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● Best season North830 km from Bangkok
Chiang Rai
White Temple, Blue Temple, Golden Triangle
Wat Rong Khun (White Temple), Baan Dam, Blue Temple, Mae Salong tea hills, Golden Triangle (you can see Laos and Myanmar)
TemplesHillsPhoto spotsHistory Ideal: 3 days830 km · 1h20 flight / 12h bus
How to go
Flight DMK → CEI ≈ 1,000–1,900 ฿ · Bus from Chiang Mai 3 hrs (Green Bus ≈ 200–300 ฿) · Night bus from Bangkok 12 hrs
Entry
White Temple 100 ฿ · Blue Temple free · Baan Dam 80 ฿ · Choui Fong tea free
Stay
City 600–1,500 ฿
Season in Nov ● Best season
Nov–Feb is cool and clear. Dec–Jan has a sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa. Mar–Apr has bad haze.
Day-by-day plan
3 days
1Day 1
- Arrive at CEI / bus from Chiang Mai
- Wat Rong Khun — White Temple (go early)
- Baan Dam (Black House) + the big Guan Yin at Wat Huay Pla Kang
- Nam ngiao for lunch
- Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suea Ten)
- Night Bazaar; Clock Tower light show at 19:00
2Day 2
- Day tour to the north: Mae Salong tea farm (Choui Fong), Doi Tung Royal Villa (220 ฿)
- Lunch in Mae Sai (Myanmar border viewpoint)
- Golden Triangle viewpoint + Hall of Opium (200 ฿)
- Back to the city
3Day 3
- Phu Chi Fa sunrise (2 hrs drive, mist in Dec–Jan) or Singha Park balloon/zipline
- Lunch at Singha Park
- Khun Korn waterfall hike (free)
- Dinner by the Kok river
Food to try
- •Khao soi + nam ngiao (Chiang Rai noodle)
- •Mae Salong Yunnan food + oolong tea
- •Night Bazaar + Saturday walking street (Thanalai Rd)
Good to know
You can see the White, Blue and Black temples in 1 day. A Golden Triangle day tour is ≈ 1,000–1,500 ฿/person (join-in tour). For 4+ people, car hire ≈ 2,500 ฿/day is better value.
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฿6,200 / per person
3 days · 2 people · ฿12,420