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Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai is situated in the mountain region of north of Thailand. This city, with its astonishing history and unique culture was founded in 1296. Because of its unique culture, natural and man-made wonders, this old city is one of the popular tourist destinations in Thailand, once the capital of the Kingdom of Lanna.

Chiang Mai comprises of ancient Buddhist temples with astonishing architecture. And to make your experience more exciting there is the famous cave called Chiang Dao Cave, the Tiger Kingdom to explore wild cats up close, Doi Inthanon National Park, the Sticky Waterfall and more.

This city is also famous for the long-necked tribe village, welcoming tourists from around the world to visit this unique village and to learn more about their culture. Every wonder located here, explains why you should definitely visit this place.

To make your trip interesting, Chiang Mai Tour package itinerary takes you to some of the most beautiful places and letting you know more about their vibrant culture. Here is a list of some of the best places that are mostly covered in the Chiang Mai Tour package.

Activities to do in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai offers diverse activities that highlight its cultural richness and natural beauty. Visitors can explore ancient temples like Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, which offers stunning views of the city from its mountain perch, and Wat Chedi Luang, a historic site with a towering stupa. For nature lovers, Chiang Mai’s lush surroundings offer opportunities for trekking through tropical jungles, visiting hill tribe villages, and experiencing scenic waterfalls.

Animal sanctuaries in the area provide ethical interactions with elephants, where visitors can feed, bathe, and walk alongside these gentle giants while learning about conservation efforts. Adventurers can enjoy zip-lining through the forest canopy or white-water rafting along Chiang Mai’s rivers.

The city also boasts a vibrant arts scene, with workshops in traditional Thai crafts like pottery, silk weaving, and painting. Food enthusiasts can join cooking classes to learn the art of Thai cuisine, exploring local markets to select ingredients and then preparing classic dishes. The famous Chiang Mai Night Bazaar is a must-visit, offering a lively atmosphere with handicrafts, street food, and performances. For a tranquil escape, the city’s botanical gardens and nearby hot springs offer relaxation amid natural beauty.

Visit Wat Phra Singh (Temple of the Lion Buddha)

Wat Phra Singh is also popularly known as the Temple of the Lion Buddha and is one of the most scared temples in Chiang Mai district,

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Visit Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (Doi Suthep Temple)

The Wat Phra That Doi Suthep temple is located in Doi Suthep Mountain, which is around 15 km away from main center of Chiang Mai.

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Explore the Chiang Dao Cave

Chiang Dao Cave is a natural wonder located in the northern part of Thailand in Chiang Dao district.

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Visit Wat Chedi Luang in Chiang Mai

Wat Chedi Luang is situated in the beautiful culturally rich Old City of Chiang Mai and is one of the popular and important temples located in the northern part of Thailand.

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Visit Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai

Elephant Nature Park is a famous rescue and rehabilitation center for the elephants.

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Visit the Chiang Mai Grand Canyon

The Chiang Mai Grand Canyon is one of the popular adventure destinations in Chiang Mai, famous for its picturesque beauty and exciting activities to indulge in.

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List of the Best places that you will be exploring in Chiang Mai

A stunning mountaintop temple offering breathtaking views of Chiang Mai and housing a revered golden stupa.Discover ancient temples, vibrant markets, and cultural landmarks within the historic walls of this charming district.

Wat Phra Singh

Wat Phra Singh is famous Buddhist temple, built in the 14th century. It is a valuable Buddhist temple with splendid architectural designs. The temple complex comprises of the Phra Singh Buddha image and has great religious significance. You can visit this temple to pay your respects.

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is another famous Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, built in the 19th century. It is one of the most respected temples in Chiang Mai, locals and tourists visit this place to offer their prayers. With its beautiful location, great architectural designs and astonishing craftsmanship, once you enter the temple complex, you will find complete peace and serenity. The view from the temple’s terrace is simply amazing. The main highlight of the Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is the statue of the seven headed snake, it lines all the 306 stairs present. The temple also has a museum and souvenir shop; you are allowed to walk around. As a sacred spot for the Thai’s, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is located 15 kms away from the city of Chiang Mai. To visit this sacred place, it is better to consider for a Chiang Mai tour package so that you don’t miss out any important place to visit.

Tiger Kingdom

To witness the majestic wild cats, the Tiger Kingdom is the perfect spot for the daring ones. Located at Patong Hill, the Tiger Kingdom houses dozens of Indo-Chinese tigers; you will find tigers from cubs to adults and of course of various adult sizes. The tigers here are taught to interact with humans from birth; visitors can even pet them, click photos with them and even feed them. Don’t worry! An instructor will be beside you at all times during your visit near the cage. For the best experience, visit during the feeding hours of the tiger. If you want, you can visit inside the cage of the tigers of your choice. To maintain the safety of the visitors, and instructor will be there with you while inside the cage. Every visitor gets a chance to spend 10 minutes inside the cave. After a daring interaction with the tigers, you can enjoy a delicious meal at the local stalls and restaurants. To bring back memories with you, there are many to things purchase as tokens.

Chiang Dao Cave

Another thrilling experience for the adventure lovers is exploring the Chiang Dao Cave. As per legends, it additionally interfaces with various other caves before at last arising outside. It extends across the mountains and flaunts stupendous stalagmite and stalactite formations. However, for the safety of the tourists only a part the cave is allowed to be visited.

Bo Sang Umbrella Village

Bo Sang Umbrella Village is famous for its beautiful handcraft items and its stunning surrounding backdrop. When you visit this spot, it permits you to dive deeper into the culture of Thailand and its traditional enterprises.

A highlight of this place is the painted umbrellas and fans, and hence the name of this beautiful village, Bo Sang Umbrella Village.

Karen Hill Tribe

Karen Hill Tribe is famous for the tribe wearing long brass coils around their necks. The history of this tribe dates back to 18th century in search of fertile agricultural lands, and since then till now they have been residing here, and even with the bygone era they have maintained their culture. The people of this tribe originally migrated from Myanmar. When you visit this village you will find a big entrance at the village gates, and inside this village you will find many shops, it’s like a market you can buy many authentic and traditional items here. As you walk along the streets, you can see the women weaving baskets, weaving clothes, silver crafting etc. This village promotes tourism, mainly to help the tribe of this village. For you it would be one of the best authentic experience.

Doi Inthanon National Park

Doi Inthanon National Park is popularly known as “The Roof of Thailand.” It has amazing waterfalls, secluded towns, vistas, unique bird watching, dawn and nightfall watching experience, and the cold climate that endures the entire year because of its high altitude. The highlight of Doi Inthanon National Park is that it has the highest peak in Thailand.

Bua Tong Sticky Waterfall

The route to Bua Tong Sticky Waterfall, let’s you indulge in a panoramic tour from Chiang Mai. It is one of the best weekend getaways for the people residing in Chiang Mai or for the people of Bangkok to get away from the chaotic lifestyle. It is one of the best places and must be included in your Chiang Mai tour itinerary.

Wat Chedi Luang

Wat Chedi Luang was built in the 14th century, it is also popularly known as the ‘temple of the Great Stupa.’ The temple complex consists of three main temples; one of the temples comprises the statue of Emerald Buddha, making it a sacred and significant temple in temple. This temple is located in the old city of Chiang Mai, you will surely enjoy visiting this place.

Lanna Folklife Museum

The Lanna Folklife Museum in Chiang Mai is famous for its unique collection of artifacts and traditional costumes of the people. Visitors can engage themselves with interactive sessions and get to know the culture of the people of Northern Thailand up close.

San Kamphaeng Hot Springs

Have you ever visited a local park with hot spring water, probably not? San Kamphaeng Hot Springs in Chiang Mai is one such spot, where visitors get a chance to dip their legs in the hot spring water, while enjoying a relaxing and cozy time at the park. The temperature of the water is kept 105 degree Celsius only.

For locals in Chiang Mai it is one of the best spot to spend the day. Also, one of the best place to visit during your Chiang Mai tour as it will keep your feet warm and relaxed. No need for a leg massage after a hectic day.

Chiang Mai Zoo

Chiang Mai Zoo is located in one of the most beautiful locations in Thailand, the hilltop of the Doi Suthep Mountain. This zoo is home to some of the unique species in the world. It comprises of flamingos, koalas, penguins, seals, zebras, lions, tigers, hippos, giraffes etc. After exploring the zoo, you can also check out the freshwater aquarium and the Chiang Mai Snow Doom and many more other attractions inside the zoo.

Huay Kaew Waterfall

Huay Kaew Waterfall is one of the best waterfalls in the Chiang Mai district, boasting with natural beauty, stunning landscape, and rich vegetation. This place is the perfect spot to relax and unwind. The best part of this waterfall is that when you visit the Chiang Mai zoo, you can visit this place too, as it is located nearby.

Elephant Conservation Centre

As the name suggests, the Elephant Conservation Centre was built to protect the Asian elephants amidst a peaceful and serene environment. It is only camp that is owned and protected by government of Thailand. This is one of the best places to interact with the elephants; you can see how the elephants are being educated, their eating habits, and more. It is in fact quite exciting to be a part of this safety programme of the elephants.

White Sands of Turtle Island

White Sands of Turtle Island is another important unique tourist spot in Thailand. As the name goes, you cannot find here a lot of turtles, one or two turtles might be possible, but the name of this island was mainly given due to the turtle nose shape, which connects with the neighboring island. It is one of the most serene and peaceful place in Chiang Mia region, if you simple want to relax this is the place.

Chiang Mai Night Safari

Chiang Mai Night Safari is the second-largest nocturnal zoo in the world. During the day, it serves as a zoo and at night you can experience the night safari. It offers tourist a unique experience, a chance a night to get a close of the wild animals up close. This park was actually designed based on the theme of Singapore Night Safari.

Flight of the Gibbon

Charged as the best chief zip line canopy visit in Thailand’s, this experience brings you close into the wildernesses of the Chompoo Wildlife Sanctuary. Get a chance to travel above the forest floor from one corner to another through a progression of zip lines suspended up high.

Flight of the Gibbon became quite famous among tourists in Laos, when its operation was first officially started. Due to its popularity, it was planned to set up in the forest areas of Chonburi, which is only an hour away from the Bangkok city.

Grand Canyon Chiang Mai

Grand Canyon Chiang Mai is also popularly known as Hang Dong Canyon and in the past, it used to be a limestone quarry. This canyon looks similar to the one that’s located in America and hence the same name. It is one of the best weekend getaway in Chiang Mai and a popular tourist spot, visitors can enjoy here exciting water activities

Wiang Kum Kam

Wiang Kum Kam was built in the 13th century along the Ping River by the great King Mangrai. It was in fact the capital of Lanna Kingdom, but due to its constant flooding situations in the past, this place was abandoned. Currently, it is one of the popular tourist spot of archaeological importance, what you can see now are the ruins of the past.

Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden

As the name suggests, it is one of the breathtaking locations in Chiang Mai region, completely covered with gorgeous flowers amidst the lush green forest. Visitors can a glimpse of the various plant collections, endangered plant species and more.

To reach this place, you have to walk for around 30 minutes, and those not willing to walk, can rent motorbikes. This is one of the must visit tourist spot to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere.

Other Things to do in Chiang Mai

Find out the best places to go for shopping

Chang Puak Gate Night Market
Sunday Walking Market
Kat Rin Kham Night Bazaar
Kalare Night Market
Saturday Street Walking Market

Souvenirs you should buy from Chiang Mai

Silk and Textiles
Triangle Cushions
Soap Carvings
Paper Lanterns
Paper umbrellas
Tea
Artifacts

Are you ready to explore this unique place?

Since, Chiang Mai offers another world experience; you should definitely visit this place on your trip to Thailand. With the best guide and Chiang Mai Tour Package, you will love this place. A must visit place in every travelers list around the world.