Chiang Mai · CHIANG MAI WALKING TOURS
15 reviewed
The best chiang mai walking tours in Chiang Mai fill up fast, and the standouts fill up first. Ranked below are the 15 to book, with current prices and what sets each one apart, so you can lock it in before the calendar does.
A 3-hour walk through Chiang Mai’s Old City temples with an English guide, Lanna details, and a low-impact GSTC approach.
“Loved it a lot! Our guide was very positive and willing to answer any questions we had lingering.”
3-hour Chiang Mai old town temple walk: Wat Chiang Man to Wat Chedi Luang, Lanna architecture, small group, water included.
“Easy pace and started early so it wasn’t too hot. Our guide Jen was very sweet and knowledgeable. Recommended small group tour”
Chiang Mai’s morning temple walk visits Wat Chedi Luang, Wat Pan Tao, and Wat Phra Singh, with a guide for $15.
“Fantastic and informative. Son is a great guide who is willing to answer any and all questions. I highly recommend this for those who wish to learn more detailed history in Chiang Mai!”
Chiang Mai markets walking food tour with Hakka noodles, mango sticky rice, pa tong go, and flower market sights. GSTC low-impact.
“We did this on our first day in Chiang Mai and it was a great experience since we had no knowledge of local specialities. Our guide (Koi) was really friendly and flexible with our moody, picky 5 year old. She went above and beyond the call of food guide for us. The only thing I would change is to have the food included in the tour price. Everything was a great price, but it was inconvenient to take out my wallet at every stop.”
Walk Chiang Mai’s old city with a small English group, touring Wat Phra Singh and Wat Chedi Luang with guide-led culture talks.
“Guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. We were able to visit everything as planned and she gave us the perfect introduction to Chiang Mai. I highly recommend to start your visit here.”
A 3-hour guided walk through Chiang Mai’s Old City temples, covering Wat Chedi Luang, Wat Phan Tao, and Wat Phra Singh with great local stories.
“This tour is a great way to explore the temples, and to understand the history of Chiang Mai. Booncharoen, our guide, was great: knowledgeable, open to questions and clearly loves this city.”
Walk Chiang Mai’s key Lanna temples with a former monk guide. Learn Buddhist meaning at each stop on a light 3.5-hour route.
“This is a really lovely way to see a few of the temples in Chiang Mai. Nothing is very far apart, so the walking is light. Our guide Cartoon, a former monk, gives a different point of view when seeing the temples. He's happy to introduce you to sRead more”
Small-group 2.5-hour old town walk in Chiang Mai, linking King Mangrai’s roots to Wat Phra Singh and Wat Chedi Luang.
“My Guide was Khun Bim. She is a Thai person who speaks excellent English. I have followed a Japanese form of Buddhism for over 34 years and yet I still learned something new about Thai (Theravada) Buddhism. We were able to disRead more”
A structured Chiang Mai street-food walk with local flavor, Pa tong go and Hakka noodles, plus a guide to explain the why behind the bites.
“Koi was a wonderful tour guide and we tried so much interesting food! A great walking tour that I highly recommend for anymore who loves food and wants to learn more.”
Walk Chiang Mai’s classic temples with an ex-monk guide, free admissions, and Lanna stories that make Buddhism click in 3.5 hours.
“We were a group of 2adults and 3children and Katoon was amazing. Explained everything we wanted to know and more, answered and even encouraged questions. He taught us how ‘pray’ (although it’s not a prayer Buddhism) and we even mRead more”
3-hour twilight walk in Chiang Mai Old City to Wat Phra Singh, Wat Chedi Luang, and Three Kings Monument, guided and low-impact, from $18.
“Very nice trip, absolutely perfect timing and Bam (guide guy) is extremely nice with good knowledge, cool side stories and funny jokes”
Watch Chiang Mai’s Old City glow at twilight on a guided walk through Wat Phra Singh, Wat Chedi Luang, and Three Kings Monument.
“Very good tour with excellent guide! Very knowledgeable and friendly. Dropped us off in China town at end of tour. Would definitely recommend this to anyone!”
A 4-hour Chiang Mai walk focused on Lanna history, ancient temples, and local market life, led by English speaking guide Richard.
“Richard was wonderful! I learned so much from him. He shared so much, I left our time together with a slightly changed perspective, for the better. Bonus, I was the only one so I had Richard all to myself. Highly recommend!”
3-hour guided walk through Chiang Mai key temples, from Wat Chiang Man to Chedi Luang, with bottled water for $16.
“This was a really fun and interesting orientation to the city and Northern Thailand. Because I went on a Sunday, we even got to see some ladies doing traditional dances at the main temple. Highly recommend!”
Private 3-hour Chiang Mai walking tour of royal temples and local markets with an English guide, tickets, water, and insurance.
“My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the all-day tour of Chiang Mai that Lanna had planned for us. We had told her a few specific places that we definitely wanted to visit, the length of the tour (8 hours in our case), and the time of the day that Read more”
