Chiang Mai Trekking

Piroon & Jit Nantaya

Piroon & Jit Nantaya | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

We are running our trekking tour business together for more than 20 years now.

We were both born north of Chiang Mai and with our combined experienc we are offering truly unique and authentic trekking in Northern Thailand.

We focus on delivering non-touristic trekking adventures to our guests and take them away into one of the most beautiful areas in all of Thailand where they will get in touch with the simple life of the hill tribes we spend the nights at with our participants.
Our tours will lead you off the beaten tourist paths and into the jungles and rural areas so that you can delve deep into the local culture and way of life in this remote areas.

One of our main goals is that we want our guests to feel like good friends from the very first minute on.


Meet our trekking guides

Our guides | Det | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Det

 
Age: 40

Det is not just another Karen guide, Det is a natural. Thanks to his peaceful charisma, his quiet manner and his extensive knowledge of the customs of the hill tribes, he has earned great recognition from our guests. Det speaks fluent English and our guests always have a great time with him and they have a lot of fun together. Det loves to spend his free time caring for his family, and he is very gifted at bamboo carving.

Our guides | Dino | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Dino

(Patcharakorn)
Age: 50

Dino was born in 1974 in a village near the Myanmar border and since childhood he dreamed of working in the tourism industry and realized this dream after graduating from high school in 1993: he started working as a trekking guide in the Golden Triangle area and around Chiang Rai. After more than 15 years as a trekking guiide he started working in the Elephant Nature Park since 2011 and spent seven years in Cambodia – both in the field of animal and nature conservation. Since he's back in Chiang Mai, he works weekly with volunteers to help villagers or for reforestation and wildlife. It is obvious that nature is a major part of his life and family.

Our guides | Dong | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Dong

(Suchin)
Age: 48

Dong was born 1976 in a small Karen village he is working as a tourist guide since 2002. Dong is very flexible and open minded and of course he also is very frienldy. Dong likes to keep on learning about the many different cultures and languages in order to exchange and share experiences with tourists. One of Dongs mottos is "An open mind makes a common sense".

Our guides | Jackie Chan | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Jackie Chan

(Somdee)
Age: 40

Jackie Chan was born into a Karen tribe family in 1984 and has four brothers and one sister - which might be why he's such a great and funny entertainer is. He has been working as a tour guide for Chiangmai Trekking for many, many years and is always telling funny jokes and stories. There doesn't seem to be any stress at all when touring with him. He knows a lot about local cultural life and to go on adventure trips with him, is an enriching experience.

Our guides | JoJo | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

JoJo

(Anupong)
Age: 31

Jojo was born into a Karen tribe family in 1992 and has been working as a trekking guide for Chiangmai Trekking since 2019. His motivation for all his tours is to always enrich the experience of travelers from all over the world as their tour guide. He is a very patient and calm person with a truly extensive knowledge of local medicinal plants and he's also a pretty good cook.

Our guides | Kan | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Kan

(Prakan)
Age: 50

Kan was born in the Pare province within a Karen tribe and spent almost nine years as a novice monk in a temple before he started to study for a BA in Tourism Industry Management where he has specialized in the ethnic minority knowledge. He also additionally applied for his license as a tour guide in 2002 and has been working as a tour guide since that time. He has a deep knowledge of the buddhism and is very skilled in cooking yummy Thai dishes. Kan is living in Chiang Mai and enjoys trips through the countryside in his time off.

Our guides | Mr. A | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Mr. A

(Chaiporn)
Age: 36

Ae was born in the Mae Tang province and he spent almost five years in a temple as a novice monk before he started to study Tourism Industry Management (BA) and after that he additionally did the training to become a tour guide and got his license in 2006. Meeting many different people from all over the globe and sharing each others thoughts about the different cultures and habits is something Ae really enjoys a lot.

Our guides | Mr. Cha | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Mr. Cha

(Singkeaw)
Age: 55

Mr. Cha was born in the Chiang Dao district in Mueang Khong and besides being a very funny and skilled trekking guide, he also is a very good guide for our sightseeing tours like Doi Suthep, Wat Phalat and the Monk Trail, Doi Inthanon, for daytrips to Chiangrai or Pai or for a roundtrip to Mae Hong Son. Mr. Cha has lived in Denmark for several years and - besides speaking english - he also speaks pretty good Danish.

Our guides | Mr. K | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Mr. K

(Nirand)
Age: 32

Meet Kae, who is descended from a Karen hill tribe and formerly served in the army, and - that is probably no surprise when looking at his career: He loves to move freely in the jungle, using all sorts of survival techniques. In 2009, Kae began working as a sightseeing tour guide in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. Nowadays he loves to cook and entertain his guests and friends with vocals and guitar.

Our guides | Rit | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Rit

(Saowarit)
Age: 40

Rit was born into a Karen family and is working as a tour guide since 2021. In his youth, Rit has been a buddhist monk for twelve years to get a good education. He is always taking good care of his participants during a trrekking tour and he loves to share all kind of stories with his guests. His calm manner is as peaceful as the nature in the jungle. His motto is "Being humble gains noble thinking".

Our guides | So | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

So

(Jasor)
Age: 37

"So" belongs to the Lahu hilltribe. He has been Piroon's sidekick since 2003 and has finally gained his license as a tour guide in 2016. "So" knows the jungle like his back pocket and he spends a lot of his free time hunting and fishing. On top of his outdoor survival skills, Sos specialties when it comes to trekking tours in the jungle are bamboo rafting and crafting children's toys.

Our guides | Song | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Song

(Pasor)
Age: 39

Song was born within a Lahu tribe village in the Mae Tang area with more then 23 years of experiences as a licenced tour guide. He is a thoughtful and informative guide and as his guest you are in extremely capable hands. He also is an expert at fishing and Thai cooking and enjoys playing the guitar. Song likes long trekking tours into the mountains and bamboo rafting.

Our guides | Sunny | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Sunny

(Artid)
Age: 33

Sunny is from Baan Mae Jok, a Karen hilltribe vilage. He is doing a lot of studying & training to become a licensed tour guide, meanwhile he is getting the practical experience while working for us as guide & assistance. Sun is a pretty good expert about the nature, he prepares delicious Thai meals and he has some experience in climbing.

Our guides | Wan | Chiang Mai Trekking | The best trekking in Chiang Mai with Piroon Nantaya

Wan

(Boonwan)
Age: 40

Wan was born in a farmer family from a Karen tribe and has started working in the tourist branch in 2007 at an elephant camp where he took care of the pachyderms before he switched to become a tour guide a few years later. Wan is an easy going, very friendly and often funny guy with a wide knowledge of the local culture and nature and he is a very good cook as well. Wan enjoys to meeting new poeple and learning about their different cultures from all around the world.

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2023-08-07, 12:18 PM

Two-Day Trekking Tour

Andrea, Germany

We had a wonderful two-day trekking tour with our guide Mr. A who had a lot of experience and always found the right balance between being approachable for any questions and letting us enjoy the nature as a family. The hiking was just about right in difficulty even for our eight year old son and the ... [More...]

2023-08-07, 12:18 PM

Two-Day Trekking Tour

Andrea, Germany

We had a wonderful two-day trekking tour with our guide Mr. A who had a lot of experience and always found the right balance between being approachable for any questions and letting us enjoy the nature as a family. The hiking was just about right in difficulty even for our eight year old son and the ... [More...]

2023-08-07, 12:18 PM

Two-Day Trekking Tour

Andrea, Germany

We had a wonderful two-day trekking tour with our guide Mr. A who had a lot of experience and always found the right balance between being approachable for any questions and letting us enjoy the nature as a family. The hiking was just about right in difficulty even for our eight year old son and the ... [More...]

2023-04-22, 6:16 AM

Amazing experience

Cece and Assib, Germany

We took a 2 days/1 night private trekking tour with Date and it was an amazing experience. We were picked up at our guesthouse, could leave our backpacks at their office and take only our daypacks on the trip itself. Date did a great job caring for us. On the way to the village, he explained all kinds ... [More...]

2023-04-07, 5:31 PM

Tolles Guesthouse und tolle Trekkingtour

Angela, Germany

Wir haben eine Woche in dem Guesthouse gewohnt. Die Zimmer sind sehr schön, das Frühstück großartig und Piroon und Baan super hilfsbereit. Die Trekkingtour mit unseren Guide Buca war ein tolles Erlebnis. Er hat genau gesehen, wann uns eine Pause gut tut, uns viel erklärt und abends mit ... [More...]

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If you are German speaking you can also find many reports of participants of my tours on the website of Stefan Loose
(publisher of a very popular German travel guide for Thailand).

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