Program:  CHIANG MAI: Join Tour One Day White Temple + Bann Dam Museum – Blue Temple

This tour is very popular for the people who no have much time to visit Chiang Rai, the tour start early from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai and back Chiang Mai in the same day. You will stop visit the famous Wat Rong Khun Or White temple is contemporary, unconventional Lanna Thai style temple design and rebuild by Chalermchai Kositpipat, a local artist from Chiang Rai.

• Destination:           Thailand (Chiang Rai)
• Start City:               Chiang Mai
• Tour Type:             Private / Join in Group
• Duration:                Full Day (7.00-19.00)

 07.00 - 07.30 am. Pickup from your hotel depart to ==>

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Hightlight:

•  - Hot Spring
•  - White Temple (Rong Khun Temple)
•  - Baan Dam Museum (Black Museum)
•  - Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suer Ten)

18.30 - 19.00 hrs, arrive to your hotel

1. Mae Kachan Hot Spring is a popular stopover point on the route between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. Located in Wiang Pa Pao District, Chiang Rai Province, it is notable for its natural hot springs with temperatures reaching 80-90 degrees Celsius, hot enough to boil eggs in just a few minutes.

2. White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) Rong Khun Temple is unique from other temples in that it has been constructed entirely in a radiant white color with sparking reflections from mirrored glass mosaics embedded in the white plaster. The temple is the idea of Mr. Chalermchai Kositpipat, one of Thailand most renowned artists, who wanted to build a temple all in white to signify the purity of Lord Buddha. The artist continues to puts his religious belief and desire to enrich Buddhism in Thailand into his contemporary art design. Rong Khun). The great standing Buddha, also white, standing in front of the back, is also superb. Between the White Temple, the Black House and the Blue Temple, Chiang Rai is definitely the city of colorful temples!

3. Baan Dam Museum 207 Km. drive from the middle of Chiang Mai city to Baan Dam (Black House) is the unique creation of national artist, Thawan Duchanee. Part art studio, part museum, part home, Baan Dam is an eclectic mix of traditional northern Thai buildings interspersed with some outlandish modern designs. Baan Dam is a thought-provoking combination of sanuk, the surreal and the sombre and whilst it’s fair to say that some of the artwork and themes on display won’t be to everybody’s liking, I’d still recommend checking out the Black House if you are visiting Chiang Rai.

4. Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suer Ten) The Blue Temple is immediately recognizable for its brilliant shade of rich sapphire. The temple walls, roof, and surrounding statues are all covered in this gorgeous hue, an unusual decorative choice in a country where most temples are made of gold. This color is symbolically associated with purity, wisdom, and the lack of materialism that Buddhists aspire to the temple is a fascinating fusion of traditional Buddhist values and classic Thai architecture with extremely contemporary design choices. This modernism makes sense — the Blue Temple was designed by Putha Kabkaew, a student of the artist who built the eccentric White Temple.