Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
A botanical garden in the hills of Mae Rim, opened in 1993 as the Mae Sa Botanic Garden and renamed for Queen Sirikit a year later. Glasshouses and forest trails climb the slope, and a canopy walkway runs through the treetops.
- Where
- Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 18.6949, 98.7897
Get the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Chiang Mai volume with your photos and a note.
Near Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
Chiang Mai Night Safari 14 km
A large zoo on the western edge of Chiang Mai, opened in 2006 and designed to be seen after dark, with trams carrying visitors through open enclosures. It was the first nocturnal zoo in Thailand and is thought to be the largest anywhere, at about 130 hectares.
Royal Park Rajapruek 15 km
Gardens at Mae Hia on the edge of Chiang Mai, laid out for Royal Flora Ratchaphruek, the international horticultural exposition of 2006 and 2007 held in honour of King Bhumibol. The grounds stayed on as a park of themed gardens and pavilions.
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep 19 km
A golden chedi on the mountain above Chiang Mai, at 1,073 metres, reached by a long staircase lined with naga serpents. Legend says a white elephant carrying a relic of the Buddha climbed this mountain and chose the spot, and the city spreads out below the terrace.
Wat Umong 20 km
A forest wat about 700 years old on the edge of Chiang Mai, named for the tunnels dug into its hillside. Monks have meditated in these brick passages, lit by small shrines, and the wooded grounds around them are still quiet.
Chiang Mai Zoo 21 km
Northern Thailand's first commercial zoo, opened in 1977 on Huay Kaew Road, just west of Chiang Mai University at the foot of Doi Suthep. Its 81 hectares of wooded slopes also hold an aquarium.
Wat Suan Dok 21 km
A royal wat about a kilometre west of the old city moat, on ground that was once a Lanna king's flower garden. Its field of white chedis holds the ashes of Chiang Mai's royal family, set against the slopes of Doi Suthep behind.
Wiang Kum Kam 23 km
The ruins of a city King Mangrai built on the Ping River as his capital before he founded Chiang Mai. Floods drove its people away and silt buried it for centuries; today its brick chedis and temple bases lie scattered among the lanes south of the city.
Wat Phra Singh 23 km
A royal wat in the old city of Chiang Mai that enshrines the Phra Buddha Sihing, one of the most revered Buddha images of the north. Among its Lanna buildings is the small Viharn Lai Kham, painted inside with old murals of northern life.
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Questions
Where is Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden?
Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden is in Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Chiang Mai Night Safari (14 km), Royal Park Rajapruek (15 km), Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (19 km).
How do I get the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Chiang Mai volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Chiang Mai volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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