HomeAsiaSouth East AsiaThailand1 Month Northern Thailand Itinerary — Ancient Cities & Nature Trek By Marcos Detourist on August 15, 2012Like most backpackers who come to the Indochina region of South East Asia, I started my trip in Thailand. I traveled around the northern part of the country for 30 days, which was the maximum length of stay that my free visa on arrival allowed.I didn’t plan on staying four weeks in just one country, considering my whole trip was only supposed to last 10 weeks and there were four more countries on my itinerary.My first stop, Chiang Mai, was the culprit! The city fascinated me so much that I didn’t realize I had already spent almost three weeks there and only had a little more than a week to explore the rest of Thailand before my visa expired.I continued my trip southwards to see the Thee Lor Su Waterfall in Umphang Wildlife Reserve, Tak Province, and then made my way to Kamphaeng Phen and Sukhothai to see ancient temple ruins.Then, I backtracked northwards to Phrae and then spent a few days in Chiang Rai to see the amazing White Temple and Black Houses. Finally, I got on a bus to Chiang Khong, where I crossed the border to Laos for the next leg of my Indo-china adventure.Itinerary RundownDestinationsDetailsDay 1 Kuala Lumpur Clark to Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur LayoverDay 1 to 19 Chiang Mai Kuala Lumpur to Chiang Mai Flight In and around Chiang Mai Mae Ya WaterfallDay 19 to 23 Umphang, Tak Province Chiang Mai to Umphang In and around Umphang Village Thee Lor Su Trek and CampingDay 23 to 26 Kamphaeng Phet Sukhothai Umphang to Kamphaeng Phet Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park Kamphaeng Phet to Sukhothai Sukhothai Historical ParkDay 26 to 30 Phrae Chiang Rai Chiang Khong Sukhothai to Phrae In and around Phrae Phrae to Chiang Rai In and around Chiang Rai Chiang Rai to Chiang Khong Thailand to Laos via Chiang Khong – Xuay Xai Border CrossingNext Laos: North to South TraverseTop Indochina Itinerary (10 weeks): Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, MyanmarTrip Date — August 2012Route Map Don’t leave yet. There’s more!10 Weeks Indochina Itinerary — Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,…19 Days Laos Itinerary — North to South TraverseIndochina Itinerary: Wanderings in South East Asia's…10 Days Thailand Itinerary — Ayutthaya and Bangkok3 months South and Southeast Asia ItineraryTwo Weeks Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand ItineraryPosting of new comments is disabled temporarily.Connect with Marcos on:Detourista.comMarcosDetourist.comFacebookInstagramTwitterDetourista.comDiscover more travel guides and blogs about the Philippines and beyond by Marcos DetouristChoose your next destination: Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam