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Golden Triangle and Chiang Rai Day Tour: Visit White, Black, Blue Temples from Chiang Mai
3.8
44 Ratings
Tambon Si Phum
Experience the highlights of Chiang Rai province in one day with a Golden Triangle and Chiang Rai Day Tour. Visit the iconic White, Black, and Blue Temples, explore the Golden Triangle, and immerse yourself in the art, culture, and scenic landscapes of Chiang Rai. Book now!
Experience the highlights of Chiang Rai province in one day with a Golden Triangle and Chiang Rai Day Tour. Visit the iconic White, Black, and Blue Temples, explore the Golden Triangle, and immerse yourself in the art, culture, and scenic landscapes of Chiang Rai. Book now!
Duration:
14 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mae Khachan Hot Spring - Among the rare natural hot springs in northern Thailand, Mae Kachan Hot Spring (also known as Mae Ka Chan) reaches impressive temperatures of 194˚F (90˚C), hot enough to boil an egg in just a few minutes, a demonstration locals are eager to show. Besides cooking breakfast, visitors can enjoy dipping their toes in several…
- Mae Khachan Hot Spring - Among the rare natural hot springs in northern Thailand, Mae Kachan Hot Spring (also known as Mae Ka Chan) reaches impressive temperatures of 194˚F (90˚C), hot enough to boil an egg in just a few minutes, a demonstration locals are eager to show. Besides cooking breakfast, visitors can enjoy dipping their toes in several pools. Mae Kachan Hot Spring is limited to foot soaking only; full-body immersion is not allowed.
- Wat Rong Khun - Wat Rong Khun, commonly referred to by foreigners as the White Temple, is a privately owned art exhibit designed in the style of a Buddhist temple located in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It is owned by Chalermchai Kositpipat, who designed, built, and opened it to the public in 1997.
- Baan Dam Museum - Known to foreigners as the Black House Museum, Baan Dam Museum is a blend of traditional northern Thai buildings with unique and modern architecture, crafted by Thawan Duchanee.
- Wat Rong Seur Ten (Blue Temple) - A grand, contemporary Buddhist temple noted for its striking blue color and intricate carvings.
- Golden Triangle - Situated in the far north of the province, the Golden Triangle is one of Chiang Rai’s most renowned attractions. Once infamous for the opium trade, the Golden Triangle marks the convergence of the borders of three countries: Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar (Burma). Visitors can opt for a boat trip along the waterways that line the borders.
- Longneck Karen Village - An optional visit to the Karen Long-neck tribe is available (admission fee 300 THB per person). This tribal village is known for its women who wear stacked brass rings on their necks and sell handmade crafts. For those not visiting the Karen Long-neck Village, the tour guide will request you to wait for approximately 1 hour while others visit. You can spend this time exploring the nearby market.
What's Included
- Round-trip transportation by air-conditioned car/minivan from Chiang Mai’s Old Town and Nimman area.
- Tour guide, life insurance
- Lunch, drinking water & seasonal fruits
- Round-trip transportation by air-conditioned car/minivan from Chiang Mai’s Old Town and Nimman area.
- Tour guide, life insurance
- Lunch, drinking water & seasonal fruits
What's Not Included
- Extra charge for visit longneck village or boat trip 300 THB/Person/Activity
- An admission fee of 280 THB per person (Wat Rong Khun and the Black House)
- Extra charge for visit longneck village or boat trip 300 THB/Person/Activity
- An admission fee of 280 THB per person (Wat Rong Khun and the Black House)
Additional Information
Experience the highlights of Chiang Rai in just one day, featuring Wat Rong Khun (White Temple), Baan Dam Museum (Black House), Wat Rong Suea Ten (Blue Temple), the Golden Triangle, and Mae Kachan Hot Spring. Start your day by relaxing your feet at Mae Kachan Hot Spring, setting a soothing tone for your adventure. Explore Chiang Rai, Thailand’s…
Experience the highlights of Chiang Rai in just one day, featuring Wat Rong Khun (White Temple), Baan Dam Museum (Black House), Wat Rong Suea Ten (Blue Temple), the Golden Triangle, and Mae Kachan Hot Spring. Start your day by relaxing your feet at Mae Kachan Hot Spring, setting a soothing tone for your adventure. Explore Chiang Rai, Thailand’s northernmost province, which shares borders with Myanmar and Laos at the renowned Golden Triangle. This area is abundant in art, culture, and natural beauty, showcasing the magnificent White Temple, Longneck tribes, and the Mekong River. Visit the Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Burma, and Laos converge along the Mekong River, a historic site once central to the US war on drugs. Dive into the region’s captivating history and stunning landscapes. With convenient round-trip hotel transfers, enjoy a smooth journey through the best of Chiang Rai.
- Please note that Chiang Rai is far away from Chiang Mai, so this trip involves a long drive in the minivan
- This is a joint tour, the operator will be picking up each guest in order, so please kindly wait patiently at your hotel. If waiting for too long, please contact the operator immediately
- On the rare occasion that we should be required to cancel a tour, we will inform you in advance and offer a different tour date, an alternative tour or provide a full refund
- Child ticket age between 3-6 years
- Participants can choose to end the program in Chiang Rai subject to upon prior request. Luggage will be charged at 500 THB per piece, with a size limit of 20 inches.
- For Wat Rong Khun, a respectful dress code is required. Flip-flops, tank tops, and short pants are not allowed. Appropriate attire includes sneakers, T-shirts, and long trousers like jeans.
- In any case, if your booking isn’t matched with reality when you show upfront (such as child’s age, child’s height, the number of people and etc), you are responsible to pay the additional charge upfront for the tour
- For those who do not visit Karen Long-neck Village, the tour guide will ask you to wait for others around 1 hour. You can spend your time at the near by market.
- The tour will return you to your hotel between approximately 09:00 PM and 09:30 PM, depending on your hotel location and traffic conditions.
- Mae Kachan Hot Spring allows foot soaking only; full-body entry is not permitted.
Location
Hotel M Chiang Mai
Ratchadamnoen Rd
• Or, you can also get picked up from your hotel in Chiang Mai's Old Town and Nimman area.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.8
(44 Ratings)
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Hongz386
Dec 19, 2025
This day trip is worth my time and money - Originally I did not expect much from this day trip because my first impression of Chiang Mai wasn’t great. However, the fact is that this trip is quite worth my time and money. Both the tour guide and the driver were helpful and the itinerary was excellent in covering those attractions that I wouldn’t have visited myself. So I recommend this product to all foreigners. By the way, a taxi driver offered his service with much higher price without going to the Golden Triangle.
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Suepc8039yo
Nov 2, 2025
Travel by Excursion! - When backpacking and needing to get from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai, what better way to travel than by excursion! First stop was the Hot Springs where we breakfasted on freshly boiled eggs - they truly are, hot springs! Then onto the White Temple which is simply stunning and not to be missed, the grounds are superbly maintained and around every corner there is a surprise. Next, the Blue Temple is a vision in blue and gold. Then the Black 'temple' which is really a museum for the works and architecture of Thawan Duchanee, a Thai artist- what an imagination he had. Finally we went on a boat trip to view the border of Myanmar from a safe distance. The guide provided us with interesting information, the driver was helpful and we were dropped close to Chiang Rai where we could get a Grab taxi to our hotel. What a superb way to travel.
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Sue
Oct 17, 2025
Great value - Driver was careful and safe, guide knowledgeable and helpful. The eggs cooked in the hot springs were delicious. The white and blue temples are stunning. Baandam museum certainly different, super architecture. Boat trip made a change of scene. Passed on the Long neck village. We really appreciated being dropped off near Chiang Rai. A great way to back pack between cities.
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Asier_c
Aug 18, 2025
We visited these 2 temples... - We visited these 2 temples in Chinag Mai and the golden triangle, with enough time to enjoy the 3 places. The Mam guide knew how to make us enjoy the experience
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Shazzd65
Jul 20, 2025
Fantastic tour, would highly recommend - Long day trip, but worth it. Tour guide Matthew was very informative and cheerful and spoke extremely good english and easy to understand. Our driver Donny was great, very good driver and we never felt unsafe. We also never felt pressured to buy anything where-ever we stopped, and great recommendation from Matthew to buy the coconut icecream and blue sticky rice at The Blue Temple (not to be missed !!). We enjoyed every part of this trip and being picked up & dropped off at our hotel was wonderful. We did the additional Karen tribe visit and really enjoyed it, such a great way to experience and learn about another culture. We didnt do the boat tour at the Golden Triangle, we just relaxed, once again, interesting place to be because of 3 countries bordering the river. Van was comfortable as well.
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914akashk
Apr 24, 2025
Beautiful 🤩 Chaing rai - Chaing Mai and chaing rai is really a gorgeous place to visit . Nature , beauty , food , culture and away from a Bangkok rush life . Chaing rai is a small city but has too many attractions to must see and experience. The tour operator , guide and driver were so professional in their job and knowledge. Explained every bit of step very well .
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Tourist28729143629
Sep 8, 2025
A full-day adventure - This was a full day excursion but it didn't feel as exhausting as I'd feared. We got to spend time at the intricate White Temple, the approachable Blue Temple, and the mysterious Black Museum. I was grateful to meet some of the Hill People and the Long neck tribes and see their wares. (They were honest about which things were handmade and which were mass-produced.) I always love a chance to be on the water and the Mekong River was fascinating. So much history. I appreciated hearing about Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and how the area that was once so dangerous in the heroin trade is now developing in a new direction.
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Nilton_i
Nov 19, 2025
I do not recommend. Long walk with only 2 points that are really worth it - I found a very long tour and the only places that were really worth it were the white and blue temple. The walk in the golden triangle is SUPER GRATILESS, completely unnecessary, the black temple is actually a museum that is more or less. Looks like it was just for an itinerary. I bet they'd have better stuff to compose this otinerario.
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Nataliet2298
Jun 23, 2025
Too Much - the tour was to long…would have been better without golden triangle…made tour to long and uncomfortable & then drive back was over 4 hours back, driver drove like he was on drugs (speed) was car sick the whole way back, couldn’t wait for tour to be over and done…
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Deborah_w
Sep 7, 2025
Choose Carefully: Guides, Distance, Destination Matters - This tour was exceptionally disappointing, some of which I take personal accountability for. First I would like to state that it is important to do your research as a consumer. Reading reviews can be really helpful, and I would like to help you.
Chaing Rai and the Golden triangle are a really long somewhat unpleasant distance from Chaing Mai. You should be really excited for the destination if you are going to commit to a 4 1/2 hour van ride each way. The road is curvy and under construction. Our driver was speedy. When I wasn't glad that he was trying to get it done, I was slightly afraid of the bold get in the opposite traffic moves that happened ALOT. Keep in mind, you don't pick other riders. It's nobody's fault that a baby cried half the way home. We are talking 14 hours tour. It's a day.
Had i understood the destinations by doing my homework, I wouldn't Ave gone. The hot spring was essentially a souvenier money grab. So unnecessary. The white and blue temples were both built in the last thirty years. The BANDFAM is a contemporary art museum. The vibe to me is that these stops are all Chaing Rai Disney world money grabs. Zero historical significance. Interesting architecture but that's about it. The lunch was meh.
Our tour guide Diamond did as little tour guiding as possible. "Maybe" five minutes of information at the beginning of each stop, as well as telling us when to be back at the van. Pretty sure she took power naps on at least two legs of our trip. She was not wearing a company uniform and did not display a licensed tour operator identification card.
In effort to suggest improvements, I would recommend that your guides should be licensed, should not nap on the job, and should actually lead Tours at each stop unless handing off to a knowledgeable guide. I would not stop at the hotspring. I would go into Chang Rai proper for lunch. Chang Rai is a cute town that tourists might want to come back to if the got to actually see it.i am guessing lunch could happen there instead of a hole in the wall that looked like it was owned by the tour guides friends or family.
The highlight of the tour was the extra fee boat ride at the Golden Triangle. That activity was handed off to a licensed tour operator who was GREAT. I wished I was on her day tour. That brief engagement made my friend and I want to go back to Laos. She was that good.
Sidebar... there was another extra fee stop at a long neck village. To each their own but there is some seriously unethical practices surrounding these villages. As a consumer, educate yourself. As a tour operator, decide that it is morally unacceptable to bring tours to these sad sad sad refugee camps.
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