TCNX02 - Arrival tour Doi Suthep-Doi Pui National Park and Doi Suthep Temple

Our guide and driver will meet you at the airport. Drive to Doi Suthep/Doi Pui national park. Enjoy a picnic lunch at the headquarters (timing will depend on the time of arrival)

We will start our exploration at the observatory where you will make a short nature walk through deciduous oak forest and mixed deciduous evergreen forest. Your guide will explain about the different forest types in the national park. After this visit we will walk to the national park headquarters where we will stop briefly at the tree nursery of FORRU, the forest restoration unit of Chiang Mai University. We will embark on a nature walk through evergreen forest. You will hear the remarkable story of the giant fig tree and enjoy the towering trees, wild banana trees, ferns, Pandanus and various palms. We continue to visit Wat Prathat Doi Suthep, the most famous temple of Chiang Mai. Walk up the 300 steps to the temple. Views from the temple over Chiang Mai are spectacular.Your guide will explain about the history of this temple.

Return to Chiang Mai to check into your hotel.