The Riverie by Katathani

• Duration: half day • Time: 8.30am to midday or 1pm to 5pm • Daily departures • Operates year round • Private experience Good to know — As the itinerary includes several temples, you’ll need to dress appropriately: long trousers, below-the-knee skirts and covered shoulders.

Start at the Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suea Ten), famous for its vivid blue interior, golden details, and striking dragon statues. This modern temple offers a fresh take on Buddhist design and is a top Chiang Rai attraction for art lovers and spiritual seekers. Continue to Wat Huai Pla Kung, home to a towering 9-story pagoda and the serene Guan Yin Buddha. This unique temple combines classic Buddhist elements with contemporary architecture, offering panoramic views and a peaceful atmosphere. End your journey at the world-renowned White Temple (Wat Rong Khun), a masterpiece by Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat. Known for its all-white facade and sparkling glass mosaics, this temple symbolizes purity and wisdom. It’s one of the most photographed temples in Thailand and a must-visit for anyone exploring Chiang Rai. Whether you're interested in Thai culture, Buddhist art, or spiritual travel in Thailand, this Chiang Rai temple tour offers an unforgettable experience. • Duration: Half Day • Times: 8.30am to 12.30pm or 1.30pm to 5.30pm • Daily departures • Operates year round • Private experience ​

From here, you’ll head into the kitchen where a professional chef will teach you how to prepare three classic Thai dishes, which you’ll enjoy for lunch. • Duration: half day • Time: 8.30am to 2.00pm • Daily departures • Operates year round • Group experience Good to know — Suitable for children over 12. The cost includes private transfers to and from Chiang Mai, but the class itself is shared with other participants.

Afterwards, you'll lend a hand in filling feeding tubes with a variety of elephant treats such as corn, sugar cane, grass, and bananas. Following a vegetarian Thai lunch, there'll be a traditional herb lesson which takes place in the sanctuary's own herb garden, and a 'cooking class' during which you will prepare the four elephant's supplements. • Duration: full day • Time: 7.30am to 5.00pm • Daily departures • Operates year-round • Group experience

After a 09:00 pick-up from your hotel in Chiang Rai, you’ll travel to Ahsa Farm Stay to meet your host and chef. A short walk around the farm introduces the ingredients you’ll be using, with time to gather whatever is in season, from eggs and herbs to vegetables, banana flower, or bamboo shoots. Back in the kitchen, you’ll cook a few northern Thai staples together. Typical dishes include a tomato-and-chilli dip with minced pork, a coconut soup with mushrooms, and steamed sweet banana. Lunch is the meal you’ve prepared, served with seasonal fruit and coffee or tea. Later in the afternoon, try the farm’s Chicken Coop Sauna, a rustic herbal steam sauna where you’ll relax with hot tea while the host applies a natural turmeric face mask. After a quick shower, you’ll return to your hotel in Chiang Rai. • Duration: full day  • Time: 09:00 to 16:30  • Daily departures  • Operates year-round (except blackout dates)  • Private experience  • Private transfers Good to know — Blackout dates apply on 12 November 2026 and 3 December 2026.

Your foodie experience will kick off with a starter at a small restaurant that specialises in the local Lanna cuisine, as it's called. Afterwards, you’ll continue on to the nearby night market - a hive of activity after dark - where stall after stall serves up irresistible street food and drinks of every kind. You’ll learn how each is made and, of course, sample more than a few. Rounding things off in style, the tour concludes with a nightcap at a hip riverside bar. • Duration: evening • Time: 6pm to 10.30pm • Daily departures • Operates year round • Private experience Good to know — The tour is not suitable for under 18s. Local beer is included, but there’s a surcharge for the optional craft-beer tasting.

Why settle for a straightforward transfer when you can enjoy an enriching adventure instead? You'll be collected early in the morning and driven through northern Thailand’s picturesque countryside – rolling green hills, misty forested valleys and peaceful rural life unfolding along the roadside. Your first stop is the enchanting Mae Kampong Village, a beautifully preserved mountain community known for its harmony with nature and its gentle way of life. Here, wooden homes cling to the hillside, streams flow through lush forest and villagers maintain traditions passed down through generations. As you wander through the village, you’ll feel the tranquillity of a community deeply connected to its surroundings. After soaking up Mae Kampong’s natural charm, you’ll descend into the valley for a visit to a local coffee café nestled within a small home-grown plantation. Surrounded by greenery, you’ll learn about the village’s coffee-making process, from plant to cup and discover how local families cultivate their crops. A stroll through the garden offers intriguing insights into the region’s produce and the sustainable lifestyles practised here. Refreshed and inspired, you’ll continue your journey onwards to your overnight accommodation. • Duration: full day • Timings: 7.30am to 5pm • Private experience

You’ll be collected from your hotel early and taken to ChangChill, an elephant sanctuary 90 minutes from Chiang Mai. On arrival, you’ll take an elephant walk, following a guide into the forest to watch the elephants grazing and socialising. You’ll learn more about ChangChill's four resident elephants and facts about Asian elephants. You’ll meet the mahouts and have the chance to ask questions about elephant conservation. You’ll pause for traditional Thai refreshments, watching the elephants bathing and playing in a mud pit. Then, you’ll head to a riverside Sala to help fill the elephant's feeding tubes with corn, sugar cane, grass, and bananas. During and after a lunch of delicious vegetarian Thai dishes, you’ll watch the elephants eating before you transfer back to your hotel. • Duration: half day • Time: 7.30am to 3.00pm • Daily departures • Operates year-round • Group experience

Explore scenic mountain roads lined with tea plantations, where terraced fields create breathtaking patterns across the hillsides. Near the summit, visit traditional tea houses to experience Mae Salong’s world-renowned tea culture, from cultivation techniques to ceremonial tastings. This immersive tour offers insight into hill tribe traditions, showcasing colourful attire, local customs, and ways of life that have endured for generations. Santikhiri is more than a destination, it’s a living museum of resilience, migration and cultural harmony. • Duration: Half Day • Times: 8.30am to 12.30pm or 1.30pm to 5.30pm • Daily departures • Operates year round • Private experience

After a visit to the fascinating Folklife Museum, where you’ll learn something of the local Lanna culture, you’ll explore two more ornate temples: Wat Phan Tao and Wat Phra Singh. Finish with a taste of local street food for lunch before another songthaew whisks you back to your hotel. • Duration: half day • Time: 8.30am to midday • Daily departures • Operates year round • Private experience Good to know — The tour is mainly on foot, so parents should ensure their children will be fine with walking or able to be carried if necessary. As the itinerary includes several temples, you’ll need to dress appropriately: long trousers, below-the-knee skirts and covered shoulders.

Day 1 — Arrive at Ahsa Farmstay in the late morning and settle in before lunch prepared with produce from the farm and the nearby community. In the afternoon, head out into the rice fields to learn how planting is done and try it yourself. Later, spend some time in the farm’s herbal steam sauna, set inside a traditional chicken coop-style structure overlooking the paddies. In the evening, join the host family for a northern Thai cooking class using ingredients gathered from the farm. Dinner follows, and the night continues with a short Thai dessert-making session before returning to your room. Day 2 — Breakfast is served at the farm in the morning. Afterwards, there’s time to pack up, say goodbye to your hosts, and depart mid-morning for your journey back to your hotel.