Wat Phra That Doi Tung Tickets and Tours

Explore Chiang Rai: City and Temples Experience

We got a personal tour...

We got a personal tour around a Chiang Rai market and several local temples. Our tour guide also gave a lot of personal anecdotes which was great to hear things from a local point of view.

Ancient City Tour from Chiang Rai with Golden Triangle and Royal Villa

Golden Triangle and Doi Tung.

This tour was expensive but very rewarding. It takes you to the Royal Villa and beautiful gardens at Doi Tung, downtown Mae Sai including the border crossing, the ruins of an ancient temple at Chiang Saen, and the Golden Triangle. Very comfortable vehicle, leisurely pace, and driver with good English and reasonable knowledge of geography.

Doi Tung & Royal Villa Guided Cultural Tour

A haven of peace in the middle of the mountain

Doi Tung, the Royal Villa of the late Princess Mother of Thailand and the Mae Fah Luang Garden We started the tour with the Princess Villa. Upon arrival, the wooden house looks relatively small. In fact, she had it built as a Swiss chalet (she lived there for many years) and it is huge. The Audio Guide is very well designed and makes the tour very pleasant and interesting. It allows you to discover the uncommon life of the princess and the history of the place. The chalet was equipped with modern comforts of the time in Europe (fully equipped kitchen for example), a dental office (very rare). The furniture is not ostentatious. It is even rather simple and very functional. The ceiling of the main room is very original and pretty. There is no chandelier but small lights representing stars and the signs of the wooden zodiac carved in relief. A very large part of the chalet is open to visitors. Its garden is a marvel, fully flowered with European plants (geraniums, impatiences, capuchins, wolfmouths, etc.). The orchid greenhouse contains beautiful specimens. She reforested the hill by suppressing poppy cultivation, gave work to artisans, developed plant cultivation, etc.