we continue through Doi Phu Kha National Park to Chiang Klang where we will have lunch in a local restaurant. Ride the exhilarating, mountainous highway No. 1148 to Nan, ranked in the Top 10 as one of the most fun biking roads to be found anywhere in the world. 120 kilometers of up and down curves through the impressive mountains providing you with pure riding pleasure. Then we cruise along the highway R1021 through farming areas to Phayao. Discover Kwan Phayao Lake, which is one of the biggest lakes in Thailand. The town of Phayao at the southeast corner of the lake. Then we arrive and relax at the charming accommodation.
Phayao - Sirikit Dam - Uttaradit (331 km.)
Accommodations
OMJ Hotel
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Uttaradit City
After breakfast, leaving unseen Phayao. Ride first south a bit on the main highway and use later the back roads via Mae Yom National Park. Later ride again fantastic motorcycle dream roads and enjoy the breathtaking scenery of Khun Sathan National Park. Lunch is served in the middle of nowhere with a million-dollar view at a local restaurant. Highlight this day will be, of course, crossing the Sirikit lake. We take the motorbikes on a wooden ferry across the Sirikit dam reservoir. Sirikit dam is the largest earth dam in Thailand. Then we continue on the highway passing through rice fields until we reach charming Uttaradit. It is a small city near Lampang and a few kilometers away from Denchai. Very few tourists come here to visit the area, but Uttaradit city and its surroundings worth coming to. If you want to see authentic Thailand, the one not many tourists see, you definitely have to come here. Later you enjoy the beautiful accommodation with a swimming pool.
Uttaridit – Sukhothai (89 km.)
Accommodations
Ruean Thai Hotel
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Sukhothai Historical Park
After breakfast, we leave Uttaradit riding again on backroads and passing through massive rice fields until we reach Sukhothai. A short day of riding gives us plenty of time to discover one of the highlights of this amazing motorcycle tour: the Ancient Sukhothai Historical Park, designated world heritage site number 574 on 12 December 1991 by UNESCO, and enjoy the amazing sunset in the old ruins. A magical and memorable scene. Later you arrive at the guest house, where you enjoy the charming classic wooden Thai accommodation with a swimming pool.
Sukhothai – Lampang - Chiang Mai (343 km.)
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
Chiang Mai
After breakfast, we leave Sulhothai riding again biker´s paradise roads via the “Columnar Mountains” road R101 to Den Chai, visit a large reclining Buddha. Then riding through winding mountainous roads to Lampang. Lunch is served at a local restaurant. Continue riding pass through national parks and farming areas. Visit local market, stopping for refreshment, before heading back to Chiang Mai.
Options
Price for Rider & Pillion
Price for rider with pillion in shared double or twin-bedded room
All Inclusive Tour!
Pickup included
Price for Rider
Price for rider in single double-bedded room
All Inclusive Tour!
Pickup included
Reviews
19 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Simply the best!! What an experience!!
B3130IYbevb,
Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Big Bike Tours are amazing, the bikes, the routes, the hotels, the food, the sights, the support, the guide ‘Pong’ who was incredible. Their attentiveness to ensure we had THE BEST experience was just brilliant.!
Pamper yourself on this Thai ride. I did!! More than a ride, a smorgasbord of roads, food and fun!
davidjE2901SF,
Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Itinerary, service, knowledge of roads and Thai culture supreme! Great price structure considering all accommodation, food, fuel and tourist attraction fees included. Accommodation could not be better, food prodigious and out of this world. Staff gave of themselves freely and consistently. Very competent, professional organization in all aspects.
Beyond Comparison
andygA2302MS,
Oct 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Simply the Best. 8 days of sheer pleasure. Big Bikes seamlessly provide a service that is second to none. No detail is missed, nothing is overlooked, professional from the second I arrived at Chaing Mai Airport until the time I left. Good quality well maintained bikes, great Hotels, food and the true star of the tour was Pong, our guide/leader. Pong is totally professional, considerate, well organised and most importantly he is a very kind person. Thanks for a great time, its a long way from the UK but I will be back.
Awesome ride, can't wait to do another one.
randylU5755UM,
May 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Pong was our guide and he did a great job organizing meals and ensuring they were ready for the group for lunch and dinner every day. He made the ride fun by setting just the right pace and the one day we had wet roads he slowed down and I really appreciated his caution. All the motorcycles were in great condition and ran perfect.
Overdue second tour with Big Bike Tours. Our group of 3 riders booked the 8 day undiscovered Thailand tour in late March
Covertlaugh,
Apr 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fantastic 2nd tour with Big Bike Tours. If you are considering a tour in Thailand, look no further, these guys are the real deal and make everything easy. From airport pickup, all accommodation, food, coffee, motorcycles, fuel, guide and support vehicle, Big Bike Tours made everything perfect for us just to enjoy the ride stress free. It had been 5 years since we last did a tour, and I was impressed that they have continued to improve by elevating the hotel standards, and restaurants used in the tour. The bikes were faultless, with good tyres, but should you have a problem, the support vehicle which carries your luggage, and delivers water at every stop, will sort mechanical issues. Our guide was OHM, a young, polite, and very knowledgeable local who was a very safe and skilled rider. OHM, looked after us on the road and at each stop and was always available to help or answer any questions. He recognised the different rider skills and abilities and kept everyone happy during the ride. 100% I would tour with the company again. Their knowledge of the fantastic roads in Thailand, what to see, and organisation is 2nd to none. Thank you OHM and the Big Bike Tours team for another memorable experience!
Worth it.
maruamiguezrey,
Mar 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It is a lovely city good atmosphere and rich food, I would rent a car and visit freely the surroundings on the bus you miss a lot
Thailand motorcycling sorted.
L3095NTjonh,
Feb 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The company is the most professional we've ever been on tour with. And the price it's more than competitive. The tour is really nice, it shows that north Thailand isn't a backward jungle, it's a place with very friendly people, internet and great roads. Do not worry about the traffic. The roads around Nan is why motorcycles were invented.
Beautiful motor bike tour from chiang mai
hermanv446,
Jan 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Beautiful motor bike tour with an excellent guide and beautiful routes and scenery Together with a nice group of people from all over the world in the north of Thailand.
Amazing twists & smiles!
Hales99,
Dec 28, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is our second trip with Big Bike Tours now, our first being two years ago…. A five day ride which was so good we came back for a longer ride! The choice of bikes available are excellent, a really great team at base and on the road ensure that the bikes are kept serviced and in good condition. All the bikes are with either a top box or tank bag for this little items. Once on the road, Koppi, Chao & Pong quickly establish the level that people ride to and adjust to suit that level while considering and helping a slower perhaps less confident rider in the group. Water at every stop and plenty of them - allows your to take your helmet off and just smile and say how great that last section was!! Then get ready for the next section!! Awesome roads, great tarmac that puts the UK to shame! We have met some great people and kept in touch with some from the last ride and made new pals on this ride! Lots of like minded people from all areas of the world made the trip for us! Decent hotels and food, just can’t fault the tour and looking to come back for a third ride and longer still !!!! Big Bike Tours is truly the land of smiles….. ok so is Thailand! Well done guys!
Our Tour with Big Bike Tours Thailand April 2023.
182453,
May 14, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Had a great trip with Big Bike Tours (Thailand). Great roads, scenery, people, especially our tour guides Noah and Yai, who couldn't do enough for us. The bikes were excellent and more than up to the task. BBT are a very well organised tour company and I recommend them to any experienced rider, it was a great experience.
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