CHIANG MAI

Cultural, Lush, Buddist

Observational Overview

💰Payment	​🚃 Transit	​🙇🏻‍♂️ Tip	🎙Language
Cash (Thai Baht) Credit Cards (rare)	Grab, their local taxi service is really affordable. For more independent travel, rent a scooter!	N/A	Thai (mainly) English
​👓 Norms	💃🏻 Wear	👟 Walkability	​🙏🏼 Thank you
Thailand is a popular tourist destination, so often times you will find you are not the only foreigner.	Sneakers for those longer walks. Many people wear longer pants or skirts. Some temples will require you to cover shoulders.	Medium, if you are in a central location. Sidewalks are not always available.	​khawp khun kha (KAP KOON KA)

Disclaimers

Experience Level: 3 days

Last Visited: Nov 2023

Things we did

Some memorable stops.

Visit an elephant sanctuary

Thai is one of the few countries that use elephant as labor today. Many of the elephants who are used for logging or birthing new babies were abused and injured. There are few sanctuaries that help rehabilitate these elephants in Chiang Mai. It was one of our favorite activities on our Thailand trip to see these happy animals roam the land. We visited Elephant Nature Park. They had 3 baby elephants when we visited!

Browse Kalm Village Arts Center

Gorgeous collection of home goods, library, coffee shop, and cafe melded into one curated experience. Would recommend checking out if you like to window shop colorful home goods. See Map

Wander into their many temples

One of the many unique features of Chiang Mai are it's bounty of temples. We won't recommend a specific one because it was fun to just stumble upon one. We found the ones that were highly recommended weren't any more impressive than the ones we happened upon. You can't go wrong!