Qué hay en Chiang Rai, Tailandia, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Cool, dry season, Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Cool, dry season (1 Nov – 15 Feb (normalmente)), Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa (1 Nov – 15 Feb (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dic – 5 Ene), Wild Himalayan cherry (20 Dic – 15 Feb (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Cool, dry season, Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

• Riesgo

  Burning season

  1 Feb – 20 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de humo

  Field and forest fires in the valleys and across the border put Chiang Rai near the top of the world's air-quality charts most Marches. The hill viewpoints stop being viewpoints. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cool, dry season (1 Nov – 15 Feb (normalmente)), Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa (1 Nov – 15 Feb (normalmente)), Wild Himalayan cherry (20 Dic – 15 Feb (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Burning season (1 Feb – 20 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Songkran, Long summer break en Tailandia

• Festival

  Songkran

  13–15 AbrAño Nuevo del aguaMucha genteCierres

  Water in the streets around the clock tower for three days, and the northern habit of extending it either side. Buses and hotels are the hard part, not the party. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Burning season (1 Feb – 20 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Long summer break en Tailandia, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Lychee Fair

  10–25 May · normalmenteCosecha

  Held by the Kok River in mid-May when the province's lychee harvest comes in, with float parades, orchard displays, local food contests and stalls selling fruit by the basket. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa

  5 Jul – 5 Ago · normalmenteFiesta religiosaCierres

  The start of Buddhist Lent falls on the full moon of the eighth lunar month. Temples hold candle processions and candlelit circumambulations, and alcohol sales stop nationwide for two days. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Kok and Sai river floods

  1 Ago – 30 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de inundaciones

  Late in the rains, runoff from Myanmar swells the Kok and Sai rivers; Mae Sai and low parts of town flood in most years, and mountain roads to Doi Tung and Phu Chi Fa suffer landslides. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa (5 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Kok and Sai river floods (1 Ago – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ok Phansa, October semester break en Tailandia

• Festivo

  Ok Phansa

  1–31 Oct · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The end of Buddhist Lent on the full moon of the eleventh lunar month brings dawn alms-giving to monks and temple fairs, and the first weekend trips of the coming cool season. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Cool, dry season, Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

• Temporada

  Cool, dry season

  1 Nov – 15 Feb · normalmenteMucha gente

  The one stretch worth planning around: clear mornings on the hill roads, cold enough at Doi Mae Salong for a jacket at dawn, and the province at its busiest.

• Naturaleza

  Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

  1 Nov – 15 Feb · normalmenteTemporada de nieblaMucha gente

  Cloud fills the valley below the ridge overnight and burns off by nine, so the walk up is done in the dark. Weekends the viewpoint is shoulder to shoulder before sunrise. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Loi Krathong

  5–30 Nov · normalmenteLuces y fuego

  Floats onto the Kok river on the twelfth full moon; smaller than the Chiang Mai version and easier to be in the middle of. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Cool, dry season, Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dic – 5 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The weeks around Christmas and New Year are the busiest of the year here for both foreign and Thai visitors: rooms and transport sell out early and rates run at their highest. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Wild Himalayan cherry

  20 Dic – 15 Feb · normalmenteFlor de cerezo

  Thai sakura along the ridges at Doi Mae Salong and above Mae Fah Luang, pink for a fortnight somewhere in the window. The exact week moves with how cold December was. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cool, dry season (1 Nov – 15 Feb (normalmente)), Sea of mist at Phu Chi Fa (1 Nov – 15 Feb (normalmente))