Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and elephants 4d / 3n

The riding of elephants is not practiced during this walk.

A covered staircase leads to the Chiang Dao Caves Complex, which consists of more than one hundred caves that stretch for ten to twelve kilometers.
The caves have served as a bivouac for Burmese troops before the attack on Chiang Mai in the mid-1400s.
Inside the cave you can let your imagination play to interpret the shape of stalagmites and stalactites.

In this royal villa, the Mother Princess has spent a lot of time improving the life of local tribes and promotes abandoning the opium culture.

Thais, Chinese and Burmese cross the border to Mae Sai to trade and work.

Bansaeo Garden and Resort is located along the Mekong River and 5 km from the Golden Triangle. A/C and Wi-Fi.

The Golden Triangle is a famous opium production area. It is a mountainous region on the Laos, Burma and Thailand borders. The triangular border on the three countries lies at the confluence of the Mekong and its affluent, the Ruak in the agglomeration of Sop Ruak.

Typical of Thai kitsh, Wat Rong Khun is immaculate white. It is encrusted with fragments of mirrors. The temple symbolizes the purity of Buddhism. Its construction began in 1997 under the leadership of a contemporary local Thai artist, Chalermchai Kositpipat. Inside murals mingle traditional Buddhist symbols, animals and elements of pop culture: Batman, Matrix, Spiderman... At the foot of the bridge that leads to the main building, a basin filled with hands of the ground and skulls seeming to escape from hell. Porticoes decorated with a death's head evoke the misdeeds of cigarettes and alcohol.

Wat Sang Kaew Photiyan is located at Mon Sang Kaew mountain, Mae Suai district, Tambon Chedi Luang. It’s about 50 kms south of Chiang Rai. The monk Kruba Ariya Chart initiated the construction of the temple on May 9, 2006 (2550 B.E.). Sang Kaew Phothiyan is translated as, A lotus that sprout and emerged from the water and emits light like a sparkling gem with brilliant light .