Walking tour of the old city ‣ Tha Phae Gate ‣ Chang Puak Gate ‣ Suan Dok Gate ‣ Suan Prung Gate ‣ Chiang Mai Gate ‣ Wat Phan Tao ‣ Wat Chedi Luang ‣ Wat Phra Singh ‣ Dinner at Chiang Mai Gate ‣ Overnight inwards So Hostel inwards Chiang Mai
Day trip to Doi Suthep as well as Doi Pui past times motorcycle ‣ Evening at The Harbour Chiang Mai ‣ Dinner at Chang Puak gate ‣ Overnight inwards So Hostel inwards Chiang Mai
Check out from So Hostel ‣ Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai ‣ Day trip to Wat Rong Khun (White Temple) ‣ Walking tour of Chiang Rai ‣ Chiang Rai clock tower ‣ Dinner at Chiang Rai Night Bazaar ‣ Overnight inwards Fun D Hostel inwards Chiang Rai
Day trip past times motorbike to Mae Salong ‣ King Mengrai monument ‣ Baan Si Dum (Black House) ‣ Mae Salong ‣ Sinakarintra Mahasanthikiri Pagoda ‣ Dinner at Chiang Rai Night Bazaar ‣ Overnight inwards Fun D Hostel inwards Chiang Rai
Check out from Fun D Hostel ‣ Bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Kong ‣ Tuk tuk from Chiang Kong to Friendship Bridge ‣ Shuttle jitney from Friendship Bridge to Laos
Itinerary Map (click to sentiment POIs as well as routes)
Getting create for Chiang Mai's old metropolis walking tour
8.00 am - Wake up
Breakfast at 29 Cafe (located along Ratmakka road, unopen to Tha Phae gate) - American breakfast (100 baht)
Return scooter to Pop Rental at Tha Phae gate
My breakfast at 29 Cafe. Well portioned, skillful price
On the way to Tha Phae gate
Tha Phae gate inwards the daytime
Tha Phae Gate to Chang Puak Gate
10.00 am - Start walking tour of Chiang Mai's old city
11.15 am - 12.00 pm - Photo halt at Chang Puak gate. From here, it's possible to choose grip of a blood-red songthaew to Doi Suthep. Costs fifty baht 1 way, but it entirely leaves when total (in depression season, this could accept a real long time)
Part of the wall that surrounds Chiang Mai's old city
On the way to Chang Puak gate
View of the moat on the way to Chang Puak gate
Approaching Chang Puak gate
Red songthaews waiting at Chang Puak gate. You tin choose grip of a blood-red songthaew here to Doi Suthep. During depression season, this tin survive a real long wait, therefore assay out other options such equally renting your ain transport
Chang Puak Gate to Three Kings Monument
Walk due south along Phra Pokklao road. Short photograph halt at Three Kings Monument (15 minutes), an of import landmark inwards Chiang Mai's history, built to commemorate the city's founders
12.30 pm - Coffee pause at Kaffe 151 - Banana cake (30 baht) & pearl milk tea (35 baht)
Walking along Phra Pokklao road
Kaffe 151 located on a junction along Phra Pokklao road
Three Kings Monument, 1 of Chiang Mai's most of import landmarks
Wat Phan Tao
12.45 pm - Continue down Phra Pokklao road
12.55 pm - Photo halt at Wat Phan Tao (30 minutes), 1 of city's oldest temples, as well as 1 of the few remaining teak wood structures inwards Chiang Mai
Seen on the way to Wat Phan Tao
View of Wat Phan Tao from the outside
Teakwood interiors of Wat Phan Tao
Wat Chedi Luang
1.30 pm - Walk over to Wat Chedi Luang, located precisely roughly the corner. The ruined chedi housed inwards this temple was perhaps the largest construction inwards ancient Chiang Mai
Entrance to Wat Chedi Luang
View of Wat Ho Tham, 1 of the temples within Wat Chedi Luang
Inside Wat Ho Tham
Chedi Luang, perhaps the largest construction inwards ancient Chiang Mai
Wat Phra Singh
3.00 pm - Walk westward along Thonon Rachadamnoen road. Coffee pause at Ratchadumnern Cafe along the way - Iced latte (65 baht)
4.00 pm - Photo halt at Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai's most revered temple. There's an entrance fee of xx baht to larn into the chief temple, but I got inwards for gratuitous since I seem to go past times for a local :D
Walking along Thonon Rachadamnoen route to Wat Phra Singh
Coffee pause at Ratchadumnern Cafe
View of Wat Phra Singh from the outside
Ho Trai, or temple library of Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh to Suan Dok Gate
5.00 pm - Exit Wat Phra Singh, as well as start walking due east along Arak 5 road. Turn inwards halfway to Intrawarorot road. Noticed lots of eateries along this road, as well as the house is seemingly pop amongst the locals
5.15 pm - Photo halt at Suan Dok gate
Beautiful atmospheric condition seen from Arak 5 road
Plenty of local eateries along Intrawarorot road
Watching the sunset over Suan Dok gate
Suan Dok Gate to Chiang Mai Gate
5.30 pm - Walk due south along Arak road. Since it started to rain, I decided to do a small photograph halt at Nong Buak Hard park. It's a small-scale surface area but real pop amongst the locals.
6.15 pm - Continue on eastward along Bumrung Buri route from the park
6.30 pm - Quick photograph halt at Suan Prung gate
Scenic moat surface area seen on the way from Suan Dok to Chiang Mai Gate
Fruit stalls lining the outer debate of Nong Buak Hard park
Inside Nong Buak Hard park
The moat runs inwards parallel amongst Bumrung Buri road
Suan Prung Gate, 1 of Chiang Mai's v gates
Chiang Mai Gate
7.00 pm - Dinner at Chiang Mai Gate nutrient marketplace position - Paprik rice (40 baht) amongst fried chicken (20 baht) & fruit milkshake (25 baht, quite perhaps the best I've tried, bought from Pa Fruit Shake stall)
8.45 pm - Return to hostel
Drizzly flush at Chiang Mai Gate nutrient market
There's a broad selection of nutrient hither that you'll survive spoilt for choice
Pa Fruit Shake Stall. Possibly the best fruit milkshake I've tried inwards Chiang Mai
The beautifully illuminated Chiang Mai Gate at night
Breakfast at Crema Cafe nearby the hostel - American breakfast (110 baht) & java (25 baht)
Loi Kroh route during daytime. The temple pictured inwards a higher house is straight reverse the route from where my hostel is
Crema Cafe. Decided to lead hold breakfast hither since it was entirely a small walk away from the hostel. The breakfast was pricier as well as wasn't equally skillful equally the 1 I had inwards 29 cafe though
10.00 am - Walk to Tha Phae gate (under 10 minutes). Rented a motorbike from Chiang Mai Thai Car Rent & Tour (located a few shops away from Pop Rental) - 150 baht per 24-hour interval (renting for entirely 1 day)
11.00 am - Ride to Doi Suthep (via route 1004, larn out the old metropolis into Huaykaew route going northwest, you lot volition go past times past the Chiang Mai Zoo on the way)
Doi Suthep
11.45 am - Arrive at Doi Suthep. Paid entrance fee to larn into Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, 1 of northern Thailand's most sacred temples - 30 baht
11.50 am - 1.50pm - Photo ops roughly Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
Parking lot as well as entrance to Doi Suthep
Climbing the 300+ steps of the Naga staircase to larn to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Alternatively, there's also a lift you tin accept to the top if you're non feeling upward to it
The golden mount, 1 of the most photographed parts of Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
Emerald buddha statue at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
Altar amongst a row of golden Buddhas
Visitors donating coins to the temple past times trying to stick them onto a board. Some assay it amongst wax, others amongst pure luck
Beautiful views of Chiang Mai from this viewpoint at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
Sightseeing roughly Doi Pui
2.00 pm - Continue on upward the loma to Doi Pui national park. Stopover at Bhubing Palace along the way but didn't larn in. This house was built to accommodate Thailand's royal solid unit of measurement as well as other dignitaries during state visits to Chiang Mai. The chief depict for tourists however, is the beautiful landscaped gardens located within its grounds. There's an entrance fee of 100 baht to enter.
2.30 pm - Photo halt at Doi Pui peak. Similar to Doi Inthanon, the highest request on Doi Pui loma is marked amongst entirely a signboard. There isn't much of a sentiment equally it's covered amongst trees. To larn here, precisely follow the route all the way to the top until you lot achieve the camping ground grounds. From there, it's nearly xx minutes on human foot to the peak
If you lot similar spending fourth dimension inwards beautifully landscaped gardens, as well as therefore Bhubing Palace is the house for you
On the way to Doi Pui Peak
This isn't genuinely Doi Pui peak, rather a viewpoint located along the route on the way to it. I liked the views hither amend than the 'viewless' Doi Pui peak
Hmong hamlet nestled inwards a lush jungle
Back to Chiang Mai
4.00 pm - Ride dorsum downwardly from Doi Pui to Chiang Mai. Did small photograph stops at ii viewpoints amongst impressive views of Chiang Mai metropolis on the way down
The way dorsum downwardly from Doi Suthep to Chiang Mai
View of Chiang Mai from 1 of the viewpoints on the way down
The Harbour, Chiang Mai
5.00 pm - Back inwards Chiang Mai
5.20 pm - 7.20 pm - Photo halt at The Harbour on the way. Coffee pause at Roastniyom - Cafe latte (60 baht)
The Harbour, Chiang Mai. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 smashing house to pass your evenings
Having java at Roastniyom Cafe
The Harbour lights upward equally the 24-hour interval turns to evening
Chang Puak Gate
7.30 pm - Stopover for dinner at Chang Puak gate nutrient marketplace position - Seafood tom yum & stir fried vegetables (150 baht)
9.30 pm - Return to hostel. Did my laundry using the money operated machines inwards the hostel - 90 baht
Went for a massage at a massage parlor nearby before heading dorsum to the hostel - 150 baht
Chang Puak Gate nutrient market
The stall inwards Chang Puak gate where I had my dinner at
Dinner at Chang Puak Gate, spicy tom yum as well as stir fried vegetables. The tomyum was 1 of the best I've tasted therefore far inwards my travels
Last 24-hour interval inwards Chiang Mai & Hostel check-out
7.30 am - Wake up
8.15 am - Pack upward as well as checkout from hostel
8.25 am - Returned motorbike to Chiang Mai Thai Car Rent & Tour at Tha Phae gate
Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai past times bus
8.35 am - Ride a blood-red songthaew from Tha Phae gate to Arcade jitney terminal - 40 baht
8.50 am - Arrive at Arcade jitney terminal. Walk to ticket counter to purchase 1 way ticket for 9.30 am jitney (Green Bus) to Chiang Rai (Bus Station 1) - 140 baht (2nd class)
Breakfast at the jitney terminal - Fried rice amongst egg (40 baht)
9.30 am - Board jitney (Green Bus) departing for Chiang Rai
10.45 am - Stopover at Mae Khachan for tiffin (15 minutes)
Arcade Bus Terminal, Chiang Mai
Green Bus ticket counter within Arcade jitney terminal
Waiting to board the bus. The journeying from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai took nearly 3 hours
Arrival inwards Chiang Rai & Hostel check-in
12.40 pm - Arrive at Chiang Rai Bus Station 1. Walk from the jitney station to the hostel (under xx minutes)
1.00 pm - Check-in to Fun D Hostel - 144 baht per night. Staying for 2 nights (total cost - 288 baht). I'm inclined to hand this hostel a glowing recommendation, equally it gave me the best value for money out of all my stays inwards Northern Thailand.
Arrival at Chiang Rai Bus Station 1
Fun D Hostel inwards Chiang Rai offered the best value for money out of all my stays inwards Northern Thailand
The dorm inwards Fun D Hostel. The beds were small-scale but comfy as well as best of all, they lead hold privacy curtains!
Wat Rong Khun (White Temple)
1.40 pm - Walk dorsum to Chiang Rai Bus Station 1 (under xx minutes)
2.15 pm - Ride bus (blue color amongst the sign "To White Temple") at platform #8 to Wat Rong Khun - 20 baht. Remember to tell the jitney driver to drib you lot off at Wat Rong Khun
2.45 pm - Dropped off past times the roadside close Wat Rong Khun. Walk to the entrance of White Temple (under 5 minutes)
2.50 pm - 4.00pm - Photo ops of Wat Rong Khun. Have to acknowledge I was a fleck deceived past times the photos I saw spell researching how to larn to the white temple. Got the impression the temple was a fairly large house but it's genuinely pretty small-scale as well as tin survive seen inwards nearly an hour
You tin accept the blueish colored jitney at platform #8 from Chiang Rai Bus Station 1 to Wat Rong Khun for entirely xx baht
The famed White Temple to tourists, Wat Rong Khun to the locals
The temple stands equally a will to the amalgamation of old as well as novel ideas
Back to Chiang Rai
4.05 pm - Exit Wat Rong Khun as well as walk to the law station precisely exterior the temple along the highway (under 5 minutes)
4.15 pm - Ride jitney (blue color) dorsum to Chiang Rai - 20 baht.
Note: If you're visiting Wat Rong Khun using this method, brand certain to conclude your see latest past times 4pm equally I was told past times the locals that this was the final jitney dorsum to Chiang Rai
4.35 pm - Arrive at Chiang Rai Bus Station 1
Going to as well as from Wat Rong Khun is pretty slow in 1 lawsuit you lot larn the idea. Just brand certain to twine upward your see before the final jitney comes through hither though, or you lot may notice yourself having to accept a taxi back!
Sightseeing Around Chiang Rai
5.00 pm - 7.00 pm - Photo walk roughly Chiang Rai town. From the jitney station, I walked along Phaholyothin road, as well as therefore continued westward along Thanon Baanpa Pragarn road
Back inwards Chiang Rai
Sights as well as sounds of Chiang Rai along Phaholyothin road
Sunset over Thanon Baanpa Pragarn road, Chiang Rai
Chiang Rai clock tower
Chiang Rai Clock Tower
6.00 pm - Photo halt at Chiang Rai clock tower. Hung out at Yoddoi Cafe precisely roughly the corner spell waiting for the lite demo to hap at 7pm. During this time, the clock tower lights upward inwards unlike colors at specific intervals, most notably roughly 7pm, 8pm as well as 9pm each day
Chiang Rai clock tower lights upward inwards unlike colors at specific intervals each day, starting at 7pm, 8pm as well as 9pm
One final peek at the Chiang Rai clock tower
Chiang Rai Night Bazaar
7.30 pm - Dinner at the Chiang Rai Night Bazaar - Hot pot (70 baht) & fruit milkshake (20 baht)
10.00 pm - Did some shopping as well as walked roughly the bazaar for a fleck before heading dorsum to the hostel
Entrance into Chiang Rai Night Bazaar
Chiang Rai's biggest surprise to me was its dark bazaar
One of many fruit milkshake stalls at the dark bazaar
The dark bazaar is real pop amongst tourists as well as locals alike. There's no amend house inwards Chiang Rai to sit down dorsum as well as savor your evenings
Getting create for Mae Salong 24-hour interval trip
7.30 am - Wake up
Breakfast at the hostel - Toast bread, cereal as well as java (provided past times the hostel)
Rented a motorbike from the hostel - 200 baht per 24-hour interval (renting for entirely 1 day)
Refuel at a nearby gas station - 90 baht
King Mengrai Monument
9.00 am - Start riding from the hostel to Baan Si Dum (via Route 1)
9.05 am - 9.20 am - Photo halt at King Mengrai Monument on the way. If you lot lead hold enough of time, there's a tram you lot tin hop on hither for a gratuitous metropolis tour
King Mengrai Monument, Chiang Rai
Free metropolis tour past times tram is available close the monument
Baan Si Dum (Black House)
9.20 am - Continue on to Baan Si Dum via Route 1
Note: The lack of signages makes it real slow to fille the turn-in to Baan Si Dum. Look out for the majestic signboard amongst the letters "National Artist - Mr. Thawan Duchanee" as well as therefore brand a left turn. Follow the small-scale route to Baan Si Dum
9.55 am - 10.55am - Photo halt at Baan Si Dum. Chiang Rai's Black House showcases works of fine art past times Thailand's national artist, Thawan Duchanee. I flora the displays to survive quaint as well as grotesque at the same time
Baan Si Dum, Chiang Rai
Quaint works of fine art past times Thailand's national artist, Thawan Duchanee
The dark houses of Baan Si Dum
Some of the displays at Baan Si Dum tin survive morbid as well as a fleck disturbing
Mae Salong
11.00 am - Continue on to Mae Salong via Route 1, as well as therefore a turn-in to Route 107. At the safety checkpoint, turn-in to Route 1089
1.00 pm - Arrive inwards Mae Salong
Lunch at Ping Ping Restaurant - Pork knuckles, stir fried vegetables as well as oolong tea - 320 baht
2.15 pm - Climb the stairs to the top of Sinakarintra Mahasanthikiri Pagoda to larn a bird's optic sentiment of Mae Salong (under xxx minutes). Make certain you're fairly gibe before attempting the hike, equally it's a long as well as real tiring one. I flora out after that you lot could also displace to the top but a discussion of caution, the route to the top is pretty steep
3.45 pm - Climb dorsum downwardly from the pagoda as well as ride to the surrounding tea plantations inwards the valley below Mae Salong
5.15 pm - Ride dorsum to Mae Salong to refuel at the gas station - 50 baht
On the way to Mae Salong
Breathtaking scenery on the way to Mae Salong
Mae Salong town center. These row of shops are opened upward for visitors who desire to sample or purchase oolong tea
Yes! There's a 7-11 inwards Mae Salong!
There are enough of restaurants inwards Mae Salong, but I decided on Ping Ping eating seat since it was packed to the brim amongst hungry patrons. More customers agency skillful nutrient right?
Yunnanese delight. Delicious serving of pork knuckles, stir fried vegetables as well as refreshing oolong tea for lunch
Entrance as well as starting request to the Sinakarintra Mahasanthikiri pagoda inwards Mae Salong
That arduous climb to the top, I lost count after the get-go few hundred steps. Luckily, there's an easier way to practise this
Views of Mae Salong from the top of the pagoda
On the way downwardly to the tea plantation
This large king of beasts caput construction welcomes you lot to the tea plantation
Views of Mae Salong as well as the surrounding countryside from the tea plantation
Rolling hills of oolong tea
Back to Chiang Rai
5.30 pm - Ride dorsum to Chiang Rai from Mae Salong
7.15 pm - Back inwards Chiang Rai. Went to the dark bazaar to practise some final infinitesimal shopping
9.30 pm - Dinner at the dark bazaar before heading dorsum to the hostel - Hot pot (70 baht) & kokosnoot milkshake (20 baht)
Back inwards Chiang Rai. Decided to pass my flush inwards the dark bazaar. There are gratuitous concerts past times local performers to maintain your nights entertained
Dinner on my final dark inwards Chiang Rai. Hot pot as well as kokosnoot shake
Last 24-hour interval inwards Chiang Rai & Hostel check-out
7.30 am - Wake up
Breakfast at the hostel - Toast bread, cereal as well as java (provided past times the hostel)
9.00 am - Pack upward as well as checkout from the hostel.
Returned the motorbike to the hostel, the possessor gave me a ride to the jitney station
How to larn to Lao People's Democratic Republic from Chiang Rai, using the DIY method. Step lay out one, accept the jitney departing for Chiang Kong from platform #16 at Chiang Rai Bus Station 1. Fare is 65 baht
Chiang Rai to Lao People's Democratic Republic using the DIY method
9.10 am - Arrive at Chiang Rai Bus Station 1
9.30 am - Ride jitney (red color) at platform #16 saltation for Chiang Kong - 65 baht. Tell the jitney driver you lot desire to survive dropped off at the border
11.30 am - Dropped off at an intersection precisely before Chiang Kong. Walk to the nearby tuk tuk station
11.35 am - Ride tuk tuk to the Thailand - Lao People's Democratic Republic border crossing nearby - 30 baht(bargained downwardly from fifty baht)
11.40 am - Arrive at the border crossing. Changed some Thai baht to Laotian kip at the currency exchange
If you lot told the jitney driver that you lot desire to larn to the border, you lot volition survive dropped off at the intersection to the friendship bridge, precisely before entering Chiang Kong
How to larn to Lao People's Democratic Republic from Chiang Rai, using the DIY method. Step lay out two, ride a tuk tuk from the Chiang Kong intersection to the border crossing. Should cost no to a greater extent than than fifty baht per way
Riding the tuk tuk to the border crossing, the whole trip takes less than 5 minutes
How to larn to Lao People's Democratic Republic from Chiang Rai, using the DIY method. Step lay out three, after immigration clearance, purchase a ticket for the shuttle jitney to Laos. Fare is entirely 25 baht
Getting create to board the shuttle jitney to Laos
Just beyond this horizon, Lao People's Democratic Republic awaits!
Motorcycle ride from Doi Inthanon to Chiang Mai ‣
Sunday Night Market ‣
Dinner at Tha Phae gate ‣
Overnight inwards So Hostel inwards Chiang Mai
Walking tour of the old city ‣
Tha Phae Gate ‣
Evening at The Harbour Chiang Mai ‣
Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai ‣
Tuk tuk from Chiang Kong to Friendship Bridge ‣
