Description
Explore Doi Tung and the villa of Thailand’s Princess Mother. The villa was built by the late Princess Mother as a summer palace on the slopes of Doi Dong. It now opens as a museum. Within the complex, you can take some photos at the beautiful garden, walk around a small open-air market with local agricultural products, ready-to-eat food and hill-tribe handicrafts. Another highlight is the temple of Doi Tung. At the peak of 1800m above the sea level, Wat Phra That Doi Tung is built around the twin Lanna-style chedis. From the temple, you can get an aerial view of the winding road you’ve just climbed. The last stop is the Mae Sai market, located on the Thailand-Myanmar border.
Detail Itinerary
The morning starts with a tour to Doi Tung. The site is a major environmental and socio-economic development project initiated by Her Royal Highness Srinakarindra, the Princess Mother, mother of His Majesty the King of Thailand. This amazing full day tour includes entrance to the Doi Tung Royal Villa. This villa The late Princess Mother chose to build her another home in the north where she could stay for a long rest or to work on her reforestation project on Doi Tung. Included in this tour is a visit to the Wat Phrathat Doi Tung. It is not unlikely that we admire a variety of hill tribes on the way and we can of course make a stop here and there to shoot some pictures of the various minorities living here. Lunch will be served en route at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, before arriving back in Chiang Rai, stop at the town of Mae Sai, a small trading town right on The Thailand – Myanmar border and known as the “Northern most point of Thailand”. The bazaar is famous for products from southern China, Myanmar and Laos.
