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USD $37.00
Private Tour: Chiang Mai City and Temples
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Get an insight into the wealth of beautiful and historic Buddhist Wats temples on this private tour from Chiang Mai.
With 36 Wats within the old city walls and many more in the surrounding countryside, this private Chiang Mai temples tour will leave you fascinated.
Near the summit of Doi Suthep, a 5300 feet peak named after the hermit Sudeva who lived on the mountain's slopes for many years, is the 600 year old temple of Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep. After a drive up the mountain's winding road, the final climb to the site is via an enormous mythological Nagas (Dragon-headed serpent) staircase of 306 steps. On a clear day, there are incomparable views over the city of Chiang Mai from the temple grounds.
Wat Chedi Luang temple consist of an impressive chedi, originally built in 1411. It reached a height of over 278 feet before it was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 1545. It now reaches a height of 196 feet. The temple also contains the city pillar. Statue in small shelters surrounding this building are the home of guardian spirits.
Good tour overall. Our guide was really knowledgeable and shared a lot of background and a lot of details. The downside was that his English wasn't great. We were able to communicate and we learned a lot, but it took a lot of effort to understand all of the details.
Review by: Frank M, February 2018
Our guide, Maggie, was interesting and spoke good English. A lovely way to spend an afternoon in Chiangmai Mai!
Review by: Jennifer L, February 2018
Waste of money. Our guide was disinterested and not informative. She was more interested in trying to take us to factories where we would buy things instead of bringing us to the temples and educating us about the city.
Review by: Daniel K, January 2018
Very informative guide. You get to see a few improvement temples (one of which is on top of a mountain) and hear about the rich history of Chiang Mai.
Review by: Terri F, December 2017
average at best.... weak guide with low energy and no interest in his job
Review by: Connor K, December 2017
A very informative and friendly guide with lots of useful additional knowledge - had a great afternoon!
Review by: LAUREN C, December 2017
We had such an incredible time. Kitty was amazing and so informative and patient. He was a great guide and we loved our customized tour.
Review by: Lisa H, October 2017
This was such an excellent tour and our guide, Noi, was amazing! She taught us all about Thai culture and traditions and was very passionate about ensuring we learned the history. She took us to 3 sites and we loved visiting and hearing about the history of each location. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Chiang Mai! You will get an in-depth background on the sites you are seeing and learn so much more then if you went by yourself. Noi was so sweet and even showed us how to write our names in Thai! We will always remember this tour and everything we learned from Noi. Thank you!
Review by: janing, December 2016
Wonderful tour, loved the old city temples, very quiet and peaceful.
Review by: Sandra W, July 2016
Very informative guide!
Review by: Mandi, June 2016
Our private tour with Roong from Tour East was fabulous. She was incredibly knowledgeable about the temples and the area's history which we loved. We had an air-conditioned van and enjoyed being showed around the old city. We fell in love with Chiang Mai._br/_ Roong even suggested a great restaurant to us as a locals favourite 'The River Market' and it was possibly some of the best food we've ever eaten. _br/_ Booking through Viator was really easy and we could pay in advance so we didn't dig into our spending money
Review by: DIARMID M B, May 2016
The guide Bua and driver arrived punctually. The guide's English was very good. The car we travelled in was clean and either reasonably new or very well maintained. The guide ran the tour at the pace that suited us. With only wife and I on the tour, we struck up a rapport and it became like being shown round by a friend or family member. We found the stops very interesting and I'm sure the tour went on longer than was originally scheduled. Very enjoyable and enlightening.
Review by: Sam T, May 2016
Amazing and worth every penny!
Review by: Don C, March 2016
The Chiang Mai City and Temples tour we are rating 3 stars. There was virtually very little info provided by the guide regarding the city itself. The 2 temples we visited were very interesting and beautiful....must sees for Chiang Mai. The guide needs to go back to tourist guide 101 and be more personable and make us, the clients, feel that he, the guide, is actually interested in his job. The driver provided a comfortable and safe driving experience.
Review by: Roy A, December 2015
Great tour and guide. We went to number of prominent temples and enjoyed having own guide with family to keep you fully informed. Well worth the money.
Review by: John W, September 2015
Our tour guide told us almost nothing during driving and walking. Which was about 90 of the tour time.
Review by: Trey S, August 2015
Fabulous tour and our guide was phenomenal!
Review by: cuquita, June 2015
There was no city involved. Just two temples that we finished over an hour early so we were given the option of going to a silver and silk factory. The silver one was a huge waste of time and uncomfortable the silk factory and shop was interesting but took 5 minutes. The temple part was fine.
Review by: Dhirajlal P, June 2015
It was very nice experience, Elephant owner for the day was fantastic,learning , some of place spectacular, lot to cover. Thank you Chaing Mai.
Review by: Gordon H, April 2015
fascinating view of the city and good quality temples
Review by: Jennifer H, March 2015
Our tour guide, Noy, was absolutely amazing. She was very knowledgeable in Buddhism and the different temples. She was friendly and went out of her way to help us buy local food at vendors. The tour gave us a better understanding of the culture in Chiang Mai.
Review by: Wayno, December 2014
It was a wonderful day the only thing I didn't like was the compulsory stops om the way back at a silver shop and a silk factory not interested in them really and way over priced. overall its was good and the tour guide was very informative about the temples
Review by: D B Robertson G, January 2014
Truly amazing experience. Private tour guide provided invaluable information. Spoke very good English.Pick up to and from hotel made life easier. He arrived on time and was very receptive to our questions. It felt like a very personal and comfortable experience which I would highly recommend.
Review by: Sandy, December 2013
It was great having a private guide to explain the significance of the sites, and to take pictures on my camera of me interacting with the monks.
Review by: Susan P, September 2013
Excellent opportunity to visit the main temples. Only problem was that a half day wasn't long enough. Our guide was very good.
Review by: Bill, September 2013
Excellent opportunity to visit the main temples. Only problem was that a half day wasn't long enough. Our guide was very good.
Review by: Michael W, August 2013
Loved our tour guide and seeing the city and all the temples was completely unforgettable. It will stay etched in my mind forever.
Review by: Wayne C, July 2013
Interesting tour and the guide was very informative. A good way to start any visit to Chiang Mai.
Review by: lyonsan, July 2013
Great tour fab day guide was super, great day
Review by: Ashley D, July 2013
This tour with great. The guide was really knowledgable and customized the tour when we asked to visit a temple not on his itinerary. The scenery is beautiful and I feel we would have missed a lot without a guide.
Review by: Stephanie S, April 2013
Excellent, excellent guide!
Review by: Willi Hans R, January 2013
Chiangmai is a wonderful place, far nicer, cleaner and friendlier than Bangkok. The Royal Princess Dusitani Hotel, was excellent for its 4-star rating and obvious age. Our tours, booked through Viator were interesting and well guided.
Review by: cariyee, October 2012
both driver and guide were polite and nice. guide was knowledgable and answered all the questions we had.
Review by: Scott K, August 2011
relaxed and easy tour of the temples and city...private tour is nice, because the guides are happy to stop when you need another iced coffee:-)
Review by: Tom C, April 2011
Piew was our private tour guide for the Chiang Mai city and temples tour and he was excellent. He taught us so much about the culture and about Buddhism. I feel like we learned a lot about day to day life in Chiang Mai while getting to see quite a few beautiful sites. He was very helpful in suggesting restaurants/activities for us later on as well.
Review by: Tom C, March 2011
Piew was our private tour guide for the Chiang Mai city and temples tour and he was excellent. He taught us so much about the culture and about Buddhism. I feel like we learned a lot about day to day life in Chiang Mai while getting to see quite a few beautiful sites. He was very helpful in suggesting restaurants/activities for us later on as well.
Review by: HUGO G, April 2009
This was a superb tour in which I got to see three very different Temples. Dom Suthep was particularly interesting as it was so busy and it was possible to observe the immense variety of religious rituals being performed there.
Review by: Reginald T, April 2009
The private tour is a very good choice as you have a little more flexible time and get to spend more time gaining information from your guide. The temple's private tour is well worth doing.
Review by: hugo g, United Kingdom, January 2009
This was a superb tour in which I got to see three very different Temples. Dom Suthep was particularly interesting as it was so busy and it was possible to observe the immense variety of religious rituals being performed there.
Review by: HUGO G, January 2009
This was a superb tour in which I got to see three very different Temples. Dom Suthep was particularly interesting as it was so busy and it was possible to observe the immense variety of religious rituals being performed there.
Review by: Reginald T, Australia, April 2008
The private tour is a very good choice as you have a little more flexible time and get to spend more time gaining information from your guide. The temple's private tour is well worth doing.
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