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08 1908 8187, 08 4378 7131, or visit the website: www.
chiangraiwinery.com.
To get there: Follow Highway 118, then take a turn at Km 122 and
drive on for around 4 km. Other places of interest on this route
include the King Naresuan the Great Shrine at Km 129, Mae Suai Dam,
and Tho Phuthao Group of Toy Handicrafts, which are made of
bamboo, in the village of Pa Daet, which is accessible by taking a left
turn at the Mae Suai - Fang T-junction to follow Highway 109 for 4
km and another 2 kilometre off the main road into Ban Pa Daet, as
well as Khrongkan Ban Lek Nai Pa Yai, which is a project to conserve
the watershed forest under the royal initiative of Her Majesty the
Queen.
Wat Phrathat Chom Chaeng (วัดพระธาตุจอมแจ�ง) is an ancient temple
located in Tambon Mae Suai. In 1939, Luangpho Adunsihawat
(Singkham), Ecclesiastical District Officer of Amphoe Mae Suai and
abbot of the temple, preached about reverence of the Lord
Buddha’s relic pagoda to the people here. Hence, the people of Mae
Suai has held a traditional fair on the full moon day in the eighth
lunar month, and persuaded each other to join in the renovation of
the temple. Furthermore, Luangpho Thongthip, an ancient and
sacred Buddha image, is also housed here. For further details,
contact Tel: 0 5365 6297.
To get there: Take the road from the town of Chiang Rai toward
Chiang Mai, and, before arriving in Amphoe Mae Suai, turn right at
the foot of the Maenam Lao Bridge for another 200 m. The total
distance is 40 km.
Doi Wawi (ดอยวาวี) is a small community living in peace. This is a
source of good tea: Oolong No. 12. It was said that the first tea
plantation in Thailand began here. The one-thousand-year-old tea
tree of three arm circumference is still found in the forest in Ban Mai
Phatthana. Every year there is the Wawi Tea Sampling Festival in
December.
To get there: It is 85 km from town. Take Highway 118 (Mae Suai -
Chiang Rai) and turn right to follow the winding Ban Tin Doi - Ban
Mai Mok Cham Road, past the Mae Suai Dam. It is an asphalt road all
along the route where all types of cars can travel. By bus, there is a
daily mini-bus service from Amphoe Mae Suai to Doi Wawi from
8.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. For more information, contact the Wawi Sub-
district Administration Organisation at Tel: 0 5360 5950, or visit the
website: www.vavee.net.