TCEI02 - The Golden Triangle and Doi Tung Royal Project Tour
This tour brings you to the botanic gardens and royal project on Doi Tung. Explore the borderlands of Chiang Rai, Mae Sai, Golden Triangle and boat trip on Mekong River. This will be your great experience.
Explore the borderlands of Chiang Rai, Mae Sai, Golden Triangle and boat trip on Mekong River.
Your guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel. Drive to Doi Tung Mountain. Visit the Mae Fah Luang botanic gardens and learn about the Royal Project on Doi Tung. Continue to Mae Sai, the bustling border town between Myanmar and Thailand. You can cross into Myanmar on a day pass *(Optional).
We continue to the Golden Triangle where the borders of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar meet. After a delicious Thai meal we will make a relaxing boat trip to Don Sao, a small island that belongs to Laos. We will stop here briefly. Visit the Hall of Opium, an excellent museum that tells the history of the use of Opium, poppy cultivation and the opium trade in the Golden Triangle*.
Return to your hotel in Chiang Rai later this afternoon.
- Transportation by private AC car
- English speaking guide
- Sightseeing as indicated
- Lunch
- Boat trip to Don Sao
- Entrance fees
- Drinking water
- All drinks except drinking water
- Personal expenses
- Tips
- Insurance
- Other expenses that are not mentioned in the itinerary
* The Hall of Opium is closed on Monday. If the tour is on this day we will make visit a smaller Opium Museum instead and make a boat trip on the Mekong River.