Chiang Rai – Chiang Rai Highlights Day Tour

Visit the White Temple, a modern architecture masterpiece built by a local artist to gain immortal life. Afterwards, take a break at the Blue Temple, built on a site where tigers jumped over the river. Lastly, get chilled to the bone at the Black House Museum. 

Visit Chiang Mai’s sister city, Chiang Rai on a 12-hour journey to visit 3 very different temples. Quirky, charming, and creative are words that could describe Chiang Rai. At the very least, this city is quite different from Chiang Mai, so join this trip to experience something quite new. 

Before you begin your tour, we will break up the long drive at Mae Khachan Hot Spring to relax, dip your feet into steaming mineral water, have a snack, coffee, or walk around the gardens. 

The White Temple is your first stop and it’s your main attraction of the day. If you are expecting ancient ruins, then you might be surprised to find a modern architecture masterpiece designed and built by a local artist Ajarn Chaloemchai Khositphiphat. People say he spent over $40 million of his own money to create this unconventional art exhibit and through it, again immortal life.

After exploring this temple we head to the next stop, the Blue Wonder. Locally known as Wat Rong Seua Ten. This translate to, “Temple of the Dancing Tigers”. Because it was built on a site where tigers were said jumping over the river. 

If the White Temple could be called the stairway to heaven, the Black House Museum has been called a dark, mysterious, and most sadistic place complete with preserved animals and a collection of bones. Built by National Artist Thawan Duchanee. The Black House Museum (AKA Baan Dam Museum) is a cluster of nearly 40 shadowy structures exhibiting arts dating back to the Ayutthaya period. 

After fully admiring these 3 different structures, you’ll be taken back to Chiang Mai city.