Chiang Rai White & Blue Temples with Long Neck Karen Village

Highlights

• Explore Wat Rong Khun, the White Temple.
• See Wat Rong Suea Ten, the Blue Temple.
• Visit a Long Neck Karen Village.
• See Wat Huay Pla Kang’s towering Guan Yin.

Departure: 08:30–17:00 hrs.

1. Pick up from your hotel lobby and depart to visit Wat Rong Khun (White Temple), designed by a celebrated national artist. Its distinctive white temple building, adorned with fragments of reflective glass, can be seen shimmering from afar.

2. Continue to Wat Rong Suea Ten (Blue Temple), designed by a local Chiang Rai artist who once worked on the White Temple. Its striking blue temple building reflects a new philosophy of Buddhist art.

3. Lunch is provided at a local restaurant.

4. Visit a Long Neck Karen Village, home to women who wear multiple brass rings around their necks, a tradition originating from Shan State in Myanmar; many women wear twenty rings or more.

5. Then visit Wat Huay Pla Kang, home to Thailand’s tallest statue of Guan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy, standing 79 meters high, and the Nine-Story Pagoda, a contemporary structure roofed in Chinese style and adorned with dragons on every level. Afterwards, return to your hotel.