Bus tickets to Chiang Rai

68 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

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68 places connect to Chiang Rai by Buses, across 3 countries, run by 0 operators. The cheapest arrival costs None. Origins run from 27 km away to 1,436 km, with a median of 569 km.

Priced for October 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Chiang Rai

  • 68Places you can arrive from
  • 3Countries
  • 0Operators

12Go fares to Chiang Rai

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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The bus gets you into Chiang Rai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Chiang Rai for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1 and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km1218%Mae Chan, 27 km
200 to 600 km2638%Luang Prabang, 243 km
600 to 1,500 km3044%Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, 623 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Thailand6291%
Laos46%
Cambodia23%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Chiang Rai

Chiang Rai

Bus
  • Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1
  • Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 2 (Green Bus Stop)
Leaving

Leaving Chiang Rai

Common questions about Bus tickets to Chiang Rai

Where can I travel to Chiang Rai by Buses from?

68 places connect to Chiang Rai by Buses on our network, across 3 countries The nearest is 27 km away in a straight line and the furthest 1,436 km.

Which terminal does the Buses to Chiang Rai use?

Buses services into Chiang Rai use 2 named terminals, among them Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1, Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 2 (Green Bus Stop). The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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Other ways to reach Chiang Rai

Chiang Rai is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1

Most of the points near Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1 open before the first train and close after the last one.

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