Location: Lampang
Top Things to do in Lampang
Top 5 Nature & Parks in Lampang, Lampang Province
Lampang, also called Nakhon Lampang (Thai: นครลำปาง, pronounced [náʔkʰɔːn lampaːŋ]) to differentiate from Lampang Province, is the third largest town in northern Thailand and capital of Lampang Province and the Lampang district. Traditional names for Lampang include Wiang Lakon and Khelang Nakhon. The city is a trading and transportation center. Lampang lies 601 km north of Bangkok and 101 km southeast of Chiang Mai.
Restaurants in Lampang
1. Vegan Town Lampang
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
Vegan Town Lampang is an eco farm which offers fun day activities and eco accommodation on the outskirts of Lampang. Guests can stay overnight in bamboo huts, take part in vegan cooking classes, pick their own pesticide free veggies and enjoy massage. A wonderful experience for the whole family. Please contact Vegan Town Lampang for booking before arrival.
2. Chae Son National Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 140 reviews
Reviewed By Nhayaciel
This place is excellent spot to leave everthing behind and enjoy hot tubs in the huts, eat boiled egg in the hot springs and massage while surronding with the sound of waterfall, beautiful garden view & tree with fresh air, I am so lelax here and want to visit again
3. Kiew Lom Dam
4. Nhong Krathing Park
5. Thai Elephant Conservation Center
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 527 reviews
This 300-acre area consists of an elephant hospital and training school, which help to conserve the Thai elephants and protect them from extinction.
Reviewed By I9145MFjessicab
TECC is the only government-funded elephant conservation center in all of Thailand, with two locations (this one in the Northern province and one in the Southern). They are in charge of serving and treating ALL elephants around the country, and could never turn an elephant down. Although they are funded by the government, they are still losing a whole lot of money each and every year because of all of the expenses that result from all of the hard work and dedication they put into elephant conservation. This is one of the main reasons that they have elephant riding and other tourism practices - along with for health and enrichment practices, exercise, space and deforestation realities, and once again that they need to be able to fund all of the elephants they are committing to caring for. Their guidelines for elephant riding are extremely ethical - the hours elephants work, the comfortability, the weight, the mental state of the elephant. It is all based upon and backed up by scientific research for elephant welfare and these elephants are ultimately healthy and happy. This does not mean you have to ride an elephant when you visit TECC (I did not), but I do NOT believe it is a reason to not support the sole place where elephants get access to health care and treatment. You can vote with your dollar by supporting them through a tour of all their facilities (they even have overnight stays which are lovely)! This experience will be so educational - you visit their elephant hospital, mahout training school, see their scientific approaches, learn about their traditional and herbal medicine practices, watch elephant exercises and understand tourism practices, and just really begin to understand all the work that goes into caring for so many elephants (110 and counting on site, plus unlimited access to all elephants in Thailand) They also have aggressive elephant trainers, the amazing lead is P' Moan, who taught us so much about the misconceptions of "no hook, no chain" sanctuaries as he is one of the mahouts who has to retrain these animals in the traditional and ethical way for safety and for human-elephant coexistence. Also, the "elephant shows" are actually extremely educational and enriching, nothing that harms or exerts the elephant in unethical ways, and the performances they share shows you mahout training exercises and the trainings they practice with autistic kids to improve their social skills (so many good movements behind this center). They also have a reintroduction program to the wild and artificial insemination research, so many exciting initiatives. Go become informed and support these gentle giants and the people who work day in and day out for the real conservation of these animals!!! I highly recommended having P' Dear as your tour guide, she will answer any and all of your critical questions and truly help you to understand the human-elephant complex in Thailand and all of the incredible work that TECC does. It is easy to jump to misinformed conclusions based upon emotion and sensationalism in the media, but the truth of the matter is that TECC is one of the unsung heroes of Thailand - and they are doing everything they possibly can to make sure this countries elephants have the most happy and healthy existence in today's world.
