Wat Rong Khun
A dazzling white work of art in the form of a Buddhist temple, its walls set with mirror glass that glitters in the sun. The artist Chalermchai Kositpipat designed and built it himself and opened it in 1997, and he is still adding to it.
- Where
- Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 19.8242, 99.7633
Get the Wat Rong Khun stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Rong Khun. 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 Rai volume with your photos and a note.
Near Wat Rong Khun
Wat Rong Suea Ten 14 km
A modern wat on the edge of Chiang Rai painted a deep sapphire blue, picked out in gold. Inside, a white Buddha sits against the blue walls, and the name means the house of the dancing tiger.
Baan Dam Museum 21 km
The artist Thawan Duchanee's private museum: a cluster of dark northern Thai houses and stranger buildings filled with horns, skins, bones and his own work. It is the brooding counterpart to Chiang Rai's White Temple.
Doi Mae Salong 41 km
A hill in the Daen Lao range, 6 km from the Burmese border, with the town of Santikhiri strung along its ridge. The town was settled by Chinese families who came over from Burma in 1961, and the slopes around it are planted with tea.
Doi Tung 58 km
A mountain in the highlands of Chiang Rai's Mae Fa Luang district, its once bare slopes replanted under a royal development project. It holds the Princess Mother's villa, the Mae Fah Luang gardens and a hilltop wat with old twin chedis.
Tham Luang 63 km
A long limestone cave system beneath the Doi Nang Non range near Mae Sai, on the border with Myanmar. Its full name means great cave of the sleeping lady, after the outline of the mountain above, said to be a woman lying at rest.
Hall of Opium 68 km
A museum at the Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet on the Mekong, telling the story of the opium poppy. Its galleries follow the drug from its origins through the trade that once made this corner of the map notorious.
Phu Chi Fa 72 km
A mountain and forest park at the eastern end of the Phi Pan Nam range in Chiang Rai's Thoeng district. Its cliff top juts out over the valley towards Laos, and at dawn in the cool season the view below is often a sea of mist.
Phayao Lake 74 km
The largest freshwater lake in northern Thailand, a near half-moon of water covering about 1,980 hectares beside the town of Phayao. Only around 1.5 metres deep, it holds some fifty kinds of fish, and its shore is a favourite place to watch the sun go down.
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Questions
Where is Wat Rong Khun?
Wat Rong Khun is in Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Wat Rong Suea Ten (14 km), Baan Dam Museum (21 km), Doi Mae Salong (41 km).
How do I get the Wat Rong Khun stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Rong Khun and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Chiang Rai volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Wat Rong Khun before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Chiang Rai volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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