Colorful Chiang Rai! Colorful Chiang Rai Tour Course
🌿 Chiang Rai One-Day Trip Recommended Course 🌿
Thaweesin Hot Spring → White Temple → Singha Park → Blue Temple → Red Temple → Lalita Cafe
♨️ Thaweesin Hot Spring
- A free resting area where you can enjoy foot baths and hot spring eggs in nature
A hot spot located between Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai that's great for a quick stop!
It smells a little like sulfur, but the natural hot spring atmosphere is attractive.
• Observation Points
✅ Soak your feet in a hot foot bath
✅ Experience boiling and eating hot spring eggs yourself
🤍 White Temple (Wat Rong Khun / White Temple)
- The White Temple, a representative attraction of Chiang Rai, is famous for its exterior that is distinctly different from traditional temples and looks like a work of art.
It was designed and built by famous Thai artist Charomchai Kosipipat. When the old temple that was originally located here was badly damaged,
Charomchai decided to restore the temple in his hometown with his artistic spirit and reinterpret it in a modern way.
He considered this project a fusion of Buddhist beliefs and modern art,
and he said that it visually expressed compassion, heaven and hell, and reincarnation.
• Viewing Points
✅ The elaborate exterior walls and the bridge symbolizing hell and heaven
The entrance bridge symbolizes life and death, and the journey from hell to heaven, and the interior is decorated with modern images such as Michael Jackson, Superman, and nuclear explosions, so take a look!
✅ A temple like a work of art full of photo zones
This pure white, sparkling, and gorgeous temple sparkles in the strong sunlight, creating a fantastic feeling. It also looks great in photos, so take a great shot.
🍃 Singha Park (Boon Rawd Farm)
- A large farm-type park where green nature and various activities coexist
Operated by Singha Beer Company, it has plenty of things to enjoy such as bicycles, trams, cafes, and flower fields. • Observation Points
✅ Ride a bike or tram around the park
✅ Take pictures at photo spots such as flower fields, lakes, and tea fields
✅ Enjoy leisure time at a cafe in the park
This is a nature-friendly cafe where you can enjoy fresh drinks and snacks while looking out over the open tea fields and green scenery. The interior is made of wood and glass, so natural light fills the room, creating a comfortable and sophisticated atmosphere. Take a break while enjoying a cup of tea.
💙 Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suea Ten / Blue Temple)
- A fantastic temple with a harmony of vivid blue colors and gold decorations
A mysterious temple with a gorgeous yet calm atmosphere. The name means ‘the temple where tigers play.’ It is said that the area where this temple was built used to be a forest or river where tigers often appeared and played. So people naturally started calling it “Tiger Land” or “Where Tigers Played.” • Viewing Points
✅ The harmony of the interior murals and white Buddha statues
✅ The blue exterior and gold details are perfect for taking pictures
✅ Free admission + relatively quiet atmosphere
🔴 Red Temple (Wat Huay Pla Kang)
- A spectacular temple with an impressive red tower and a giant statue of Avalokiteshvara
Wat Huay Pla Kang, known as the Red Temple of Chiang Rai, is not a traditional Thai temple, but a temple based on Chinese Buddhist style. This temple is characterized by its Chinese style, which is completely different from typical Thai temples.
• Viewing Points
✅ Climb the 9-story tower to enjoy a panoramic view
A spectacular viewpoint located on a hill overlooking the city of Chiang Rai!
✅ You can see the inside of the giant white Avalokiteshvara statue (you can take the elevator)
✅ The red temple exterior and sculptures are magnificent and majestic
🌸 Lalitta Café
- A nature-friendly cafe resembling a fairy tale garden
It is full of perfect backgrounds for life shots, such as waterfalls, flowers, bridges, and ponds. • Observation points
✅ Outdoor gardens full of photo zones and small waterfalls
✅ Healing spots for a leisurely finish
🛵 Course tips
• This is a route that can be visited in one day (based on vehicle movement)
• Morning: Tawisin Hot Springs → White Temple
• Lunch: Singha Park
• Afternoon: Blue Temple → Red Temple → Lalita Cafe
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