Pattaya’s location along the sunset side of the upper Gulf of Thailand has gained a well-deserved top spot as one of Thailand’s leading holiday destinations.

A cornucopia of excursion opportunities awaits once you plan your itinerary for Chiang Rai province exploration, and this full-day tour is merely one of the examples of the variety of opportunities for journeying the Golden Triangle area.

City life is not cut out for everyone, particularly when the beaches and sprawling nightlife of Pattaya draw for a period of being away from it all.

Pattaya was once a small fishing village, yet this beach destination has become the equivalent of a famous European Riviera destination and searched for by many tourists, both local as international.

Among the various islands off the coast of Rayong, Koh Samed is Rayong’s major attraction – a palm-fringed tropical island with fine white-sandy beaches and fantastic opportunities for swimming, snorkelling, windsurfing, sailing and sunbathing.

What has put Pattaya on the tourism map is that this sunny, fun-filled destination along the Eastern side (or the sunset side) of the upper Gulf of Thailand is so diverse.

Undoubtedly, one of Thailand most complete destinations for the holiday seeker, Pattaya has grown from strength to strength in maintaining at the pinnacle of offering everything under the Thai sun.

What makes Mae Sai such a wonderful place, high up in the north? It is coming and going of all levels of society, seeking new means to trade and finding the latest news from across the border.

Using the gently rolling hills of the Chiang Rai as their background, the numerous ethnic minorities found in the northern part of Thailand, affectionately named ‘hill tribes’ because of their mountain-side settlements.

Chiang Rai is not only the gateway to the Golden Triangle: the northern-most province of Thailand boasts some of the country’s most scenic landscapes, gently-rolling mountain ranges, where numerous ethnic minorities still live in peace and harmony