Royal Thai Holidays
Chiang Rai
In Thailand
ABOUT CHIANG RAI
A calm retreat and the neighbor of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai is a land of blissful natural beauty, where visitors are astonishingly taken aback. You can spot exotic wildlife, and check out the serene golden triangle in the former capital of the world’s opium trade, later the capital was shifted to Chiang Mai. Chiang Rai is a traveler’s paradise, endowed with heavenly natural attractions and antiquities.
Chiang Rai town owns a varied selection of accommodation, including backpacker budget lodging near the Mae Kok River, standard Thai-Chinese style hotels scattered throughout town, and more upmarket hotels and resorts located along the riverside and in pleasant compounds in the Chiang Rai countryside.
Chiang Rai town owns a varied selection of accommodation, including backpacker budget lodging near the Mae Kok River, standard Thai-Chinese style hotels scattered throughout town, and more upmarket hotels and resorts located along the riverside and in pleasant compounds in the Chiang Rai countryside.
Chiang Rai features activities to relive its breath-taking beauty, including watersports in Tad Kwan Village Park & Waterfall, elephant riding, trekking, cycling and visiting hill tribe villages. There are also a number of golf courses in the vicinity, including one of the finest in Thailand, and both a zoo and an animal park.
As one of the unique tourist destinations in Thailand, Chiang Rai features many excellent dining opportunities.it is the distinctive northern Thai cuisine that Chiang Rai is best known for. Of course all options are available in Chiang Rai town, must experience the pleasure of eating authentic northern Thai cuisine, including dishes that have been influenced by Thailand’s neighbors, Burma, Laos, and even China; such dishes include khan khanoon (spicy jackfruit curry) served with sticky rice and sai ooa (spicy pork sausages). The epitome of northern Thai dining is a traditional khan toke dinner, which features a variety of dishes served on a small, round table. Visitors can easily try a khan toke dinner at several restaurants in the town.
Many rural communities of Chiang Rai are engaged in either handicrafts production or agriculture. These goods are available both in the far-flung villages where they are produced or grown and in the city itself. While it’s much easier to purchase such goods in town, there is something satisfying in meeting the people who produced your souvenir, and Chiang Rai is an outstanding opportunity for such an experience.