Best Day Trips in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Elephant Nature Park is popular on Reddit (57 mentions) and highly recommended for ethical elephant encounters and animal encounters. This natural sanctuary, known for elephants, nature, conservation, and rescue, lovingly cares for elephants rescued from abuse, as highlighted by a top Reddit quote. Best for ethical tourism.

Popular on Reddit (6 mentions), Airbnb is a booking platform for finding accommodation, including condo and apartment rentals. It's a casual booking app, highly recommended by the community, and also offers experiences as mentioned in a top Reddit quote.

Elephant Jungle Sanctuary is popular on Reddit (5 mentions), with one user saying, "In Chiang Mai we’re doing a day at the Elephant Sanctuary." This casual spot is best for elephant and animal interaction, including showering and feeding the elephants. It's a highly recommended day trip, great for kids.

Maxim is a highly recommended transportation app for booking a driver for the day or getting around. Community tags include driver, taxi, and day trip. It offers a casual atmosphere, making it ideal for convenient transportation.

Red Cab is highly recommended for booking a driver for the day, with a casual atmosphere. Community tags include driver, taxi, and day trip. As one Reddit user noted, "If you are visiting one of these it would pay the book a driver for the day, either a Maxim or Red Cab.

Trip.com is an online travel agency and booking platform, highly recommended for hotel booking. Popular on Reddit, with one user noting it "can often have bigger discounts" as an Asia-based site. It offers flight booking and travel planning, with a casual atmosphere.

Getyourguide is popular on Reddit (11 mentions) for booking tours, excursions, and evening tours. Users highlight its convenience, with one calling a "Spiritual Sunrise tour" the "highlight of the trip." Best for booking tours, it's highly recommended by the community.

Viator is a popular online booking platform (9 Reddit mentions) for tours, excursions, and activities. The community often suggests checking Viator for interesting options. It has a commercial atmosphere and is best for finding tours.

Klook is a commercial online booking platform, popular on Reddit (7 mentions) for tickets and events. Best for booking events, it also offers eSIMs and is a highly recommended travel app. As one Redditor put it, "You could try to get tickets for something on Klook.

Booking dot com is a convenient online booking platform highly recommended for small group day tours. It's best for booking group tours, including options like Doi Inthanon, and also features coffee shop and cafe listings.