Chiang Rai One Day Trip from Chiang Mai

We had a great time on our Chiang Rai day tour! 🩵 The trip was well-organized, enjoyable, and very informative. Our guide (Raine) was friendly and knowledgeable, and we learned a lot about the history and culture of each place we visited. The temples were beautiful, and everything was explained clearly without feeling rushed. Overall, it was a memorable experience and definitely worth it. Highly recommended! ✨

We visited four locations, and the Long Neck Karen people didn't seem very happy 😞. If you can, please consider buying some of their handicrafts. Further inside, there are many families, so you can spread out your purchases! Wat Rong Khun (the White Temple) is truly stunning, very impressive and beautiful. The Blue Temple is also magnificent, and outside, you can try butterfly pea flower ice cream. The Black House Museum was more ordinary, featuring many artifacts assembled by artists themselves. Please note that transportation is via shared car, so it can be quite crowded. Also, some people participate in certain attractions while others don't, meaning those not participating might have to wait outside. Since we visited in April, the people of Chiang Mai and Myanmar were burning fields, so the air quality might be poor, and the weather was very hot. If the car's air conditioning isn't strong enough, it can be quite uncomfortable! The journey is long, but there will be stops for breaks along the way.

If you don’t mind spending about 8 hours in the car for a 550 km round trip, this tour is totally worth it. I loved all the stops—Long Neck Village, the hot springs, White Temple, Blue Temple, Black House, and the Mekong boat trip to the Golden Triangle near the Laos–Myanmar–Thailand border. The driver was very professional and smooth, no honking or sudden braking. The price was reasonable for such a long journey. Big thanks to our guide Diamon, the driver, and the whole team. Highly recommend if you’re short on time.

The tour guide was so nice, helpful and accommodating. I highly recommend this tour to everyone. Our tour guide was Rainee. I did enjoy the whole tour! I was not expecting that I will have the chance to visit Northern Thailand’s boundary, Golden Triangle via boat, seeing Myanmar, Laos, mountains of Tibet from afar via the Mekong River. For me, this was the most amazing part of the tour! I’ve been to lots pf temples but the White Temple so far is the most fabulous one. I love the blue coconut ice cream we had outside the Blue Temple. The Black Museum features different kids of artwork inspired with black-colored artworks by the Chinese artist himself. The temple has a cool environment outside surrounded by trees and there’s a lake there too. Our lunch was bland or maybe that’s really how Northaern Thai people prepare their food not to make it too salty so that foods served are still healthy. Overall, I enjoyed the whole tour It’s worth the money you paid for. Highly recommended!

This was a great experience and I highly recommend it, especially if you have limited time in Chiang Mai. This day trip takes you to 5 major destinations in Chiang Rai which is great and the package is customizable. We got the full package and I will say we mostly enjoyed the White and Blue Temples. Like many others mentioned, the Long Neck Village is kind of sad, but also necessary. Many people engaged, took pictures with the people but did not tip or purchase anything, which I felt was wrong, but no fault of the tour itself. The boat ride we could’ve also done without, as it’s just a circle around the river with nothing really to see. The black house is also skippable, but cool space for photo ops. The ride is long, but manageable. They make some stops for rest and bathroom as well. our tour guide Rainne was great!All in all, this tour allowed me to see everything, so I recommend going and forming your own opinion!

The packed itinerary was definitely worthwhile. Visiting the Long Neck Karen village, it was clear how hard the women work, weaving with heavy brass rings around their necks. The White Temple was absolutely stunning; its all-white architecture was breathtaking, and even though you cross a bridge to hell, it wasn't scary at all. The Blue Temple truly was all blue, and the murals inside were beautiful. The Black House also had very distinctive architecture, but these houses nestled in the forest felt a bit eerie. The final stop was the Golden Triangle, and taking a boat ride through the three countries of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos was a unique experience.

The tour guide could have a spoken and engaged more instead of sleeping in the car and they need to remember be are tourists so we haven’t seen theses places that they see everyday like it’s a chore for them and the driver also needs to slow down there were some hairy times specially on windy roads but the tour itself was really good first stop the long neck village if you didn’t have in your package cost $300 bht each which I don’t think it’s worth it but all money goes back to the village but each tour bus a lot go there so they would be making heaps, white and blue temple were amazing but not enough time very rushed and black museum I didn’t like should of left earlier and more time on temples, lunch supplied and it was good overall worth the money if you purchase on Klook for discount

It was quite stunning to see the white temple in Chiang Rai. The blue temple was great too. The black museum has some adult contents hence if travelling with children, you need to be aware of it. Long drive of 3.5 hours to Chiang Rai and back is probably worth it!

it was a great day. everything was different and worth seeing. it is a long trip and we did spend a lot of time travelling. sadly, our trip ended on a sour note due to fuel issues and then the van breaking down but this didn't detract from the amazing sights we saw.

After picking up all the travelers from various hotels in Chiang Mai, our day trip began. We toured the White Temple, Blue Temple, Black House Museum, Golden Triangle, and enjoyed a boat tour. Although I booked a Chinese-speaking guide, the guide primarily spoke English because most of the passengers were Westerners. The itinerary was very well-planned, with no wasted time.