Top 15 Bamboo Rafting in Chiang Mai

1.Elephant Sanctuary, Waterfall & Bamboo Rafting

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 9,160 reviews · 9 hours · from $60Our pick

Spend a full day near Chiang Mai feeding rescued elephants, swimming at a waterfall, eating Thai lunch, and rafting the Mae Wang River.

“Meeting point was close to my hotel. Everyone was friendly and welcoming from the start. Mr Suriya was our guide. We had an action packed day. It was such a humbling experience to feed and bathe with the elephants. Lunch was good with watermelon afterwards. Yummy 🤤 All the staff at the sanctuary were really happy so it shows they truly love the elephants. I did a lot of research before I booked this tour as wanted to visit an ethical place. After lunch and the elephants we learnt how to make their “protein” balls and we fed them those too. We then did the rafting and that was another…”

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2.Chiang Mai Elephant Sanctuary, Bamboo Rafting and Waterfall Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 870 reviews · from $58Top rated

Review of Chiang Mai’s Bua Tong Waterfall, ethical elephant sanctuary, and bamboo rafting day tour, with practical tips on price, pace, and what to expect.

“Paul was very good guide, he was funny and helpful. I would specifically ask for him again in the future.”

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3.Elephant Sanctuary Bamboo Raft & Padthai Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 245 reviews · 10 hours · from $54

Walk with rescued elephants, cook vegetarian Pad Thai, and bamboo raft through northern Thailand for a thoughtful full-day Chiang Mai outing.

“Me and my husband wanted an ethical adventure and we are so happy that we booked through Living Green Sanctuary. From the pick up to the drop off, we enjoyed the company, jokes from the guide, activities and food! Amazing pad Thai. Would go again!”

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4.Bamboo Rafting with Hotel Transfers

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 111 reviews · from $46

Review of Chiang Mai bamboo rafting with hotel transfers, elephant sightings, timing, value, comfort, ethics, and practical tips.

“This was a great way to spend a few hours, rafting along was fun and relaxing in equal parts, made all the better for the elephant sightings on route and the ability to spend time watching the elephants at the end of the rafting. Don’t forget swimwear and towel!”

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5.Chiangmai : A Bamboo Raft Safari , Sticky waterfalls,

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 82 reviews · 8 hours · from $69

Review of Chiang Mai’s bamboo rafting, Dantewada waterfalls, and Bua Thong Sticky Waterfalls tour, with practical tips, costs, and advice.

“It was amazing! The sticky waterfalls were great fun, and we were lucky enough to see many elephants up close during the bamboo rafting. We were also provided with a tasty lunch whilst overlooking the elephants. Our tour guide was so lovely and also very knowledgeable. Her van music playlist was also superb 🤙🏻. I would definitely recommend this trip.”

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6.Chiang Mai Elephant Sanctuary Observation and Bamboo Rafting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 44 reviews · from $61

Review of Chiang Mai’s ethical elephant sanctuary and bamboo rafting tour, with jungle walks, waterfall time, lunch, transport, and practical tips.

“Super nice people, fantastic experience for a extremely reasonably price! We had an amazing time and the sanctuary seems very ethical. The elephants had loads of time to eat, walk around and swim. We were only there to observe their daily routines.”

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7.Secret Waterfall and Bamboo Rafting from Chiang Mai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 30 reviews · from $32Best value

Review of Chiang Mai’s secret waterfall and bamboo rafting tour, with waterfall tea, river rafting, lunch, transport, value, and practical tips.

“Very good tour. Pik our tour guide made sure we were well looked after. The waterfall, rafting and lunch was great. Very helpful having the hotel pick up as well.”

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8.Elephant Sanctuary + Waterfall + Bamboo Rafting One Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 22 reviews · from $59

Review of Chiang Mai’s Mae Wang elephant sanctuary, waterfall, and bamboo rafting day trip, with practical tips on value, timing, and what to pack.

“Ethical sanctuary. Very friendly guide and driver. Van was clean. Would have liked more facts about elephants, seemed rushed.”

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9.Chiang Mai 1 Day: Elephant Sanctuary, Waterfall & Bamboo Rafting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $77

Review of a Chiang Mai day trip with an ethical elephant sanctuary, Mae Saphok Waterfall, Thai lunch, and bamboo rafting.

“Great experience seeing elephants in natural habitat. Looked well looked after and cared for. Waterfall was amazing due to previous rain and bamboo rafting was relaxing”

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10.Chiang Mai Adventure ATV Secret Waterfall and Bamboo Rafting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $64

Review of Chiang Mai’s ATV, secret waterfall, and bamboo rafting tour, with practical details on price, safety, timing, and who should book.

“Fun day good group xthanks Pik great staff really enkoyed the experience linch on arrival all good saw elephants too x👍”

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11.Chiang Mai Elephant Village Life: Long Neck & Bamboo Rafting

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 14 reviews · 8 hours · from $70

Review of Chiang Mai’s elephant village tour with ethical care, waterfall swimming, Karen village visit, lunch, and bamboo rafting.

“Great tour overall! Super friendly staff members and everything went pretty smoothly. As other people have mentioned there is no long neck part of the tour though.”

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12.Jungle Trek, Elephants care & Bamboo Rafting

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews · 1 day · from $58

Review of Chiang Mai’s jungle trek, Karen village visit, waterfall swim, and bamboo rafting, with practical advice on value, timing, and tour concerns.

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13.Full Day Elephant Bathing and Bamboo Rafting Tour in Chiang Mai

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews · from $71

Review of Chiang Mai’s full-day elephant bathing, bamboo rafting, waterfall swim, lunch, and orchid farm tour, with practical booking advice.

“After 3 horrible experiences in Bangkok, it was a sweet relief in getting proper human decency in Chiang Mai. This entire trip brought faith back in using this tour service. The customer service, friendly tour guide and driver who are just nice. TRead more”

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14.Bamboo Rafting and Wat Phra That Doi Kham

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 5 hours · from $118

Review of Chiang Mai’s bamboo rafting and Doi Kham temple tour, with river thrills, sunset views, costs, practical tips, and who should book.

“We had an amazing time with our guide Avi ! We learnt many things about the temples and the culture and we had a very funny time on the river”

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15.Elephant Sightings , Bamboo Rafting Through The Jungle, Swimming In a Waterfall

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $97

Review of Chiang Mai’s private jungle day tour with elephant sightings, bamboo rafting, Mae Wang waterfall swimming, lunch, and hotel transfers.

“Wonderful experience with a talented guide, for adventurous or non adventurous people. Everything was perfect, I 100% recommend it :)”

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