Top Chiang Mai Half-day Tours

What a great day to Chiang Rai and the temples with Tong as our amazing driver and guide. He made it very special from the start, such a warm and funny person always checking we were ok and making sure we had everything that we needed. The small things like providing a local snack (which we probably wouldn’t have tried), tissues for the rest rooms, cold water, phone charger, and his recommendations for local Thai dishes and places in Chiang Mai (which were spot on!). He made the trip fun and very informative and always offering to take photos for us in great spots. It is a long day but it is worth it to see the unique temples and hear from Tong the history of them and show us things we wouldn’t have noticed on our own. We had another trip booked with Pagoda View Tours 2 days before with Tong and luckily we had him again as our guide for this trip!!! Great day thank you and if only all tour guides were like Tong!

What a wonderful day in Doi Inthanon with Tong as our amazing driver and guide. He made it very special from the start, such a warm and funny person always checking we were ok and making sure we had everything that we needed. The small things like providing a local snack (which we probably wouldn’t have tried), tissues for the rest rooms, cold water, phone charger, and his recommendations for local Thai dishes and places in Chiang Mai (which were spot on!). He made the trip fun and very informative and always offering to take photos for us. We never felt rushed but always looked after. It was great to see the waterfall and then the 2 hour walk through the forest with a local tribesman called Cher, also very calm in nature. With his limited English we still got the gist of what he was telling us. He showed us the wonders of nature with many different little demonstrations along our walk making the time so much more about our surroundings and living in nature - hence Tong calls him Mr Magic Man! Grinding our own coffee, which was just delicious, in the village was a great way to finish this part of the tour. The highest point in Thailand was another great part of the day. We had another trip booked with Pagoda View Tours 2 days later and luckily we had Tong again as our guide!!! Great day thank you, if only all tour guides were like Tong! Highly recommend.

Very smooth and well organized. The falls themselves are a lot of fun. Just watch out for mossy spots, but these are rare and easy to see-don’t step on anything green. Obviously, if you’re going to climb the falls you should be in reasonably decent shape. Very cool experience.

Quite an exceptional tour. If you are a kayaker, this jungle river ride will keep you engaged. If you are not an experienced kayaker, and have kayaked a bit, you will enjoy the smooth waters that move fast enough that you do not have to paddle much. The cave tour was even better than the water trip. Our guide was very knowledgeable and considerate. He pointed out many small details that we would have missed and knew where to direct us to get amazing photos.

Excellent informative tour with our tour guide, Sky. She educated us on the variety of spices and ingredients of Thai cooking and took us shopping at the local marketplace. Then went back to the cooking school and taught us how to prepare the raw ingredients, mix the slices and cook each dish. I was pleasantly surprised that I cooked a descent Thai meal in spite of not knowing how to cook at home. This tour has inspired me to try some of these recipes when we get home. Thumbs up for this tour.

Our guide, Tui, was very friendly and attentive. He provided lots of information at each of the stops and answered all our questions. We saw the white temple, golden triangle, enjoyed a boat ride on the Mekong and stopped by the opium museum. Our lunch was ready as soon as we arrived at the restaurant and we also had an included coffee break on the drive back to Chiang Mai. It was a wonderful experience!

Hi!! We are a family from Spain with 2 kids aged 10 and 11. It was just so so good! Uan was really nice, patient and made great dishes that we ate one by one after cooking each plate. Super recommendable!! If you go in the morning make sure you don’t eat breakfast before…as first dish you start eating is by 10am. Last dish was sticky mango rice around 12. He picked us in our hotel, took us to the market and then ready to start and amazing cooking Thai class.

I would give this tour 4.5 stars, if I could. Overall it is really great - our guide Sarah was so nice, super knowledgable, and always willing to take photos of us. The temples are all very different and beautiful in their own way. If I had to give any criticism, I would say there is way too much time at the first one (wat chedi luang) and not enough time at Wat Doi Suthep. This one is huge and there is so much to see and I feel like I kind of rushed through it. Otherwise though, it's an awesome tour and you should not hesitate to book it!