Kor and I have been scouring through the Lonely Planet Thailand book as well as youtube videos to try to find the best/most intense trekking trip in Northern Thailand. Our trekking options seem to split into two categories: 1) we can go on elephants nearer to cities and stay in huts or 2) we can do it without elephants and go deeper into the mountains and see more indigenous people.
So, this video is one of the options with elephants while we have options without. After talking with my mom (hi mom!) we decided we will take the safest most legitimate option so as to stay away from any dangers or stray needles that may be lingering in the jungle (or TB infected elephants).
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Elephants are really uncomfortable to ride. Take a short ride just for the experience and do the longer trip on foot. Around Chang Mai there are numerous "elephant camps" where you can feed baby elephants and take a short (1-2 hour trek) through the forest.
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Annie