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● Best season North600 km from Bangkok
Lampang
The horse-carriage town — Lanna teak temples, Thai Elephant Conservation Center, Kad Kong Ta Saturday market
HistoryTemplesCityFamily Ideal: 2 days600 km · 9h train / 1h flight
How to go
Sleeper train Krung Thep Aphiwat → Lampang ≈ 800–1,200 ฿ (11 hrs) · Flight DMK → LPT ≈ 1,500 ฿ · Bus from Chiang Mai 1.5 hrs ≈ 100 ฿
Entry
Elephant Conservation Center 200 ฿ (shows at 10:00/11:00) · Temples free–50 ฿
Stay
Riverside 600–1,500 ฿
Season in Nov ● Best season
Nov–Feb is cool. Kad Kong Ta walking street is on Saturday. Mar–Apr has haze.
Day-by-day plan
2 days
1Day 1
- Arrive, city tour by horse carriage (≈300 ฿/30 min)
- Wat Phra That Lampang Luang (18 km) — the oldest wooden temple
- Lunch, Baan Sao Nak teak house (50 ฿)
- Wat Chaloem Phra Kiat (temple on top of rock pinnacles, 1 hr north, 20 ฿)
- Kad Kong Ta market (Sat/Sun) / dinner by the river
2Day 2
- Thai Elephant Conservation Center (Hang Chat) — show at 10:00, mahout course is an option
- Lunch, Chae Son hot springs + waterfall (NP 200 ฿)
- Train / bus on to Chiang Mai, or back
Food to try
- •Khao taen (rice crackers) + Lampang sai ua
- •Kad Kong Ta Saturday market (Talad Gao)
- •Riverside restaurants on the Wang river
Good to know
A good place to stop for 1 night on the Bangkok → Lampang → Chiang Mai train route.
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฿3,250 / per person
2 days · 2 people · ฿6,500