Lampang has the horse carriage as its symbol and monasteries built in Burmese and Lanna Style. Lampang was previously know as Khelang Nakhon.

Doing and Sights seeing

WAT PHRA THAT KAEW DON TAO

Wat Phra That Kaew Don Tao was establised in the period of King Ananthayot. The attractive is the 50 meter high pagoda Burmese style and popular stop on the most horse cart tours .

WAT PRA TU PONG

This temple located on the west side of the Wang River. The most attactive of this temple is the beautiful wood carving works over 100 years.

WAT SRI RONG MUANG

This temple is one of the nice decoration and archetecture of Burmese Arts of colorful stained glasses decoration alternating with gold guilt works on the Vihara.

HORSE CART TOURS

The horse carts tend to congregate around the front of the City Hall and Thip Chang Road. A short ride will cost Bt20 to Bt30 whilst tours of the Wang River and a couple of wats will cost Bt80 to Bt100. If business is slow you should be able to bargain them down.

WAT PHRA THAT LAMPANG LUANG

This temple located around 20 km from downtown of Lampang which the temple was found in 1486 by the rulers of the oldest wooden building in Thailand. This temple has important Buddha images of "Phra Jao Lan Tang"
and "Phra Jao Tan Jai".

THAI ELEPHANT CONSERVATION CENTRE

This place located around 38 km to the west of Lampang is the Young Elephant Conservation Centre. This place will train the babies at 5 years of age with one master until they reach the ripe old age of 67.

THUNG KWIAN FORESTRY MARKET

Only a few kilometers down the road from the baby elephant centre, this market sells a huge variety of forest products (both flora and fauna). Arrive in the early morning to secure your live water beetles, crispy larvae and eviscerated lizards. Vegetarians will appreciate the extensive fungi selection, while beef lovers can select their cow placentas with the locals.  Apart from the core 'weird beast eats' section, the market is fairly tourist with curio shops on the fringe. For the unadventurous, there is grilled chicken and sticky rice as well as curry stalls. The market is not really worth a special mission but is open from 5.00 am to noon. To get there take a Chiang Mai bound bus from Lampang bus station for Bt20.

CHAE SON NATIONAL PARK

This national park has area around 600 sq. km and is best known for its namesake, the Chae Son Waterfall. This waterfall is one of the beautiful water cascading down 7 tiers which each tier as a pool suitable for swimming. Chae Son Hot Spa Park is the most attraction place. The water does not scatter but drops in a vertical jet. The most attractive is spa area which the water temperature reaches a very high point, up to 75-82 degree celsius.