Travel from Mae Chan to Chiang Saen
- Choui Fong Tea Plantation is located in Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai Province. This is the source of premium tea grown by Choui Fong Tea Co., Ltd., the largest tea producer in Chiang Rai Province for over 40 years. If you're looking for high-quality tea, this is the place to go.
- Wat Phra That Pha Ngao is an ancient temple in Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai Province. Highlights include the Phra That Pha Ngao, situated on a large rock, which led to its ancient nickname, Pha Ngao. There's also the Pha Ngao Skywalk, where visitors can enjoy the view. Inside the temple are a three-headed elephant statue and the Buddha image Luang Pho Pha Ngao, discovered in 1976.
- The Golden Triangle is located on Tha Phae Road, Wiang Subdistrict, Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai Province. It's the border between three countries: Thailand (Chiang Rai Province), the Lao People's Republic (Bokeo Province), and Myanmar (Tachileik, Shan State). The triangular area meets the Mekong River. The Golden Triangle boasts a small port, which can transport goods to China and Laos. Looking northeast from the Thai side, you can clearly see the Laotian villages. Myanmar, on the western side, is more open. Because there are no buildings nearby, there is also the large Phra Chiang Saen Si Phaendin (or Phra Phuttha Nawalanthue) statue on the banks of the Mekong River for visitors to pay their respects to.
- Wat Phra That Doi Phu Khao. According to legend, Phraya Lao Jangrat (some legends spelled Lao Jong), the first king of Hiranya Nakhon Ngoen Yang, had three sons: Lao Ko (some legends spelled Lao Krob), Lao Kue (some legends spelled Lao Chang), and Lao Kao (some legends spelled Lao Klao). Once, the three sons were traveling and encountered a large crab. They chased it, but the crab fled into its hole. Lao Ko and Lao Kue ordered Lao Kao to wait in the stream while they searched for the giant crab. After Lao Kao waited long, he returned to inform his father. His father, realizing that his three sons did not love each other and that living together would not be happy, ordered Lao Ko (Lao Krob) to rule the city of Kwang. (Some legends say it is Chiang Khong), Lao Kua (Lao Chang) ruled the city of Phalan Phanong (some legends say it is Yong) and Lao Kao (Lao Klao) gave him the rule of his own city, Hiranyanakhon Ngoen Yang. After ascending to the throne, Lao Kao established his name as Phraya Lao Kao Kaew Muang Ma and ascended to the throne as the second king of Hiranyanakhon Ngoen Yang. To commemorate this event, he built a pagoda on the mountain where the giant crab fled around the year 1302, which is the origin of Wat Phra That Doi Pu Khao.