Chiang Mai City culture cycle tour in Thailand

Highlights

• Meet locals and participate in an unforgettable cultural exchange
• Witness the incredible natural landscape that is unique to Thai culture
• Nice and mellow 25 km cycle tour through the cultural center of Chiang Mai
• Visit Thailand's most revered Buddhist Temple Wat Chedi Luang with a stunning gold Buddha

All about the trip

Join us for a charming cycle tour through the cultural center of Chiang Mai! On this 25 km ride, you will experience the warmth of Thai hospitality. We'll travel down quiet roads, passing beautiful temples, colorful markets, and "people watch" as the villagers carry out their daily routine. Our local friendly guide will lead the 25-kilometer bike ride, keeping the pace nice and easy.

During this ride of 25 KM, we bike as much as possible over quiet roads and small lanes passing beautiful temples and colorful markets while seeing local people continue their daily activities. We ride through small back roads and alleyways around and through the center of Chiang Mai. We stop at a silversmith who fabricates beautiful jewelry in different shapes and sizes (sorry, no shopping). We visit the adjacent Silver Temple to see the monks keeping themselves busy making decorations of alloy used for the renovation of this temple.

We continue our Chiang Mai City Culture ride through narrow alleys and small lanes to the center of the city where we visit Wat Chedi Luang, which was built in the 14th century. Thailand’s most revered Buddha statue, the Emerald Buddha, used to reside in this temple until the Laotian kind took it to Luang Prabang (Laos) around 1545. Nowadays this Buddha statue can be found in Bangkok’s Wat Phra Kaew.

After shooting pictures of this remarkable Chedi we will stop for a refreshment at the Chiang Mai Women’s Correctional Institution. The aim of this institution is to reform and rehabilitate inmates who have almost done their sentences. Their residents are serving light sentences for minor crimes and they come from poor backgrounds, with many being hill-tribe women.

Not too far from here, we make a stop at the most visited and most beautiful temple of Chiang Mai, Wat Phra Singh. The temple houses a very important Buddha statue: the Phra Buddha Sihing which gives the temple its name.

Our Chiang Mai City Culture trip continues to the outer circle of the center, passing through a fresh and flower market where we see the most beautiful flowers of the North. This area is called “China Town of Chiang Mai”.

We cycle further and cross the river and stop for another refreshment at a local market. Here we have more time to explain to you about, and taste some exotic fruits and/or local snacks. After this stop, we take a surprising route back to our office. With a lot of new impressions, you return to your hotel!

Join us for an incredible city cycling tour in Thailand!

What is included in the price

• Water
• Bicycle
• Helmet
• Insurance
• Thai meal
• Soft drinks
• Free WiFi at our office
• English speaking guide

What is not included in the price

• Hotel transfers
• Optional gratuity
• Personal expenses

Instructions

Please remember to wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle. While water and soft drinks will be provided, it's best to bring extra water.

This activity is organised by Recreational Chiang Mai Biking, Baan Nai Fun 1 , Pa-Deat Moo 3 , Soi 9/135/157, A.Muang Chiang Mai, 50100, Thailand, +66 (0) 810320011, egmond@chiangmaibiking.com.