Royal Park Rajapruek

This place is beautiful! Definitely recommend if your in Chiang Mai. My family spent about 4 hours here. The park is open between 8am - 6pm everyday. The cafe inside I believe closes at 5pm. Entry was 200 baht for adults and 150 baht for children. There is bikes and wheelchairs or use the tram to get around (these are included with the entry ticket). The tram stops at 8 main places and comes every 15 minutes. My mum used the wheelchair and the tram to get around, if you can walk a little they will attach the wheelchair to the side of the tram. Making this place very easy to get around even if you need a wheelchair. Even though this place is huge it's kept very clean and there are many gardeners around keeping the plants healthy. The only thing I didn't like was the Japanese garden - They had plastic cherry blossom trees. I understand it's not the time of year for them to bloom but they could have put something else in there. My favourite gardens are the orchid, cactus and bonsai. You can even buy plants at the gift store. We went on a Tuesday around 1pm and it was not busy or crowded. We had a peaceful and amazing time exploring the gardens. I would definitely come back.

This park is quite big and shows many displays of flowers, orchids, ferns, and plants. There is a free tram service that will take you on a route of 8 stations. You can get off at any stop that you want to visit, and then take the next tram onwards to the next stops. A suggestion is to take the tram for the whole loop so that you get an idea of the different stops. Then for the next round, you can decide which stops you want to alight. There are toilets around so it is very convenient. There is a cafe as well, and even a hotel inside the park. You can buy souvenirs in the souvenir shop and some local produce at a area after the souvenir shop. I bought a big bag of strawberries (100 baht). It will cost 150 baht if you buy it at chiang mai gate market.

Want to start my review by giving shoutout to Jiraporn Chuduang who single-handedly made my trip to the park enjoyable. She is a tenacious employee who showed me around and provided detailed tour of the bug facility. She helped me locate the live bugs in their displays and provided educational information. She is super friendly and I am so glad to have met her! The park itself was gorgeous and even during +32C a fun experience. So thankful that there were little shuttle buses to take you across the land because I heavily underestimated how huge the park is, in a good way. Unforgettable experience