North Thailand things to do

Observe monks at this unique-looking wat. Note the 'chedi' in the name - a chedi is a stupa of sorts, its distinguishing feature being a square base and a 5-stepped spire. Only Wat Chedi Luang has a si...

Masterpieces of temple architecture behind ancient walls. Behind the moat and the partially preserved brick wall, the Old Town a bit of its charm preserved. During a walk you every few minutes graceful ...

Monks still live in this temple. The oldest part of the extensive temple grounds at Wat Chedi Luang is a brick chedi that collapsed after an earthquake in 1545 but was once 90m/300ft high, as the massi...

A Buddhist temple outside of Chiang Mai. The biggest and most important wat in the city is Wat Phra Singh. It lies on the main street leading right into the broad temple grounds, which were once the ce...

A Buddhist temple outside of Chiang Mai located on top of Mount Doi Suthep. Wat Doi Suthep is situated amid stupendous scenery at a height of 1053m/3455ft beneath the summit of Mount Doi Pui (1685m/552...

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Walk through the cloud forest on Thailand's highest mountain. A road leads up to the peak of Thailand's highest mountain (2565 m). In the same trip to the National Park are waterfalls and a village in t...

Beautiful and restful: an overnight trip with the Bambusfloß from Thaton to Chiang Rai. This 80 km west of Chiang Rai village in Thaton (www.thaton.com) is the starting point for rafting in the provinci...