Flora Festival Chiang Mai
2025-01-01 - 2025-02-28 | Chiang Mai Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Visitors are invited to explore 23,831 plant species and engage in various activities at the Flora Festival 2024, held at the Royal Park Rajapruek in Chiang Mai’s Muang district.
This annual fest runs until February 28 and celebrates His Majesty the King’s 72nd birthday. It also aims to boost awareness of royal initiatives and promote low-carbon tourism.
Festival highlights include:

Skywalk: Enjoy panoramic views of the botanical gardens and rare plant species
Orchid Cave: A stunning blend of cultivated and painted orchids.
Ho Kum Luang: A royal pavilion built in Lanna style featuring paintings that tell the story of King Rama IX the Great.
Bug World: Learn about rare insect behaviors, origins and life cycles.
Climate action exhibit: Insights from the Highland Research and Development Institute on carbon sequestration, reduction and offsetting to combat climate change.

Visitors can also take home a variety of winter flowers on sale at the fest, such as lisianthus, gloxinia, begonia and gerbera. Those wishing to stay overnight can check in at Rajapruek Place.

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Bo Sang Umbrella Festival
2025-01-17 - 2025-01-19
The Bo Sang Umbrella festival is renowned for its stunning display of hand-painted paper parasols. You will see the process of making an umbrella. A vibrant parade of umbrella caravans adds to the festive atmosphere. Explore a diverse range of handcrafted products from the Sankampaeng district, such as ceramics, wood carvings, silver jewelry, and textiles. Enjoy traditional dance performances, music, and local arts and crafts demonstrations. A variety of delicious local dishes and snacks.
Bo Sang Village, also known as “Bo Sang Handicraft Village”, is a famous umbrella-making village in the local area. The umbrella-making industry has a history of more than 200 years, and it is famous for producing handmade paper umbrellas. It is located 9 kilometers east of the center of Chiang Mai, Thailand. It takes about 20 minutes to drive from Chiang Mai to Borsang.
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On both sides of the road in Bo Sang Umbrella Village, there are handicraft shops decorated with lanterns and colorful flags. The entire handicraft process of the shop will be fully displayed in front of tourists. The paper here is made of “Sa” mulberry bark as raw material and bamboo as bone, and is handmade. Hand-painted paper umbrellas are famous Thai handicrafts. There will be various colorful patterns on the umbrellas, which have extremely high artistic value. In addition, packaging and mailing parasol services, as well as wholesale and international transportation services are also available here.
Chiang Mai holds a grand Oil Paper Umbrella Festival every year (the third weekend of January every year), when you can see beautiful women in national costumes holding paper umbrellas, showing the beautiful paper umbrella culture to tourists.
