Places to visit in Chiang Rai, Thailand
8 places to visit in Chiang Rai, Thailand, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Tham Luang, Wat Rong Khun, Wat Rong Suea Ten and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Chiang Rai volume.
3 Famous places to visit · 5 Hidden gems
Famous places to visit in Chiang Rai (3)
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Tham Luang
A long limestone cave system beneath the Doi Nang Non range near Mae Sai, on the border with Myanmar. Its full name means great cave of the sleeping lady, after the outline of the mountain above, said to be a woman lying at rest.
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Wat Rong Khun
A dazzling white work of art in the form of a Buddhist temple, its walls set with mirror glass that glitters in the sun. The artist Chalermchai Kositpipat designed and built it himself and opened it in 1997, and he is still adding to it.
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Wat Rong Suea Ten
A modern wat on the edge of Chiang Rai painted a deep sapphire blue, picked out in gold. Inside, a white Buddha sits against the blue walls, and the name means the house of the dancing tiger.
Hidden gems in Chiang Rai (5)
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Baan Dam Museum
The artist Thawan Duchanee's private museum: a cluster of dark northern Thai houses and stranger buildings filled with horns, skins, bones and his own work. It is the brooding counterpart to Chiang Rai's White Temple.
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Doi Mae Salong
A hill in the Daen Lao range, 6 km from the Burmese border, with the town of Santikhiri strung along its ridge. The town was settled by Chinese families who came over from Burma in 1961, and the slopes around it are planted with tea.
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Doi Tung
A mountain in the highlands of Chiang Rai's Mae Fa Luang district, its once bare slopes replanted under a royal development project. It holds the Princess Mother's villa, the Mae Fah Luang gardens and a hilltop wat with old twin chedis.
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Hall of Opium
A museum at the Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet on the Mekong, telling the story of the opium poppy. Its galleries follow the drug from its origins through the trade that once made this corner of the map notorious.
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Phu Chi Fa
A mountain and forest park at the eastern end of the Phi Pan Nam range in Chiang Rai's Thoeng district. Its cliff top juts out over the valley towards Laos, and at dawn in the cool season the view below is often a sea of mist.
Collecting in Chiang Rai
What are the best places to visit in Chiang Rai?
LOQAH lists 8 places in Chiang Rai. The best known include Tham Luang, Wat Rong Khun, Wat Rong Suea Ten, Baan Dam Museum and Doi Mae Salong. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Chiang Rai?
8, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Chiang Rai?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Chiang Rai before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Chiang Rai and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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