Chiang Rai Trip Overview
Get a taste of Burmese culture with a private tour from Chiang Rai across the border to Tachileik, Myanmar (Burma). Stop for glittering temples, local food and a bustling market before returning to northern Thailand to visit the Golden Triangle. Your expert guide explains the history of this region and its former role as a global supplier of opium.
Additional Info
Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Chiang Rai, Thailand
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
Get a taste of Burmese culture with a private tour from Chiang Rai across the border to Tachileik, Myanmar (Burma). Stop for glittering temples, local food and a bustling market before returning to northern Thailand to visit the Golden Triangle. Your expert guide explains the history of this region and its former role as a global supplier of opium.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Enrobed Elephant Temple, Tachileik Myanmar
Your guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel. Drive to Mae Sai, the bustling border town. Cross the border into Myanmar.
By tuk tuk we will explore Tachilek. You will visit the Temple of the Enrobened Elephant and the Mahamyatmuni Temple, a fine example of typical Burmese temple architecture.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tachileik Shwedagon Pagoda, Shewagon Pagoda Street, Tachileik Myanmar
Continue to Tachilek’s own Shwedagon Pagoda, a smaller copy of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. After this we will enjoy an authentic Burmese lunch in a local restaurant.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tachileik Market, Near the border with Thailand, Tachileik Myanmar
After lunch there will be time to visit the interesting border market, a favorite destination for Thai day-trippers.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Golden Triangle, Sob Ruak Village, Chiang Saen 57150 Thailand
Return to Thailand. Continue to the Golden Triangle, the place where the borders of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar meet.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: House of Opium, Wiang, Chiang Saen 57150 Thailand
Visit the Hall of Opium, an excellent museum that tells the history of the use of Opium, poppy cultivation and the opium trade in the Golden Triangle. Return to your hotel in Chiang Rai later this afternoon.
Duration: 1 hour
