Chiang Rai Travel Planner

Depart hotel and drive 45 minutes to the monkey & fish cave where could be the only place in northern part of Thailand that there are still about 300 wild Macaque monkeys are protected by the community. A clear never dry stream is running out from the cave, see numerous and different kind of fish from the local merit making for their good fortune. Continue 15 minutes drive on to the Burmese border town, Mae sai. Cross over the border in to Myanmar. Take a Tuk Tuk around to visit a real local Burmese fresh market, temple, school and community. Before crossing the border back to Thailand, you will be enable to visit and buy some gifts in the tourist souvenir market. Continue drive 30 minutes east to the infamous Golden triangle for gorgeous panoramic view of The two rivers, Sob ruak and the great Mekhong which form the border of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. Visit a very interesting historical Opium museum and learn how Opium was planted and used in the past. Take an hour MaeKhong speed boat trip around the island of the three countries border joining point and then down to a Laos souvenir shopping market to enable you to get some Laos handcrafts gift. The last stop will be made to visit an old magnificent Lanna style temple, Wat Jediluang in the ancient city, Chiang Saen before drive 1 hour back to Chiang Rai.

Why this tour depart so early? Thai people have a saying ” the earliest you are going to the market the cheapest price you can get” This trip your benefit will surely in Burma fresh market where you will see a lot more locally products from the jungle. A lot more peoples from different minorities with their colorful costume. A long line of Burmese Buddhist monks are slowly walking through the market for receive their food offering and giving richly bless to people through the whole market every morning. Otherwise it is cooler and the air is fresh in the early morning. After the trip you must agree it is really impressive.

Depart hotel and drive 45 minutes to the monkey & fish cave where could be the only place in northern part of Thailand that there are about 300 wild Macaque monkeys are protected by the community. A clear never dry stream is running out from the cave, see numerous and different kind of fish from the local merit making for their good fortune. Continue 15 minutes drive on to the Burmese border town, Mae sai. Cross over the border in to Myanmar. Take a Tuk Tuk around to visit a real local Burmese fresh market, temple, school and community. Before crossing the border back to Thailand. Continue 25 minutes drive you up to the white Karen tribe village where also many different tribes are settle for sell their handcrafts to earn their living. ( take a 1 hour elephant ride on a little trail across hill, Paddy rice fields, and going up and down not steep hill and in to the river for 10 minutes ) then drive in a car to visiting to Akha and a lahu tribal villages before return back to hotel.