Chiang Mai is a great family travel destination. Whether you are into animals, outdoor adventure, culture or food, Chiang Mai has it all! A walk around the old town will take you past moats, city gates, and gold clad temples. There are markets aplenty selling all sorts of souvenirs, clothing and food. The night market is worth visiting, but our favourite was the Saturday market on Wualai Road, with interesting jewellery and excellent street food. Changmai offers fantastic cooking schools for those who love thai food. We really enjoyed our time with "Aunty Orn" at her home on the outskirts of Chiang Mai. Surrounded by jungle and picking organic produce from her garden, made for a really authentic experience. \\nhttps://www.auntieornscooking.com/ Dragon Flight extreme zipline was an epic adventure for the whole family! The kids amazed us with their confidence diving off 10 metre high platforms without a care. We crossed deep valleys to 49 platforms in the thai jungle. Some of the ziplines were over 700m long. We also decided that we may have the worlds coolest MorMor (grandmother) who is up for anything! Siam Insect Zoo was a hit with our two kids. Getting to dig for beetle pupae and millipedes, holding stick insects, and getting up close to turtles and iguana's, what kid wouldn't love it? There are also spiders, scorpions, beetles and butterflies. Nong Buak Hard Park is a sweet little piece of green inside the city walls. If you are on the road with kids, it's always great to find somewhere to burn off some steam and play. If you have time, take the night train to or from Bangkok. It is so much fun for everyone and actually easier than flying. This night train was our fourth this year and the shortest at just 14 hours. A brilliant family adventure and the beds were super comfy! Chiang Mai is a gateway to the jungle and hill tribes closeby. You can easily visit elephant sanctuaries and see the endangered indochine tigers in a zoo if that's what you are into. We didn't do either of these trips as we have the opportunity to see wild elephants in Sri Lanka and couldn't face seeing drugged tigers as a tourist attraction.
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