Chaing Rai Thailand Travels

Chiang Rai Weather & When to Go

Chiang Rai is 1800 ft above sea level. The addition of grassy plains, jungle canopies, and rivers generally keep the valley cooler than surrounding regions.The annual average temperature is 25 º C and there are three main seasons in Chiang Rai.

Daytime temperatures greatly contrast with the evening during the cool season. The cool season begins in late October and ends in February. The morning averages 21 º C, but the nighttime can drop an additional 10 to 15 degrees. December and January are the coldest winter months in Chiang Rai.

The Hot Season last between March and May. The daily temperature in March is 17 º C and late May rises to 36 º. Since April is the warmest month of the year, try to visit Chiang Rai during the transition from the cool season to the hot season. Early March offers refreshing weather.

The monsoon season is a particularly misty time of year. Do not visit in August or September when the city tends to flood. The monsoons start in May and end in October. Pack an umbrella, raincoat and track the weather reports for outdoor activities. Aside from the rain, the weather is quite mild. The average temperature hovers at 25 ª C.

Chiangrai Golf Courses

Santiburi Country Club

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., this course features a wide range of sloping lies and natural hazards. Surrounded by distant hills, the golf course and housing development is set on low hilly land. At holes 2,3 & 4 players have to play alongside a huge lake. Most greens are well protected by bunkers and there are several very good dog-leg holes, particularly the par-5 eighteenth, where players have to negotiate water on the right side of the fairway on the approach shot to the green. The clubhouse is very agreeable and hotel accommodations are on site.

Waterford Valley Chiangrai

This beautiful course is situated in one of the loveliest areas of Thailand. The course playing from the back tees is just short of 7,000 yards. Altogether, there are five sets of tees at this eighteen-hole layout and players can be forgiven if they are distracted by the background of mountainous scenery. There are eight OB holes, numerous water hazards and lovely flowers adorning the surrounds. The service in the complex has its own hotel and housing projects fringing the golf course. From November through March the cool weather is ideal for golf and family enjoyment.

Green Fees:	Weekdays (Baht)	Weekends(Baht)
Guests:	600	1,000
Visitors:	600	1,000
Caddy Fee:	-	140
Golf Cart:	-	500

Phan Travel

Doi Luang National Park
Doi Luang National Park covers ares in Amphoe Phan, Amphoe Waing Pa Pao of Chiang rai, and some part of Lampang and Phayao. To get to the park is by taking Chiang Rai-Phayao Highway for 58 kms. to Ban Pu Kaeng, turn right at km.773 for another 9 kms. Main attraction is Namtok Pu Kaeng It is the largest waterfall in Chiang Rai, having strong current cascading all year round.

Thoeng Travel

Phu Chee Fah
This mountain, 25 kilometres south of Doi Pa Tang, provides scenic views of Laos, and during February is dotted with white wild flowers known as Dok Sieo

Wiang Kaen Travel

Doi Pa Tang
Some 32 kilometres from Amphoe Wiang Kaen (127 kilometres from Chiang Rai provincial capital), this scenic mountain location hosts Chinese, Hmong and Yao ethnic minorities, During January and February, the area is rendered even more picturesque thanks to cheery blossom and mountain mists

Chiang Khong Travel

Located 114 kilometres northeast of Chiang Rai and 55 Kilometres east of Chiang Saen, this is a small district by the Khong River. Its fame lies in its cloth weaving at Ban Hat Bai and, in the Khong River, the Pla Buk the world's largest freshwater cat fish capable of reaching 2.5 metres long and weighting 300 kilograms. Each April celebrations are held when the giant fish are caught. At the Chiang Khong Fishery Station, Fertilisation of the fish can be witnessed.

Baan Haad Klai
Marks the Chiang Khong area where the freshwater plabuek catfish, which can attain lengths of 2.5 metres and weights of 300 kilogrammes, are caught between April 18 and early June each year.

Baan Haad Bai
25 kilometres along the Chaing Saen-Chaing Khong raod, this Thai Lue community is best known for its hand woven cotton.

Doi Tung Travel

This northernmost Thai mountain contains sveral scenic spots, including the Doi Tung Royal Villa, the Mae Fah Luang Botanical Garden, the mountaintop Wat Phrathat Doi Tung which affords a spectacular view of the surrounding area, and contains Buddha relics,and various hilltribe villages in natural settings.

Pamee Akha Village
This picturesque village is one of the most accessible Akha settlements in Chiang Rai province,and is located on the way to the summit of Doi Tung.

Phrathat Doi Tung
Phrathat Doi Tung is the holy relic that draws devout Buddhists from as far as Laos and Myanmar for annual worshipping. The reliquary is atop the highest Chiang Rai mountain at Doi Tung, elevation 2,000 meters above sea-level. The shrine is reached by a torturous mountain road, winding its way up and down mountain sides for 17 kms. off Highway No.110, 48 kms. from Chiang Rai township. The unmatched panoramic view reaches out to Myanmar and Laos on the horizon.