Where to visit in Chiang Rai? — 13+ must-visit & top Chiang Rai places to visit

If you want to find a place with both beautiful nature, impressive architecture to check-in, and delicious dishes to enjoy and abroad but not too far away, the Chiang Rai tourist attractions Rai would be a great fit. So, where to go in Chiang Rai (Chiang Rai where to go), where to visit in Chiang Rai? Let’s check out our top rated 13+ best places to visit in Chiang Rai (Chiang Rai places to visit) and top Chiang Rai attractions as follows!

White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) (#where to visit in chiang rai)

Address: 60 Moo 1, Phahonyothin Road, Pa O Don Chai, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Tel: +6653673967
Opening hours: 8am-5:pm

Located in the north of Chiang Rai province, Wat Rong Khun was built in 1997 from the idea of a famous painter and architect in Thailand – Chalermchai Kositpipat. He himself lives and is passionate about art and is also a Buddhist, so he very much wanted to build a temple only in white to symbolize the purity of the Buddha.

Combined with the classic Thai temple architecture and surreal style, you will be amazed to see such a unique design. Entering this Thai temple, observing the surroundings, you are also overwhelmed with the beauty of pure white like snow that present everywhere. You can see around the main temple is a park with a pond and beautiful white sculptures.

Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suea Ten) (#where to go in chiang rai)

Address: 306 Moo 2, Tambon, Rim Kok, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Tel: +66643473636
Opening hours: 7am-8pm

The Blue Temple – Wat Rong Suea Ten was opened to tourists since January 2016. This temple is in the top of the most beautiful temples in Thailand. With gilded architecture that stands out among a very unique blue background inspired by traditional Buddhadharma style.

Wat Rong Suea Ten impresses visitors are the statues with a special blue background with gold-plated details on the outside. According to the legend of Buddhism, the color blue is a representation of the traditional Dharma of the Buddha, showing the virtues of the Buddha, which is spreading morally all over the world and becoming the traditional natural teaching of Buddhism.

Black House (Baan Dam Museum) (#chiang rai places to visit)

Address: 333 Nang Lae, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Thailand
Tel: +6653776333
Opening hours: 9am-5pm
Ticket price: 80 baht/person

In Thai, “Baan” is simple means home, and “Dam” means black. Baan Dam is both an art gallery, a museum, and a residential building. On a spacious precinct with many trees, Baan Dam’s owners have built traditional houses in Northern Thailand. Besides that, there are some other strange modern architecture, with the specimen layout somewhat murky and surreal.

Baan Dam is a complex of up to 160,000 m2 with nearly 40 houses of different sizes and shapes, of which part is an art studio, part is a museum and part is Thawan Duchanee’s main residence when he’s not traveling the world.

Singha Park (#best places to visit in chiang rai)

Address: Mae Kon, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Tel: +66613877592
Opening hours: 8am-6pm

Singha Park is the property of the owner of the famous Singha beer corporation in Thailand, this place is considered the largest farm in Thailand. Singha Park is not a vibrant and splendid place, but only the clarity of nature, the freshness of the air and the spaciousness of a vast farm.

You will surely scream in surprise when you see the vast green tea beds arranged in a terraced shape as if stretching to the horizon and the immense fields of pale purple hyacinths on the steppe. The houses and cafes in classical European architecture scattered throughout the farm will make you fascinated because the scenery is exactly like the Western European countries.

Choui Fong Tea Hill (#chiang rai where to go)

Address: Pa Sang, Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Tel: +6653771563
Opening hours: 8am-5:30pm

Chui Fong Tea is a famous tea plantation in Chiang Rai. This is a good tea growing area on an area of 192-hectare (1200 rais) at an altitude of 500-1200m above sea level and is the largest tea producer in Chiang Rai. Surrounded by nature and beautiful mountains. Coming here is a really nice break from the screen as it’s just green all over. And the air is so fresh, even when it’s not cold.

Not only that, we can also visit the tea shop here to buy souvenirs. This Choui Fong tea plantation is both a tea growing area and a tea production area. Products are processed into tea for drinking such as oolong tea, mixed tea, jasmine green tea,…

Karen Long Neck Village

Address: Nang Lae, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Tel: +66819933827
Opening hours: 7am-17pm

Long Neck Village is the home of the Karen ethnic group, located near the border with Myanmar, about 15km from Chiang Rai city, Thailand.

The woman in the Karen long neck ethnic minority village has a very strange and unique tradition. Girls will start wearing bronze necklaces from the age of 5, the more necklaces worn by a person, the more wealth they show. This is also a beauty standard to judge a woman. This custom also originates from the fact that they wear necklaces around their necks to avoid being attacked by tigers, because in the past they lived in seclusion deep in the mountains.

Mae Kachan Hot Spring

Address: Moo 6 Pha Soet Phatthana Village Doi Hang Chiang Rai, Thailand
Opening hours: 6am-10pm

Mae Kachen is a hot spring with a very special geyser. Here guests can soak their feet or bathe in the outdoor hot tubs or in private rooms. The water source is about 80 degrees Celsius, contains high mineral content.

Mae Kachan Hot Spring is one of the top tourist destinations in Chiang Rai, you will be able to relax in a hot tub for 10-15 minutes or enjoy the experience of boiling eggs in the hot spring.

Chiang Rai Clock Tower

Address: Tambon Wiang, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Opening hours: 24 hours

One of the famous symbols of Chiang Rai city that you can easily see when walking around the streets is the golden clock tower. The beauty of the clock tower’s transformation from sparkling to fanciful between day and night is the unique feature of this Chiang Rai tourist destination.

Located in the heart of Chiang Rai, the striking golden tower is considered one of the city’s identity symbols. In the hours from 7am to 9pm, the clock tower echoes the peaceful sounds of daily life.

Wat Huay Pla Kang (The Temple of Mercy)

Address: Tambon Mae Yao, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Opening hours: 7am-9:30pm

Wat Huay Pla Kang, also known as the white Guan Yin Temple, is a remarkable temple located in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Built in 2005 and completed in 2015, Wat Huay Pla Kang is one of the famous tourist destinations of Chiang Rai.

With a height of 79 meters, the large statue of white Guan Yin is the main highlight of Wat Huay Pla Kang. The statue is made of bronze and gold and stands out against the black background of the temple. In addition, the temple also has a stupa with a height of up to 80 meters, which is the largest chedi tower in Chiang Rai. In addition, in the temple grounds, there are a number of other stupas such as the stupa representing the 12 zodiac signs and the memorial tower of Prince Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak.

Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park (Rai Mae Fah Luang)

Address: Pa Ngew, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Opening hours: 8:30am-5pm

Mae Fah Luang Arts and Cultural Park is located 5 km west of central Chiang Rai. This place is one of the largest displays of Lanna artifacts and cultural heritage.

Here, visitors can visit gardens and lakes with teak trees – the best and most durable trees in Thailand. Along with that is more than 400 years of history of the kingdom of Lanna expressed through specimens, artefacts and ancient religion.

Doi Tung (#chiang rai places to visit)

Location: Huai Khrai, Mae Sai, Chiang Rai, Thailand

The journey will take visitors to the highest mountain of Chiang Rai with an altitude of 2,000 m – Doi Tung. In the flower season, visitors will feel like entering a huge sea of flowers. The place attracts visitors with all the scents of “botanical” along with extremely brilliant colors and landscapes.

With a wealth of Buddhist attractions, nature and Lanna culture, Chiang Rai will be a paradise for those who want to find some quiet and discover new things. We firmly believe that visitors will quickly fall in love with this rustic but equally interesting land.

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