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Hill Tribe
There is a daily show for their living styles. Although the hill tribes can be regarded as "primitive", in that they pre-industrial, pre-literate societies, hill tribe communities are not group of simple people living simple lives. Their customs, laws and beliefs are complex and very sophisticated, designed to harmonize relationships between individuals and to conserve their environment. It is only in recent years, with the effects of too rapid population growth and competition for land, that their ancient way of life has proved to be insufficient to cope with the stresses resulting from external forces.

Mae Sa Elephant Camp
Asian elephant has different race regarding where they live. For example the Indian elephant is bigger and has a thinner body than the Thai race. Thai people are familiar with an elephant since Sukothai kingdom. Nowadays, elephants not only live in wild and national parks, but also live in elephant camps in northern and northeastern Thailand. The elephant camps offer elephant shows and elephant rides are main activities related to elephants arranged by many different elephant camps. Usually, most elephant activities are held in the morning and the entrance fee doesn't include the elephant- ridding fee. Some elephant camps also provide other activities such as rafting, cartage riding, and etc. The following is the elephant camp information around Chiang Mai.