Chiang Mai Highlights: Doi Suthep & Doi Inthanon (4D3N)

Itinerary

Chiang Mai Arrival / Doi Suthep Temple & Old City Temples

Arrive at Chiang Mai Airport, meet your local English-speaking guide, and transfer to your hotel for check-in. Free time at leisure.

Pick up from your hotel lobby and depart to Wat Chedi Luang, built in the late 14th century. Once the tallest monument in Chiang Mai, it originally housed the Emerald Buddha, Thailand’s most sacred religious relic.

Continue to Wat Phra Singh (1345), renowned for its stunning Lanna-style viharn and the finest scripture repository in Northern Thailand.

Depart to Doi Suthep Temple, one of Northern Thailand’s most sacred temples, built in 1383. Perched 1,050 meters above sea level, its golden chedi enshrines holy relics of the Buddha, with panoramic views over Chiang Mai and the Ping valley.

Ascend the 306-step Naga staircase, symbolizing the spiritual journey toward nirvana, or take the tram to the summit. Afterwards, return to your hotel.

Chiang Mai / Elephant Camp, Bamboo Rafting & Orchid Farm

Pick up from your hotel lobby and depart to Mae Taeng Elephant Camp (1½ hour drive) through breathtaking mountain landscapes.

Enjoy an elephant show demonstrating painting, log pulling, and trained commands, followed by an elephant ride through the lush mountain trails.

Lunch is provided at a local restaurant.

Enjoy a relaxing Bamboo Rafting cruise along the Mae Taeng River, gliding past charming farmhouses amid stunning greenery.

Continue to Bai Orchid & Butterfly Farm, home to a large collection of colorful exotic orchids and a delightful butterfly garden. Afterwards, return to your hotel.

Chiang Mai / Doi Inthanon National Park - the Highest Peak of Thailand

Pick up from your hotel lobby and depart to Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand’s highest mountain (2,565 meters above sea level), offering evergreen mountain forests, dwarf rhododendron groves, rare bird life, and impressive waterfalls.

Visit the summit and walk along the Angka Nature Trail.

Continue to the Twin Royal Pagodas, built in honor of His Majesty the King and Her Royal Highness the Queen of Thailand, offering marvelous views over the surrounding valley.

Lunch is provided at a local restaurant.

Depart to a Karen Hill Tribe Village to experience their traditional lifestyle amid green forests, rice terraces, and coffee plantations.

Visit Vachiratharn Waterfall, a large waterfall plummeting around 100 meters into a deep pool below, one of the highest in Northern Thailand. Afterwards, return to your hotel.

Chiang Mai / Departure

Check out from the hotel and transfer to Chiang Mai Airport for your flight to the next destination.