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Chiang Mai Cultural Highlights: Wat Doi Suthep & Phu Ping Palace

By Sightseeingbangkok.com
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$97 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Discover the sacred Wat Doi Suthep and the elegant Phu Ping Palace on this half-day tour from Chiang Mai. Visit the city’s most revered mountaintop temple, admire its historic architecture, and enjoy panoramic views over Chiang Mai. Continue to the royal winter palace, built in 1962, and stroll through its beautifully landscaped gardens filled with colourful flowers.

• Visit Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai’s most sacred temple
• Admire the iconic golden spire visible from across the city
• Explore ornate shrines and pagodas that reflect Thailand’s rich history
• Learn about the temple’s legends and founding from your expert guide
• Walk through the beautifully maintained gardens of Phu Ping Palace, featuring tropical and temperate flowers

Activity location

  • Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
    • Mueang Chiang Mai District,
    • 50200, Doi Suthep, Thailand

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Chiangmai Tours by Sightseeing Chiang Mai
    • 132 Loi Kroh Road
    • 50100, Tambon Chang Khlan, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand

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  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

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Language options: English
Starting time: 8:00 AM
Price details
NZ$97.17 x 2 AdultsNZ$194.34
Total
Price is NZ$194.34
Private Tour
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

Private Tour
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:00 AM
Price details
NZ$299.79 x 1 AdultNZ$299.79
Total
Price is NZ$299.79

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional English speaking guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Optional
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Price does not include 300THB surcharge for pick up from hotel outside city centre 3km radius

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes
  • Free Door To Door Pick up for our tours at the following location with NO CHARGE - City Centre Chaingmai District area (3 KM radius) with namely Night Bazaar, Tapae Gate, Chiang Mai Gate, Suan Dok gate, old city , Huay Kaew Road to Ibis Hotel, Nimmana Haeminda Road & Santitham Area
  • An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 3 miles (5 km) radius from the city centre is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.

Activity itinerary

Chiang Mai (Pass by)

From your hotel, take a vehicle up 3,500 feet (1,069 m) above sea level to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Visit one of Chiang Mai's most sacred temples on this half day tour to the beautiful Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. More commonly referred to as just "Doi Suthep" for the mountain it sits on, the temple is a gorgeous example of Buddhist grandeur and gives insights into Thai culture. From the car park, you can reach the temple gates either by climbing 306 steps on foot or by riding a cable car to the top. If you opt to go on foot, begin up the intricately carved Naga Serpent Staircase, which is flanked on either side by enormous, colourful serpent carvings that snake down the mountain.

Doi Suthep-Pui National Park (Pass by)

At the top of the mountain, you're greeted by a stunning golden spire that crowns the centre of the temple and can be seen for miles around. The spire is surrounded by walls of historical murals, which you can spend time admiring before moving on. Learn the myth of the temple's foundation as you pass the shrine to the white elephant that is said to have brought a relic of the historical Buddha to the temple.

Bhubing Palace

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
After visiting the temple's illustrious shrines and pagodas, learning of Doi Suthep's history on the way, continue to visit Phu Ping Palace, the royal winter palace was built in1962 , it has the delightful gardens with tropical and temperate flowers in bloom for all year. After that make the return trip back down the mountain to end your tour.

Location

Activity location

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    Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
    • Mueang Chiang Mai District,
    • 50200, Doi Suthep, Thailand

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Chiangmai Tours by Sightseeing Chiang Mai
    • 132 Loi Kroh Road
    • 50100, Tambon Chang Khlan, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand

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