The Blue Temple, Wat Rong Suea Ten
Wat Rong Suea Ten, Chiang Rai's Blue Temple: open daily 07:00 to 20:00, what it costs to enter, who rebuilt it, how far it is from the White Temple, and how long the tours give it.
Wat Rong Suea Ten, the Blue Temple, is open every day from 7:00 to 20:00, and the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s page for it lists no entrance fee (checked November 2026). It stands on the north side of Chiang Rai, 3.7 km by road from the clock tower and 16 km from the White Temple, and was rebuilt by a local artist, Phutta Kabkaew, a student of Chalermchai Kositpipat. From Chiang Mai, MONKEY TRAVEL ASIA’s Chiang Mai: Chiang Rai White, Blue and Red Temples and Karen Tribe, from US$29 on promotion, usually US$49 a person (checked November 2026), stops there between the White Temple and Huay Pla Kang.
Read on 26 November 2026, 20 January 2027 and 24 March 2027: US$34.06 a person, or US$41.15 with the three temples’ tickets (checked November 2026).
The temple
The Tourism Authority’s description is short and specific. The temple stands in the Rong Suea Ten community, in Rim Kok on the edge of Chiang Rai, and was reconstructed by Phutta Kabkaew, known as Sala Nok, who studied under Chalermchai Kositpipat, the artist of the White Temple. Its ordination hall is painted a vivid blue and worked in stucco. Inside sits a Buddha image 6.5 metres high and 5 metres across the lap, and the walls are painted with stories of the Buddha.
Where the White Temple is white plaster and mirror glass, this one is blue and gold, and, as one reviewer noted on 6 November 2026, a much smaller complex.
Hours and entry
| Wat Rong Suea Ten | |
|---|---|
| Open | Daily, 07:00 to 20:00 |
| Entrance fee | None listed by the Tourism Authority |
| Phone | +66 64 347 3636 |
| Where | Rong Suea Ten community, Rim Kok, Chiang Rai |
Tourism Authority of Thailand, checked November 2026.
The Tourism Authority lists no fee, and a reviewer of MONKEY TRAVEL ASIA’s day wrote on 4 November 2026 that the Blue Temple was free. That tour’s tickets option still names a Blue Temple fee among what it covers, so the safest plan is a little cash in case a donation or fee is asked. The late closing time is useful if you stay in Chiang Rai: you can come back in the evening, after the day tours have moved on.
Getting there from the White Temple
By road the Blue Temple is 16 km from Wat Rong Khun, about a quarter of an hour without traffic. It is 3.7 km from the clock tower in the centre of Chiang Rai, 9 km from Baan Dam and 5 km from Lalitta Cafe, the garden cafe several tours stop at afterwards. MONKEY TRAVEL ASIA allows 30 minutes on the coach from the White Temple, then 15 minutes on to Huay Pla Kang.
How long the tours stay
From each tour’s itinerary, checked November 2026.
One reviewer of MONKEY TRAVEL ASIA’s day on 31 October 2026 felt the Blue Temple deserved more time than it got; another, on 6 November, came away most taken with the Blue Temple of the three. If it is the temple you most want to see, TripGuru Thailand's day, with an hour there, gives it the most time of these.
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The next stop on most tours is Huay Pla Kang; the 3 temples tour compares the whole afternoon, and the White Temple covers the first stop.
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The Blue Temple Between the White and the Red
MONKEY TRAVEL ASIA's guided day from Chiang Mai stops at Wat Rong Suea Ten half an hour after the White Temple, then goes on to Huay Pla Kang.
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