Huay Tung Tao Park
Huay Tung Tao is a large area with woodland and a huge lake. It’s popular and mostly used for running and bicycling for many locals from Chiang Mai and a few Tourists. Around the Lake at Huay Tueng Tao are many Restaurants which have the tables on cosy bamboo floats and a great view over the Huay Tung Tao Lake. Some Thai locals come for fishing, picnic or to worship to Buddha statue next to the lake of this nature reservoir near Chiang Mai in Thailand.
The Lake at Huay Tueng Tao
The admission fee was 20 Thai Baht per person and if you like to relax on one of the floats from the restaurants it 10 Baht extra. The prices are adequate for the drinks and food direct on a beautiful lake surrounded by mountains. Huay Tung Tao is a nice trip for couples and nature friends in Thailand. With a motorbike you arrive after 10 km on the highway to Mae Rim at this quiet place in Thailand’s Chiangmai province.
Chiang Mai Adventure Tours:
The Travel Agency in the Rachdomnern Road offers all kind of tour booking in northern Thailand. Here you can get information’s about any destination in Thailand and especially about Chiang Mai’s environment. Adventure Tours has a friendly and qualified service which explains you travel possibilities around Chiang Mai. My favorites here are the Doi Inthanon National Park, Mae Hong Son, Phrae and the Caves at Chiang Dao. Another recommendation are the longneck Karen villages here in this area in South East Asia. The well English speaking staff will satisfy your claims for unforgettable culture holidays in northern Thailand.
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Thai Language Center in Chiang Mai:
Why not learn how to speak, write and read Thai? The Thai Language Center in Chiang Mai offer good structured Thai Language classes in all levels. The small classes of maximum 6 people promise a learning success in a short time. Usually the Thai lessons are everyday two hours from Monday to Friday. I paid for a Thai Language Course of three weeks 3000 Baht in 2009. If you want to learn more or less than you can choose the private Thai Lessons which was in 09 250 Baht per hour. At the private lessons of a well qualified Thai Language Teacher you can define the learning target. I did a beginner course and some private lessons at the Language Center and I don’t repent my choice of this Thai School in Chiang Mai.
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Wat Srisuphan in Chiang Mai
In 1502 the first pure silver ordination hall in world was build here at Wat Srisuphan in Chiang Mai. The Buddhist Temple in Laana style is a bit in south of the moat near Pratu Chiang Mai. Here you can come for a conversation with the Monks in English language. The “Chat with the Monks” is every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 5:30 – 07:00 pm at the silver temple Wat Srisuphan. This is a good chance to ask the Buddhist Monks about Thai culture, life as a monk in north Thailand, meditation or other thinks where you are interested in. This Sisuphan temple is as well famous for the public meditations three times per week. Everybody is welcome to join. The great silver ordination hall has a dimension of 5 meters wide and 18 meters long.
The Buddha at Srisuphan temple
The Buddha image inside the temple look very beautiful, the contrast of the silver to the gold let him appear and silhouetted against other temples in Chiang Mai or somewhere in Thailand.
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Thailand’s highest mountain is a great alternation to temples and markets in Chiang Mai. From Chiang Mai city you can take the public bus from pratu Chiang Mai to Chom Thong. From Chom Tong it’s easy to reach the Doi In by Sawngthaew. If you want to have it a bit easier than you can book a daytrip tour from CM town. Another option is traveling by car; the Doi In is about 80 km away from CM. Many tour operators drive to the most beautiful spots of the Doi Inthanon National Park in northern Thailand. The most magnificent sights are the 2509 meter high apex of the mountain, the Great Holy Relics Pagoda of Nabhamethanidol – Nabhapolbhumisiri, Karen and Hmog hill tribe villages, Doi Inthanon Royal Project and great waterfalls.
The highest Mountain in Thailand:
The highest spot in Thailand is very famous for the beautiful nature. About 400 bird species, moss, orchids and many rare animals like Gibbon Monkeys and Asian black bears are at home at the apex of the Doi In in Chiangmai. On the apex there is a visitor center and a coffee shop where you can rewarm yourself. If you come here than it’s recommended to bring a jacked or a warm pullover, the temperatures here at Doi Inthanon are around 10 degrees Celsius.
Wachirathan Waterfall
Waterfalls at Doi Inthanon:
The most visited waterfalls at Doi Inthanon are Wachirathan Waterfall, Nam Tok Mae Pan, Siriphurn Waterfall and the Nam Tok Mae Ya which is with 280 meters the highest in this 482 quadrate kilometer big national park in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province. My favorites are the Mae Ya and the Wachiratan which exhibit some shops for fresh coffee and other beverages.
The Great Holy Relics Pagoda of Nabhamethanidol – Nabhapolbhumisiri:
This spot was one of our highlights at Doi Inthanon National Park. The Royal Thai Air Force constructed the beautiful stupa to commemorate the 60th birthday anniversary of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej in December 1987. 5 years later the Royal Air Force builds the Phra Mahathat Naphapholphumisiri to honor HM Queen Sirikit’s 60th birthday in 1992. At the Great Holy Relics Pagoda are beautiful flower gardens which are really worthwhile to visit. The small restaurant invites tourists for food, drinks and to buy souvenirs. This place becomes very beautiful when the fog lying over this spot on the Doi Inthanon near Chiang Mai.
The Garden at The Great Holy Relics Pagoda
Karen villages:
Many day trips stop at one of the hill tribe villages of the Doi Inthanon, here you can watch the all day life of the Karen and buy some handmade souvenirs. For us it was not that interesting because we were already at a Karen village at Ban Nai Soi near Mae Hongson. But still, it’s a nice destination for all who want to see the traditional life of Karen minorities here in the northern Thailand.
Doi Inthanon National Park is a great trip for all Nature fans in northern Thailand. The tour prices are about 1000 to 1500 Thai Baht including lunch and drinks. For us it is one of Chiang Mais main attractions and a worthwhile trip for all tourists in Chiangmai in the North of Thailand.
A handicraft shop @ Ban Tawai
The three handicraft villages Ban Tawai, Baan Wan and Hang Dong are on the highway 108 about 15 km out of Chiang Mai in Thailand. The villages are famous for antiques, ceramic and handmade Asian furniture’s made of wood. The streets at Ban Thawai, Hang Dong and Ban Waan are dominated of manufactures where you can watch the artists at work and shops where you can buy carvings and beautiful furniture’s and other handicrafts from Chiangmai in northern Thailand. Around the shops are many parcel operators to sent your souvenirs direct to your home. You have the choice of plane or shipping. If you want to send the goods on surface than it’s mostly necessary that you have at least one cubic meter witch is about 9000 Thai Baht to Europe. The prices for the handcrafts in ban tawai are often cheaper than the cargo but all in all it is still a good deal compared with prices for handmade furniture’s in Europe. For us it was a pleasant and interesting day trip from Chiang Mai, Here at Baan Taawai you can forage in beautiful Asian Art and handicrafts without get bored. For refreshments there are some nice Café’s in this nice village in northern Thailand.
Rainbow over the Wat Pla That near Chiang Dao
Wat Pla That Doi Mounjing is a non touristic temple in northern Thailand in the Chiang Mai province. The small Pla That Temple is on the top of a hill near Chiang Dao. From here there is a great view over the environment of this area and the landscapes of Chiang Dao. The best way to arrive to the Wat Pla Doi Mornjing Forrest temple is by car from Chiang Mai or by motorbike from Chiang Dao in Thailand. Follow the street from Chiang Dao to Fang and look for a golden Buddhist stupa on a hill about on the half way to the Pha Dang national Park.
Wat Pla That Doi Mounjing
It’s a small but very beautiful temple and a good destination for all who like to meditate, relax or to watch a nice panorama in South East Asia with mountains and rice fields. The Wat Pla That was one of our travel highlights on our trip to the area around Chiangdao in north Thailand and I can recommend to visit the temple if you looking for cultural and non touristic places.
Temple near Chiang Dao in north Thailand
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Landscapes near Chiang Dao
Chiang Dao in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province is a small village which is very famous for the holy caves “Tham Chiang Dao”. Many day visitors and traveler come from Chiang Mai to see the long cave system with many holy Buddha images here in north Thailand. On the entry of the Chiang Dao cave are many shops with food, drinks and herbals. The entry fee was in 2009 20 which is used for electricity for the caves. Some caves like the Thum Pranon have lights so you can walk easily through the old and mystic paths. If you are lucky you can see some bats. For other caves you will need a guide with a gas lamp. The guides here in Chiang Dao know the history and speak good English; the price was 100 Thai Baht for a cave conduct.
Chiang Dao Caves
On the way to the main attraction here in this town which is about 80 km away from Chiang Mai you can visit many nice Buddhist temples which invite you for meditations and to make some great holiday pictures of your travel trip through northern Thailand. Accommodation is widespread here in Chiang Doa, direct in town are many guest houses. We slept at Rim Doi Resort a bit out of the city which had clean rooms for a good backpacker price of 350 Baht per night. If you stay longer and want to explore the environment around Chiang Dao in north Thailand than are the Pha Dang National Park and the beautiful Wat Pla That Doi Mornjing nice options for pleasant day trips. The best way to come around is by car or motorbike. You will enjoy the landscapes and the charm of Asia in this non touristic and travel area in Thailand.
A mystic lake in front of the caves at Chiang Dao
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Sungwan Waterfall @ Pha Dang National Park
The Pha Dang National Park is worthwhile destination for a nice daytrip from Chiang Mai or Chiang Dao. The park in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province shelter hot springs, a waterfall, flower garden and an herbal area. Accommodation is as well available at the headquarter of this 1100 square km huge national park near Chiang Dao. At the Pha Dang National park are many bird species, many wildlife and rare kinds of plants. The entry fee for foreigners is 100 Thai Baht and including all attractions like the Pong Arng Hot Spring and the beautiful Srisungwan Waterfall in the north of Chiang Mai province. The Pong Arng Hot Springs have a temperature from 58 C. At the nice Park you have the chance to bath into the mineral water of this natural wonder here in Thailand. The infra structure is good, there are locking rooms and showers direct on the springs. On the Sri Sungwan waterfall are a campground, picnic tables and many quiet places for rest and meditate to the sound of the Asian nature. On the way back to Chiang Dao you can stop at the Wat Pla That Mornjing for another non touristic highlight on your travel trip through northern Thailand. If you want to come here than you can take the road number 107 to Fang and follow the signs to the Pha Dang National Park. The turn is about 35 km out of town through beautiful landscapes of the north of this beautiful country in Asia.
The Pong Arng Hot Spring
Rim Doi Resort in Chiang Dao
If you looking for cheap and good Accommodation in Chiang Dao in Thailand than you are right at Rim Doi Resort. The amply Resort a bit out of Chiang Dao City in the Chiang Mai province offer huge and good appointed rooms for a good price. We paid in October 2009 350 Thai Baht for a beautiful double room direct on a lake with hot shower, minibar and satellite TV. The price for a Air-Con Bungalow was 500 Baht. The Rim Doi accommodation is a bit out of town but you will recognize the signs in Chiang Dao center to this great address in northern Thailand. The Restaurant and Bar of the Resort serve traditional Thai and Western dishes for reasonable prices. In the beautiful garden of this accommodation is a fishing lake where you can relax and fishing for 50 Baht for a half day. The room service serve you cold beers and other beverages without extra coast direct to the terrace of your Bungalow. Here you can rest a while from your travel stress and enjoy the beautiful enviroment of the Rimdoi Resort in Chiang Dao.
The campground on the apex of the Mountain
The national Park of the Doi Suthep and the Pui Mountain is home of about 300 bird species, many flowers and many tourists’ attractions which are easy to reach from Chiang Mai in north Thailand. The most visited places here are the Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep temple, the Phra Tamnak Phu Phing Palace of the Royal Family and the Monthathan Waterfall. The apex of the Suthep Mountain is 1676 meter high. On the 1688 meter high apex of the Doi Pui in Chiang Mai is a great place for picnic, rest or camping. You reach the campground of the Doi Pui if you follow the street at long the winter Palace to the Hmog hill tribe’s villages here in northern Thailand. On the way to the top you will recognize many beautiful temples, waterfalls and viewpoints which are a bit quieter than the main sights of this area. Another attraction of the Doi Suthep area is the Zoo of Chiangmai which you can find on the foot of the hill. Nearly every sight is easy to arrive by songteaw Taxi, Car and motorbike. Racy tourists and traveler can rent a Mountain bike in Chiang Mai and can climb the top by bike. For me are the Doi Suthep and the Doi Pui Mountains one of the highlights of northern Thailand. It is a nice possibility to flee from the pollution in central CM and come close with the nature of South East Asia.
