Chiang Rai Full Day Tour – White Temple, Black House and Blue Temple from Chiang Mai

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Duration

12 hours

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English

With this full-day tour from Chiang Mai, you can check off Chiang Rai’s top landmarks with ease. Save hours of research time, and benefit from having a full itinerary organized for you. As you ride between sites in an air-conditioned vehicle, enjoy stops at the White Temple (Wat Rong Khun), the Baan Dam Museum, the Blue Temple (Wat Rong Seur Ten), and The Black House, with admission included along the way.

Highlights

  • White and Blue Temples (Wat Rong Khun and Wat Rong Sear Tean, respectively), its notable design a significant shift from the traditional Thai golden temples.
  • Venture further into the sleepy town's prominent architecture in the form of wooden artistry at the Baan Dam Museum (The Black House)
  • Built by nationally renowned artist Thawan Duchanee, a visit to The Black House property is guaranteed an extraordinary experience

Picked up from your hotel in Chiang Mai's Old Town/Nimman area and then direct to Chiang Rai. After transportation, around 50 minutes, you will arrive at Mae Khachan Hotspring.
Stop At: Mae Khachan Hot Spring, Mae Chedi Mai, one of the few natural hot springs in northern Thailand, the Mae Kachan Hot Spring (Mae Ka Chan is so hot—reaching temperatures of 194˚F (90˚C—it can boil an egg in minutes, a feat that locals are more than happy to demonstrate. The hot springs are too hot for bathing. You can only dip your feet briefly.

Visit Wat Rong Khun:

Wat Rong Khun, perhaps better known to foreigners as the White Temple, is a privately owned art exhibit in the style of a Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It is owned by Chalermchai Kositpipat, who designed, constructed, and opened it to visitors in 1997.

Visit Wat Rong Seur Ten (Blue Temple), monumental, modern Buddhist temple distinguished by its vivid blue coloring & elaborate carvings.

Visit Baan Dam Museum, also known to foreigners as the Black House Museum, is a mixture of traditional northern Thai buildings with unconventional and contemporary architecture, created by Thawan Duchanee.

Longneck Karen Village: optional visit to the Karen Long-neck tribe(admission fee 300 THB/PAX). A tribal village whose women wear stacked brass rings on their necks & sell handmade crafts. For those who do not visit Karen Long-neck Village, the tour guide will ask you to wait for others for around 1 hour. You can spend your time at the nearby market.

Way back to Chiang Mai. It will take around 3 hours 20:30pm-21:00pm. You will arrive in Chiang Mai.

  • Round-trip transportation by air-conditioned car/minivan from Chiang Mai's Old Town and Nimman area
  • Lunch, drinking water & seasonal fruits
  • Tour guide
  • Temple admission fee
  • Entry/Admission - Mae Khachan Hot Spring
  • Entry/Admission - Wat Rong Khun
  • Entry/Admission - Wat Rong Seur Ten (Blue Temple)
  • Entry/Admission - Baan Dam Museum
  • Karen Long-neck tribe admission fee(300 THB/person)
  • Entry/Admission - Longneck Karen Village
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.

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