Car Rental Chiang Mai for a circuit tour 

ECOCAR rent-a-car's Car Rental Chiang Mai invites you to go around Northern Thais. There are many places to visit from Chiang Mai to go around as a circuit tour to their great cities such as Lamphun, Lampang, Phayao, Chiang Rai and go back to Chiang Mai. Which ones you ought to go to? Let's see the attractions around the roads as a circuit.

How many highways do you drive as a circuit?

There are 4 highways for making the circuit such as

- Highway No.11 Chiang Mai to Five intersections Chiang Gateway and Lanna, Lampang
- Highway No.1 (Asian Highway 2) Lampang to Kaset Suk Intersection, Amphoe Mae Ka, Phayao
- Highway No.120 Kaset Suk Intersection to Mae Khachan Intersection, Amphoe Wiang Pa Pao, Chiang Rai
- Highway No.118 Mae Khachan Intersection to Chiang Mai

The best attractions with Highway No.11

- Wat Ched Yod (Seven pagodas on top) or officially called Wat Photharam Maha Wihan is the ancient temple in Chiang Mai. It is located northwest of the city center of Chiang Mai along the Super Highway Chiang Mai-Lampang (Highway 11). It was built in the 15th century with 5 multi-architectural nation styles as Lanna (Burmese), Rattanakosin (Siamese), Lao, Chinese and Indian.

- Wat Phra That Haripunchai Woramahawihan is the landmark in Lamphun. It was built in the 9th century and was founded in 1150 by King Hariphunchai to enshrine a Buddha relic found in the Palace garden. It was built on where the Palace of the first ruler of the Hariphunchai Kingdom, Queen Chamadevi.

- Thung Kwian Market is located in Amphoe Hang Chat, Lampang along the Super Highway Chiang Mai-Lampang (Highway 11). It is an early morning market until 7 pm and it offers a wide variety of medicinal herbs and the Northern Thai traditional products.

The best attractions with Highway No.1 (Asian Highway 2)

When you arrive at the Five intersections Chiang Gateway and Lanna in Lampang, you turn left to Highway No.1 (Asian Highway 2). Lampang is the Land of Horse-Drawn Carriage. There are many places to visit such as

- Wat Srichum is not far from the Highway No.1. It's located at Tippawan Road from Asian Highway 2. It is the Burmese architectural-style temple. It was built in 1893 by a Burmese millionaire named "Uyo", who wanted to build a temple for making merit.

- Hans Makwort Jensen Monument is not far from Kaset Suk Intersection, Amphoe Mae Ka, Phayao. It was built for Hans Makwort Jensen who is a Danish police officer in the King Rama V period who came to suppress the ethnic rebel groups from Myanmar, which came to plunder Lampang.

The linking way between Highway No.1 and Highway No.118 by Highway No.120

When you arrive at Kaset Suk Intersection in Phayao, you turn left to Highway No.120 to Amphoe Wing Pa Pao, Chiang Rai. This part is so difficult because you must drive to climb up the mountain range in 3 cities as Phayao, Lampang and Chiang Rai. You ought to be careful about your driving with ECOCAR rent-a-car's Car Rental Chiang Mai.

The best attractions with Highway No.118

When you arrive at Mae Khachan Intersection in Chiang Rai, you turn left to Highway No.118 at Amphoe Wiang Pa Pao, Chiang Rai for going back to Chiang Mai. There are many places to visit on the way such as

- Thaweesin Hotspring is located in Amphoe Wiang Pa Pao, Chiang Rai that is the highest hot spring in Thailand which comes from the true nature land. You can soak your feet for your relaxation or taking a bath in some shops; moreover, there are many coffee shops for your relaxation on drinking time in all seasons of the year such as Summer, Rainy or Cold.

- Mae Takhrai National Park is located in Highway 118's kilometer 33 from Chiang Mai. This refreshment place is good for your relaxation on the highway that there is the local restaurant beside the small river, Mae Kuang that is the river source for Mae Ping River that goes to Chiang Mai's Heart City. There are many activities such as camping, swimming, and a picnic in the cold season between October to January.

- Wat Phra That Doi Saket is located Amphoe Doi Saket, Chiang Mai that the quiet temple on the top on Doi Saket hill that you can reach by cars for watching a sunset.