Planning tours detail: Chiang Mai is the second largest city after Bangkok, served as cultural and financial capital in the Lanna Kingdom or "Land of One Million Rice Fields". Chiang Mai is the spiritual heart of Thailand, and is surrounded by the most fertile agricultural land in the country and perhaps all Asia. It contains over 300 temples (almost as many as Bangkok) and retains the most distinctive culture in all Thailand and again perhaps the entire continent.
There are several interesting things to do around town in Chiang Mai. Visit the mountaintop temple of Doi Suthep and ancient temples inside the old city wall. Shopping at the handicraft village outskirts of Chiang Mai or at the bustling night bazaar. Traditional Khantoke dinner and view a traditional dance performance and hill tribe shows at the cultural center. Take an excursion to The elephant camp for an elephant ridding and bamboo rafting. Visit hill tribe villages out side of Chiang Mai. |
