Where a car takes you from Chiang Mai
These are the day trips from Chiang Mai on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Mae Kampong Village A misty mountain village an hour east, where community homestays serve northern Thai meals and stream-side cafes pour coffee under the forest canopy
- San Kamphaeng A craft-and-hot-spring district east of the city, where mineral pools steam by the road and the weekend Chamcha market fills with food stalls and coff
- Lamphun Thailand's longan capital and one of its oldest towns sits half an hour south, worth the trip for fruit-market stalls and temple-side noodle shops
- Mae Rim The hills north of the city are a green day trip of rice-field coffee roasteries, garden cafes and the strawberry fields above Mon Jam, ideal for a lu
- Hang Dong and Baan Tawai The Hang Dong fringe pairs the Baan Tawai woodcarving village with design-shop cafes and garden restaurants, a browsing-and-eating loop through the so
Booking a car in Chiang Mai
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 16.35 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Budget, Dollar, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy, National, Payless
- Pick up at
- Chiang Mai Airport · Chiang Mai International Airport · Chiang Mai Intl Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.