Who makes this guide — and where our photos come from.
Chiang Rai Guides is an honest, local-written travel guide to Chiang Rai, Thailand — real routes, real timing and real prices, written by people who actually live here. It is published by JTTT Travel, a small local tour operator based in Chiang Rai.
We verify details regularly, but opening hours and prices can change — please double-check anything important locally. Some links on this site are affiliate or sponsored listings; they may earn us a small commission at no extra cost to you, and they help keep this guide free and ad-free. We only recommend what we would use ourselves.
Most photos on this site are our own. The images below were sourced from Wikimedia Commons under free licences (Creative Commons / Public Domain). We gratefully credit the photographers below. If you are a rights holder and would like a change, please contact us.
| Place | File | Photographer | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wat Ming Mueang | assets/images/wat-ming-mueang.webp | Stefan Fussan | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Wat Jet Yod (Seven Spires Temple) | assets/images/wat-jet-yod-cr.webp | Stefan Fussan | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Wat Phra That Doi Chom Thong | assets/images/wat-doi-chom-thong.webp | Chainwit. | CC BY 4.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Oub Kham Museum | assets/images/oub-kham-museum.webp | Wikimedia Commons | CC0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Mae Fah Luang Art & Cultural Park | assets/images/mae-fah-luang-art-park.webp | Oatz | Public domain | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| King Mengrai Monument | assets/images/mengrai-monument.webp | Chainwit. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Mae Kok River Long-tail Boat Trip | assets/images/mae-kok-river.webp | David McKelvey from Brisbane, Australia | CC BY 2.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Long Neck Karen Village (Tha Sud) | assets/images/long-neck-karen.webp | Treehel | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| 101 Tea Plantation | assets/images/101-tea-plantation.webp | Pixabay user Denchai | CC0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Hall of Opium Museum | assets/images/hall-of-opium.webp | CEphoto, Uwe Aranas | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| House of Opium (Sop Ruak) | assets/images/house-of-opium.webp | Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Chiang Saen Ancient City | assets/images/chiang-saen.webp | Chainwit. | CC BY 4.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Wat Phra That Doi Wao & Skywalk (Mae Sai) | assets/images/wat-phra-that-doi-wao.webp | EmeraldRange | CC0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Chiang Khong — Mekong Riverside Town | assets/images/chiang-khong.webp | Jakub Hałun | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Ethical Elephant Sanctuary | assets/images/elephant-sanctuary.webp | Jtorquy | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
| Sunday Night Market (Happy Street) | assets/images/sunday-night-market.webp | BrokenSphere | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View on Wikimedia Commons |
CC BY and CC BY-SA licences require attribution; CC BY-SA additionally requires that derivatives share the same licence; CC0 / Public Domain require none. Full terms are linked above.