11 Chiang Rai Tours to Give a Whole Day

1.Guided Highlights Guided Tour with Buffet Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,532 reviews · 1 day · from $37Our pick

Review of Chiang Rai’s full-day small-group tour, covering temples, art, Karen culture, tea, the Golden Triangle, lunch, costs, and practical tips.

“This was a brilliant way to see so many key sites around Chiang Rai. We were in a very comfortable minibus with A/C, safely driven by “Tom Cruise” with the lovely guide Mew, who was full of interesting information in perfect English. Visiting many and varied places but not rushed at all - and free to walk around ourselves. It’s a long day , 8am - 6pm, but well worth it and great to have a pickup and drop off at our hotel.”

Check availability →Read our full review

2.Iconic Temples & 7 Major Sites—River View Buffet

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 692 reviews · 10 hours · from $37

Review of Chiang Rai’s 10-hour small-group tour covering seven major sites, temples, tea fields, the Golden Triangle, and a Thai buffet lunch.

“Our guide and driver were amazing. we had the best day. This tour is by far the best way to see the highlights of Chiang Rai, cannot recommend highly enough!”

Check availability →Read our full review

3.White, Blue, Red Temples, Long Neck Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 652 reviews · from $57

Review of Chiang Rai’s White, Blue, and Red Temples from Chiang Mai, with Long Neck Village, lunch, transport, tips, and honest value advice.

“Amazing day trip out of Chiang Mai! And our guide Koi was absolutely fantastic, thanks for a perfect day!”

Check availability →Read our full review

4.Sightseeing Join Tour Chiang Rai / PICK UP ONLY IN CHIANG RAI

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 398 reviews · from $37

See Chiang Rai’s White and Blue Temples, Black House, tea country, Karen village, and Golden Triangle on an affordable full-day tour.

“Great day with lots of places seen in 1 day. Exceptional value for money, but extra approximately 530 baht in entrance fees to pay on the day. Unfortunately our guide’s English left a little bit to be desired, that made finding out about the places we visited tricky, but heard lots from other guides talking while there. That said we had a great day.”

Check availability →Read our full review

5.Chiang Rai Must-See Tour – 7 Icons, Lunch & Small Group(9pp)

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 395 reviews · from $42

See Chiang Rai’s White and Blue Temples, Black House, tea fields, hill tribes, and Golden Triangle on a flexible small-group tour.

“Excellent and well organised full day tour. Our guide, Wat was so funny and friendly. The driver also so helpful. Highly recommended when visiting Chiang Rai.”

Check availability →Read our full review

6.Chiang Rai Guide: Popular 7places 3Colors ,Golden Triangle

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 285 reviews · from $43

Review of Chiang Rai’s 7-place tour, from White Temple to the Golden Triangle, with practical advice on cost, timing, guides, tickets, and value.

“I highly recommend this tour for those who want to see the main attractions in Chiang Rai in a day. While the itinerary includes many attractions, we had enough time at each place to see everything. Our guide, M, was excellent, attentive and I learnt so much from him.”

Check availability →Read our full review

7.Private Tour with Driver and Custom Itinerary

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 208 reviews · 10 hours · from $92

Review of Chiang Rai’s private 10-hour tour, covering iconic temples, the Golden Triangle, custom stops, transport, costs, and practical tips.

“Our day with Dom was perfect! He patiently drove us from place to place, gave us tips on how to create the perfect itinerary (keeping into account our preferences, the heat and traffic). His communication was on point. He even told us about Chiang Rai, it's history and recent events. A perfect driver and even guide for the day. He was such a kind person! We hope you get to meet him too!”

Check availability →Read our full review

8.7 Major Sites, Golden Triangle & Tea Plantation

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 141 reviews · 1 day · from $72

Review of Chiang Rai’s White, Blue, and Black temples, Golden Triangle, tea plantation, hilltribe village, and Opium Museum.

“Very good trip, value for money was excellent. The best way to see 7 site in Chiang Rai. Our guide was called Guitar who was brilliant. His knowledge and English was great he definitely made the trip better. He made a point of remembering everyone’s names and his interaction when needed was great.”

Check availability →Read our full review

9.Famous Temples and Golden Triangle Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 115 reviews · 1 day · from $57

Review of Chiang Rai’s temple and Golden Triangle day tour, with White, Blue and Black House stops, lunch, guides, value and practical tips.

“The guide was perfect and the spots were worth it. Such an Amazing day !”

Check availability →Read our full review

10.Half Day Tour – 3 Famous Temples & Lalita Cafe’

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 79 reviews · 5 hours · from $57Top rated

Review of Chiang Rai’s 5-hour temple tour, including the White, Blue, and Big Buddha temples, Lalita Café, transport, guides, and value.

“Awesome! Best your in Thailand we have had. Poppy was the best! Very knowledgeable, courteous, and informative!”

Check availability →Read our full review

11.Lanna Home Cooking Class at Give Green Farm House

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 61 reviews · 4 hours · from $56

Cook Northern Thai dishes with Lanna, visit a local market, and explore an organic farm in this friendly four-hour Chiang Rai class.

“It was definitely one of our highlights in Thailand. She is not only an extraordinary cook and good guide at the market - we had so much fun during this activity. Humerous, super-friendly and helpful, we felt as we visit a good friend’. Very good food, beautiful restaurant. Could not recommend it more! Thank you so much for wonderful time!”

Check availability →Read our full review