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 Traveller's Tales: Things to do in Chiang Rai, Thailand
Learn about leisure and recreation in Chiang Rai, Thailand. You may read about their travel activities and adventures. Find out their travel tips and guides and discover fun things to do in Chiang Rai, Thailand.Also, you might want to read our
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| C Campion |
04 November 2004 |
Stayed at Anantara Resort and Spa, Golden Triangle - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Anantara's Chef Nan offers a good market visit and cooking school with lunch of local specialities. It's a short walk to the Hall of Opium, which is one of the best small museums I've seen, and to the Elephant Camp on the grounds of the Anantara. There are no group tours offered - only private tours which become quite expensive.
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| M Nolan |
04 March 2003 |
Stayed at Wangcome Hotel - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Great base for touring the town and the area. Hired a mini-van and driver from directly across the street for 1400 Baht per day for 2 days and got long days with pleasent helpful driver who took us to Golden Triangle, Laos river trip, many hilltribe villages and boat to to Ramout. Boat cost was extra but small cost.
Eating areas at the night market are great with choice of restaurants or open vendor food area which has nightly free entertainment on 2 stages. Try to visit main tour areas outside peak times of the day. Bars, tour offices and shopping close to the hotel. Good location.
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| A White |
23 December 2002 |
Stayed at Imperial Golden Triangle Resort - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Destination is fine, hotel tour desk is run by a mr fixit who can organise anything. Borders with Myanmar and Laos are apparently closed at this point.
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| W Lundberg |
06 October 2002 |
Stayed at Dusit Island Resort Hotel - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Take the Golden Triangle Tour. Ask for Nit to be your tour guide.
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| E Siegel |
28 July 2002 |
Stayed at Dusit Island Resort Hotel - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Chiang Rai is a very good destination. J. Travel on the main tourist street in town booked us a few good tours. The hilltribes are quite interesting, although you have to go on at least an overnight tour to find a tribe that isn't completely used to seeing tourists all day long. If your are interested in tours that include elephant rides, any tour with a one hour elephant ride is perfect. A 1/2 hour is not long enough, a 2 hour elephant ride will have you in pain for a couple of days afterward.
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| H Yeon |
21 February 2002 |
Stayed at Anantara Resort and Spa, Golden Triangle - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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very nice location. convergence of laos, burma and thailand is facinating.
make a point of visiting the hill tribes.
long-tail boat from chaing mai to chaing rai is a great way to take in the environment and scenery.
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| G Feld |
18 November 2001 |
Stayed at Anantara Resort and Spa, Golden Triangle - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Lanscapes are gorgeous. It is worth trekking in the area to discover the various hill-tribes and their colorful traditions (which unfortunately I have not done).
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| L Claudine |
14 November 2001 |
Stayed at Anantara Resort and Spa, Golden Triangle - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Hotel is just over one hour's drive north from Chiang Rai and overlooks the Mekong River and beyond that, Laos. Because of its remoteness and if you are tight for time, you have to rely on the hotel's tour operator to arrange trips and these are not cheap. We enjoyed the elephant safari very much. A more reasonable alternative, especially if you are in a group, is to hire a hotel car and driver, and arm yourself with a guidebook. We did this to visit the Doi Tung Development Project, where the late Princess Mother's villa is located. Worth seeing for the scenic drive in the hills, very attractive landscaped gardens and surreal Swiss interiors of the villa.
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| L Aiken |
08 August 2001 |
Stayed at Dusit Island Resort Hotel - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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We utilized the tour desk with great success. We booked a tour taking us up river in a long tail boat, then an elephant ride for two hours through the jungle where we met some hill tribe people. It was only my 3 member family, another couple and an individual. Perfect day and great guide, Nid. (I was apprehensive about making the trip during rainy season, but it had no negative impact on our trip.)
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| C Mcavinue |
24 December 2000 |
Stayed at Anantara Resort and Spa, Golden Triangle - Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Reasonably priced trips to nearby attractions.
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