Day Trips & Excursions in Chiang Mai

Discover a 13th-century Lanna capital and a magnificent Buddhist temple on a full-day, private tour from Chiang Mai to Wiang Kum Kan and Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Enjoy the flexibility of a personal driver/guide as you visit excavated ruins and chedi in a small village, then get perfect views of the countryside from a Buddhist temple set high on a hill. This 8-hour, private tour from Chiang Mai includes hotel pickup and drop-off, lunch, entrance fees, and guided visits at each site.

The original founding of the temple remains a legend and there are a few varied versions. The temple is said to have been founded in 1383 when the first stupa was built.

Visit several cultural and religious sites around Chiang Mai on this 8- to 9-hour tour that includes lunch at a local restaurant. You'll see Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, one of the most sacred temples in the area, as well as Wat Umong, Wat Suan Dok, and Wat Phra That Doi Kham (Temple of the Golden Mountain).

Take a day trip to Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle to see where the borders of Thailand, Burma and Laos converge. With a knowledgeable guide, you'll drive through scenic countryside, visit local hill tribe villages and soak at the Mae Ka Chan hot springs. Marvel at the White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) and enjoy views over the Mekong River as you learn about this region, notorious for its opium trade. Lunch and round-trip hotel transport from Chiang Mai are included.

Visit Doi Inthanon National Park for the day on a small-group tour from Chiang Mai. See Wachirathan waterfall, visit a hill tribe village, and explore the Kew Mae Pan Nature Trail. You'll come across lush forest, giant rhododendrons, waterfalls and streams, and sweeping mountain views on this tour, which includes lunch, guide, entrance fees, and hotel pickup and drop-off.

Take this tour for a unique experience of Chiang Mai - although hundreds of thousands of people visit Northern Thailand each year, relatively few take the time to get to know the culture of Thailand's hill tribes. On this tour visit a village inhabited by Karen people, one of Thailand's seven ethnic hill tribes, and enjoy a glimpse into their daily life.

Take a privately guided walk on an old opium trail in Northern Thailand, where you're accompanied by a local Hmong guide between mountain villages. You'll visit the Hmong communities of Doi Pui and Ban Mae Sa Mai, and learn about the people and plants of Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, whose slopes once supported a prolific opium trade. Your full-day private tour includes a stop at Phra That Doi Suthep Temple, the FORRU tree nursery and a Hmong museum, plus a picnic lunch and round-trip hotel transport by minibus.

Spend an afternoon in and around Ban Mae Kampong, a high-altitude village in the mountains north of Chiang Mai that's known for its tea production. A knowledgable guide accompanies you on this day-long private tour, which includes a Thai massage and a trek to a nearby waterfall. You'll also help prepare a culinary feast at a village home alongside locals. Includes air-conditioned transportation to and from your Chiang Mai hotel.

Encounter northern Thailand's extraordinary cultures on a full-day river cruise to the hill tribe villages in the ancient Mon kingdom. Visit a community of Hmong-speakers as you drive the scenic roads to Thaton, dine at a village restaurant and travel the Mae Kok River to Baan Mai. Explore villages that are home to Akha, Palong and Karen peoples, whose diverse costumes, languages and traditions are among Thailand's most vivid cultural heritage. Climb to the hilltop temple of Wat Thaton, and gaze at panoramic views of the densely forested mountain landscape.

Visit Doi Inthanon National Park, home to Thailand's highest mountain, on this day trip from Chiang Mai. You'll stop for photo ops at the peak, check out Angkha Nature Trail to enjoy the area's lush landscape, visit the Twin Stupas and a Hmong market, see a rice terrace, visit Vachiratharn Waterfall, and more. Lunch, entrance fees, and hotel transport are included.

Take a day trip to Chiang Rai and see the modern architectural marvel of Wat Rong Khun (White Temple). Explore the ancient royal city of Chiang Saen and take a long-tail boat ride on the Khong River. Your full-day itinerary includes a restaurant lunch plus round-trip hotel transport from Chiang Mai. Numbers are limited to a maximum of nine people to ensure a small-group experience with your professional guide.