14 Chiang Mai Hot Springs Tours the North Does Best

1.Chiang Rai Temples, Karen Tribe and Hot Springs

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 5,401 reviews · 11 hours - 810 minutes · from $35Our pick

This $35 full-day tour links Chiang Rai’s White and Blue Temples, Huay Pla Kang Temple, Mae Kachan Hot Springs and a Karen long-neck village. Expect a long coach ride, an English-speaking guide, time to explore each stop and a village entrance fee of 300 baht. Bring your own earphones for the multilingual audio guide.

“You can visit many places in a short period of time. The guide was super nice and informative. I enjoyed the tour.”

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2.Chiangmai to Chiangrai: 3 Temples, Hot Springs& Lalitta Cafe

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 659 reviews

Travel from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai by air-conditioned van with an English-speaking guide. See the White and Blue Temples, with the Red Temple and Karen village available on selected options, plus a brief hot-spring stop and Lalitta Cafe. Choose carefully: the two-temple option allows more cafe time, while the three-temple option gives you less.

“We started at the longneck village which was kind of just looking around a market. The people there were very happy to have pictures taken with them though. The hot springs was next which were pretty cool, like Wells that exploded with hot water every couple of seconds. The white temple was stunning and had plenty of information around to explain pieces aswell as two art galleries. The inside of the white temple was very surprising but spectacular. The blue temple was smaller in comparison but still very detailed and cool. The red temple we got a lift up to the Buddha then hopped into the lift to get all…”

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3.Red, Blue, White Temples & Hot Spring Trip from Chiang Mai

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 143 reviews · 10 hours · from $37

Ride from Chiang Mai’s Old Town to Chiang Rai for the White Temple, Blue Temple, and Huay Pla Kang’s 25-meter Guan Yin statue and nine-level pagoda. The 10-hour day includes a foot-dip stop at Mae Kachan Hot Spring, lunch, an English-speaking guide, and hotel transfers. A Karen Long Neck Village visit is optional and costs extra.

“Nous ne connaissions pas l heure de récupération c était a 30min prêt…la « guide « était très gentille mais parlé un anglais rudimentaire.il n y avait pas vraiment de visites guidées mais un dépôt devant les temples sans explications ou presque et on devait visiter tout seul.sinon la journée est bien organisée et permet de voir beaucoup de choses!”

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4.Chiang Rai Famous Temples & Hot Springs Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 129 reviews · 13 hours · from $24Best value

Travel from Chiang Mai in a shared group of up to 12, with hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide and stops at Chiang Rai’s major sights. The day can include Mae Kachan Hot Spring, the White and Blue Temples, Baan Dam Museum, Lalitta Café and Huay Pla Kang Temple. Compare package options carefully: tickets and lunch are not included in every one.

“les temples valaient le coup de être vu . mais le transport est long et le bus etait tres vieux et dégradé et le chauffeur conduisait vite , il faudrait prevoir un bus plus récent et confortable. pour les visites guidées le guide nous fait un speech de 10mn et apres nous dit l heure ou on se retrouve”

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5.Full-Day Chiang Rai Temples Tour from Chiang Mai with Hot Spring

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 48 reviews · from $52

Leave Chiang Mai at 7:00 am for a full day in Chiang Rai, visiting the White Temple, Blue Temple, and Wat Huay Pla Kang after a 15-minute stop at Mae Khachan Hot Spring. Hotel pickup and drop-off, admission tickets, and a guide are included. The group is capped at 12; guide Goi is praised for explaining the temples and Buddhism.

“This was a long day however the temples are totally worth it. Our guide Goi was fantastic and very knowledgeable about the temples as welll as explaining about Buddhism in general. The pictures you see of the white temple do not do it justice. You have to see it for yourself. Highly recommend this tour.”

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6.Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai: 3 Temples & Hot Springs & Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 22 reviews

Ride from Chiang Mai in an air-conditioned minibus with an English-speaking guide to Chiang Rai’s White Temple, Blue Temple and Black House, plus Mae Khachan hot springs. A Long Neck Karen village visit is offered, but its 300 THB admission fee is extra. The shared tour includes lunch, drinking water and city-center pickup.

“The food wasn't very good. For the hot springs, the activity takes place in a parking lot with two wells where locals cook their eggs. There are shops all around. It felt like being at a motorway service station. The temples are pretty, but the white one is an attraction with representations of good and evil. Marvels are classified as evil.”

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7.Chiang Rai White Blue Red Temples with Hot Spring from Chaing Mai

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 13 reviews · from $47

Leave Chiang Mai at 7:00 am for a full-day road trip to Chiang Rai’s White Temple, Blue Temple, and Wat Huay Pla Kang, plus a brief hot spring stop. The tour includes Old Town pickup, lunch, admission, water, and an English- or Thai-speaking guide. Guides on past trips have included Da-da, Eddy, Chin, and New.

““Da-da” was a great tour guide and she was very friendly! These temples can be a bit packed but it’s worth seeing, if you have the option I recommend choosing Red temple over the Black temple/museum. Red temple has a very cool buddha on top of a lotus flower. Be aware this is a full day tour and takes about 2-3 hours to drive to Chiang Rai.”

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8.Extream Zipline @ Kingkong Smile and Dip in Hot Spring

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $119Top rated

Leave Chiang Mai at 8:30 am with GoWithJoe for a one-hour drive to Kingkong Smile, where trained staff lead you through a high-flying course with 36 platforms and 14 double cables. After a local lunch, visit Sankampaeng Hot Springs for a 45-minute private mineral-water bath, a streamside foot soak, and egg boiling.

“All around excellent experience! I can’t say enough about the views or express how cool it is to have several 45-60 second long zip lines to look at it. (38 in total!) I am an enthusiastic zip liner and this course might be my favorite. The guiRead more”

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9.Mae Kampong Village, Hot Springs, Bor Sang Umbrellas Making Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $107

Spend about nine hours outside Chiang Mai in a private, air-conditioned car with an English-speaking guide. Visit Mae Kampong village, a mountain viewpoint or nature trail, a waterfall, Sankamphaeng hot springs and Bor Sang’s umbrella workshops. Lunch, drinking water, admission and hot spring pool access are included. Expect some walking.

“Fantastic trip and amazing lunch. Great guide. Wonderful experience for couples or families and children will enjoy this too, but do expect some walking.”

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10.Chiang Rai Wonders: White, Blue & Red Temples and Hot Spring

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $92

Travel from Chiang Mai in a private, air-conditioned vehicle with a basic English-speaking driver, stopping at Mae Kachan Hot Springs, Doi Chaang Café, the White Temple, the Blue Temple, and Wat Saeng Kaew Phothiyan. This is transport, not a guided tour, so you explore each site on your own. Plan for about 12 hours and a 6:30 am start.

“This was exactly what I was looking for, a comfortable way to explore Chiang Rai at my own pace. The hot springs stop was so refreshing before a long day of sightseeing and the coffee at Doi Chaang was absolutely delicious with an amaziRead more”

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11.Lost in Chiang Mai – Secret Village, Hot Spring & Waterfall – A Cultural Therapy

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $136

Travel from Chiang Mai to Mae Kampong, a mountain village known for waterfalls, coffee and walking trails, then visit San Kamphaeng Hot Springs to soak your feet or try cooking an egg in the hot water. The tour lasts about five hours, includes transport and an English-speaking guide, and is capped at eight people.

“This you really have to see! A village selfsustaining up in the mountains. I think the hike trails were the best part of the trip. All very well explained by our guide. What to see, what to eat, where to seebit and where to eat it. As if there was no end, the hot springs were really fun and lovely to see. The best choice in Chiang Mai!”

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12.Chiang Mai Pai Full Day Sai Ngam Hot Spring, Pai Canyon, White Buddha, Santichon

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 3 reviews · from $194

Leave Chiang Mai at 7:30 am for Pai by air-conditioned minivan, with a local guide, Thai lunch, water and admission fees included. Visit the Memorial Bridge, Pai Canyon, Santichon Yunnan village, Sai Ngam’s warm natural pools and the White Buddha at Wat Phra That Mae Yen. The return to Chiang Mai is scheduled for about 6:30 pm.

“We really enjoyed visiting Santichon and the hot spring. It is a long day due to the drive and the windy roads but the driver was helpful and friendly. This tour is a good option for a single day visit if you are short on time.”

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13.Chiang Rai Tour: Hot Spring,White Temple, Golden Triangle, Yao

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 3 reviews · from $101

Ride in an air-conditioned minivan from Chiang Mai to Mae Khachan Hot Spring, Wat Rong Khun and the Golden Triangle, where the Mekong meets the Ruak. An English-speaking driver-guide leads a group of up to 10, with lunch and city-center hotel pickup included. A boat ride toward Laos costs extra.

“Cooking eggs in hot spring, tour of black house museum. White and Blue temples. Brief trip to Laos. Buffet lunch was really great!”

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14.White Temple, Black House Museum and Hot Spring Tour from Chiang Mai (SHA Plus)

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 3 reviews · from $51

Leave Chiang Mai at 7:00 am with an English-speaking guide for Mae Kajan hot spring, the brilliant-white Wat Rong Khun and Baan Dam, the Black House Museum. The tour includes round-trip air-conditioned transport and admission fees, with about two hours planned at each stop. Groups are limited to 15.

“The whole experience was enjoyable. Took many pictures, had ample time in each spot, and our guide was very outgoing and friendly.”

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