Private tour from Chiang Mai to Lumpang and Lamphun

08:30 Leave from the hotel in Chiangmai toward the southern part (90 kms). Along the way, stop the first tour at Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, This is one of the most dishy temples. The grounds are engaging and you can easily spend an hour wandering there, the old sacred Bodhi tree with its traditional props is a great spectacle. 

The huge sagging branches are held up by long forked sticks, many beautifully decorated. You can find hundreds of these props, placed there above the years by the faithful. Also spectacular is the numbers of bull/cow sculptures, these are everywhere, mostly petite but some big, forming little crowds here and there. 

Afterwards,Aptitude in Lampang City’s tourist, wats and markets by horse-cart riding. It is a sign of Lampang province.

Lampang City is called the Horse Cart City, so no visit would be complete not including a quick run about the city in one of its charming horse carriages. 

Then drive to Lamphun. Construct a first stop on the principal wat of the province, Prathat Hariphunchai Temple, find the Lanna-style temple's 9th-century style and get a glimpse of the impressive gobbet of viharns (Buddhist monasteries) adorned in exquisite gold. 

Stop at Chamdevi Temple. Seek advice from the largest of the two is a very peculiar sq. ‘stepped pyramid’ shaped pagoda. Wat Jam Devi created in the name of Queen Chama Devi, and wonder at the unusual, square-shaped stupa from the Dvaravati period that is rumoured to have the ashes of the queen.

On the way back to Chiang Mai pass the beautiful route along the tree-lined Chiangmai-Lamphun Road, for a distance of 12 kilometer as far as the Chiangmai Lamphun provincial boundary the street is lined by lofty 30-metre high yang trees, interspersed with fruit orchards, small farms and paddy fields. Finish the private tour from Chiang Mai to Lumpang and Lamphun about 17:00

Circle Trip Chiang Mai to Maehongson Tour 3 days 2 nights

Maehongson Package Tours 3 days 2 nights circle Trip from Chiangmai

Maehongson is one of northern Thailand's most well-known multi-day excursions. This Maehongson tour packages is a loop that begins and finishes in Chiang Mai, taking in marked mountain and river scenery together with fascinating towns to explore.
First Day Maehongson Tour Loop :
We switch from Chiang Mai Metropolis within the morning. For first day tours originates in Chiangmai and travels northwest a hundred and fifty km on some steep and zigzag roads via the mountain wilderness to the quaint riverside town of Pai. The scenery is breathtaking along the way in which and we break at at Huai Nam Dong National Park, which is a bit of over halfway to Pai and lunch.

Huai Nam Dang is usually a part of a visit to Maehongson since you cross it on Freeway 1095. Huai Nam Dang National Park mantles an area of one hundred eighty square kms. of Amphoe Mae Taeng, Chiangmai and Amphoe Pai, Mae Hong Son. Many of the areas are ranged highlands. The mountain has a verdant forest, which is the supply of tributaries and various streams.

Sights include: Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint or Doi Kiu Lom overlooks Doi Chiang Dao and is a superb spot to see dawn amid cloudy valleys in the early morning. To get there, drive alongside Mae Malai-Pai Road to between Km. 65-66, and then take a 6-kilometre access highway to the park office.
Highlight : Doi Chang Viewpoint is located 20 kilometres beyond the Huai Nam Dang Viewpoint. Only a four-wheel vehicle could make the trip. The scenic views of natural mountain ranges and early morning sea of cloud could be seen from here.

At that time visit Pong Num Ron Tha Pai (Tha Pai Hot Spring). Take a mineral bathtub for half hour otherwise kick on to Pai. Tha Pai Hot Spring are one of the focal points of Huai Nam Dang National Park, in Maehongson province, eight kilometers south of Pai. The springs provide quite a few bathtubs for guests to bathe in, and additionally it is attainable to wash within the stream that runs through the site. The water from these springs is alleged to have robust therapeutic value.

Continue to cease at Second World War Memorial Bridge that crosses the Pai River. Thereupon take a journey in the idyllic flowers garden and have some coffee before you visit Pai Canyon. This small but beautiful canyon is positioned within the middle of Pai Valley.

Ultimately vacation spot on the this day loop, also price spending an in a single day at is the town of Pai, an surprising find in a distant mountain valley. Twenty years in the past the city of Pai used to be a number of dust roads and retailers, as vacationers quickly found the pure fantastic thing about the Pai River and it’s surrounding valley, businesses and improvement followed not lengthy after and it was the little backpacker settlement that it is today. Common amongst hippy and creative varieties both Thai and international alike, the texture may be very a lot new age. This small city is stuffed with bohemian model cafes, eating places, bookstores and guesthouses.
This night, we keep at Baan Pai Village. We love a nice hut with good backyard view in the principle space of Pai walking street.
Second Day Maehongson Tour Loop :
We are going to begin with a morning journey to Mae Yen temple to enjoy the views over the sleepy town of Pai and the Pai river valley.

Mae Yen temple is small temple on a hill 2 km from Pai is very attention-grabbing for its setting and the view overlooking the town you have got from it. The 353 steps long staircase to achieve the temple is charming even for those who can skip it and take the street to entry to Wat Phra That Mae Yen. The wat consists of two structures and a few small golden pagodas. In front of the temple way in, there's a little market with stalls the place you can buy merchandise, mainly hats and scarves knitted by the seller. They are often very useful as a result of it is chilly at night and in the early morning in Pai.

Then visit to Santichon Village or Chinese Yunnan Village and lunch.
Yunnan Cultural Village offers the lifestyle and Chinese language clay houses. Tourists can taste the inexperienced tea and pork hocks with buns at Baan Santichon surrounded by the mountains of Pai. At Santichon village, we have now to try authentic Yunnan Chinese meals equivalent to pork hocks, buns, steamed black chicken with Chinese herbs, fried shiitake mushroom, and Yunnan girl’s salad.

We'll afterward make our approach towards Mae Hong Son stopping at Tham Lod (Lod Cave) where we are going to explore on bamboo rafts deep into the darkness of those caves. About forty kms. from Pai we'll discover Soppong (that additionally goes by Pangmapha), which is much more to our liking. Famous for Tham Lod, an enormous cave you possibly can raft by means of, that is an area of particular beauty. Cave Lodge is considered the trekking hub for the area.

Tham Lod is considered one in all Thailand's most spectacular caves, partly for its measurement, partly for its enticing limestone stalactite formations and partly for the weird coffin cave hidden within the primary cave. In its entirety, Tham Lod is greater than 1.5 km in length, which continues to be considerably smaller than some of the caves that can be seen in neighbouring Laos and further afield in Vietnam.

The Lang River flows via more than a third of the cave's length, giving you an opportunity to drift via on bamboo rafts floating alongside within the darkness, listening to and smelling the bats overhead, makes for a unique experience. A typical visit features a float by way of a few of the cave followed by climbing by means of different portions to see the coffin cave and a couple of other caverns.
Our next stop will be fish cave where you'll be able to see an considerable array of cave dwelling fish.

Continue to we are going to drive up into the hills round Maehongson and stop to chill out at Phu Klon wellbeing mineral mud spa. Phu klon geographically means a mud source and pure mineral spring which is between 60-a hundred and forty C. Rising together with the mineral water boiling black mud is clean, free from sulfur odor and full of wholesome mineral for the pores and skin and blood circulation.
An overnight stop in Maehongson Town.
The Last Day of Maehongson Tour Loop : 

After breakfast at a neighborhood restaurant in Maehongson drive to Doi Kong Mu Temple. The principle points of interest are the white chedis and sumptuous view. Doi Kong Mu Temple. This temple is especially atmospheric within the early morning with mist and low cloud usually filling the valley below. By midday, the heat of the solar normally clears the air to depart stunning views of the valley beneath and mountains beyond. The larger pagoda was built in 1860 and comprises the relics of Phra Moggalana, one of many disciples of Buddha. The smaller chedi was created in 1874, by Phraya Singhanatracha, the primary governor of Maehongson.

Next visit to Karen Longneck Village, Karen Longneck Village space was bigger, with a number of homes, a church and even a school. The village wasn’t completely occupied by just the long neck women, with a few of the ladies as an alternative displaying elongated ear lobes, rings round their calves, and even some in just plain clothes with no bodily adornments. Lots of the girls had been congregating collectively whereas the lengthy neck women would sit by their houses, with handmade items on show for purchase.

After lunch visit Kaew Komol Cave or Diamon Cave (Calcite cave, there's solely three locations in the world.). It is very beautiful however not allow to take a picture inside. Kaew Komol Park is a forest park with a hot spring (now covered by the brand new Mae Hu reservoir) and fluorite mines. The cave was discovered inside a now abandoned fluorite mine. Obviously the geology is slightly complicated and attention-grabbing for a karst area. A end result are really extraordinary speleothems, like popcorn calcite, aragonite and other strange things. This cave is alleged to be essentially the most beautiful cave of Thailand.

Eventually trip, back to Chiang Mai on soutern path and have a dinner at Ob-Luang National park by the river.

Trip to Doi Suthep Temple

A must see, on any traveler to Chiang Mai, is the phenomenal and consecrated wat of Wat Phra That Doi Suthep which is positioned close to the top of Doi Suthep - Pui National Park

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is the iconic, ancient wat of pilgrim on the eastern dip of Doi Suthep, the sacral montane that grow upward west of Chiang Mai. It is one of Northern Thailand’s most important traveler destinations, annually attracting not less than around million tourist, both Thai and foreigners.
Visit Chiang Mai most divine wat, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (1383 AD). The temple is positioned 16 kilometres’s from the city town and 3,500 ft above sea level. Admire the fantastic golden stupa, that is contains the sacred relics of Lord Buddha.

The way up to the Phra That is a cement stairway decorated with seven-headed Great naga. Interior the wat is a Chiang Saen style chedi. Following stylised Lanna art, the bell-shaped pagoda is covered with two layers of gold leaf and has a high octagon base. Located to the west of Chiang Mai, voyager can clearly see the scenic look of the city from the wat. Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is held as one of one of the most glorious wats in the province. It might as well be said that a visit to Chiang Mai cannot be fulfilled with no a stop to pay a symbol of respect to Doi Suthep Temple .

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep was constructed in the thirteenth century during the reign of King Kue Na Thammikarat, the sixth King of Chiangmai, to house the Buddha’s relics which the king had brought from Si Satchanalai. The temple is a second-class royal temple of the Ratcha Wora Viharn type. It has been a place of adore of the old town of Chiang Mai since its former times.

The chedi sits in a rather small yard at the summit of the mount. The ground building sits on a bigger plaza put several buildings as well as a lookout tower from which you will look, weather permitting, all of Chiang Mai and the surrounding plain. among the structure on the plaza is a small museum displaying old pieces of temple wares as well as some of the more ancient or unique monetary contribution to the temple. Note that before entering the ground stuff the stupa, you must remove your footwear. You must also be dressed appropriately, although the wat can supply some clothes on loan to cover up your naughty knees and blanket shoulders.

Accessible by climbing 306 steps steep up or by lift for 30B. The way up is flanked by plants and Naga serpents figures. All voyager must take off their footwear and dressed appropriately to come into the wat veranda. No shorts allowed and shoulders must be covered, you will find garment available for rent.

How to go : Get here early or late to keep away from the crowds. To get here, take a red truck from in front of the zoo, at the western end of Huai Kaeo avenue. The traveling expenses is 50 Thb going up and 40B for the Bhubing palace. The ride can get cold, so bring a pullover or jacket. The car stops at the base of the naga stave. Another choice you can contact Chiang Mai tour agency .This tour is available in two selections join with group tour or private tour . The private option provides you greater convenient and you can spend as much or as little time at any of the places that you visit. Unlike the tight and fixed schedules of budget tours, the private choice allows you to do the tour at your own pace. This half day tour is a most pleasing one. You can simplify matters by booking a half-day trip though any tour agency in Chiang Mai for all around 600B, including a stop at Phuping Palace or Hmong Village that you can select one.

Ticket : Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (admission 30 Thb.) is open daily 7am to 5pm. If you'd rather not climb the 306 steps, a special part of the experience, there's a funicular lift to the top for 50 Thb.
It is a idyllic place for a visit. You have an option betwixt climb up the stairs to the top or take an cable car. The area is nice, full of activities. Great for wayfarer even though if you are not buddhist.