Marvellous Dinner With River Cruise & The Riverside ‘Feel the stunning charm of Ping River.’
Are you planning a honeymoon trip with your love one? Or, are you looking for a place to have a romantic dinner? Do you get tired of eating on the ground?
If your idea is among any of these, then you probably want a little bit different atmosphere. In case you want a special, unforgettable time, you should ignore something ordinary for a while, and switch to something more interesting, stunning, and exciting instead.
Maybe you’re interested in a floating restaurant. ‘A floating restaurant’? Yes, it means a restaurant that located near or on a water source. It is perfect for you to have dinner with your love one in fresh new atmosphere. Just imaging, won’t it be nice if you two have a chance of sitting under candle light, eating delicious dishes, while take a look at peaceful water source together? Huh? Isn’t that going to be your best moment ever? Or, you may want to take a sightseeing on a surface, having lovely time and feel in love like Rose and Jack from Titanic. Doesn’t that sound interesting too?
Well, if have some feeling for a floating restaurant or a surface sightseeing, you may want to know these 2 river-touring agencies, ‘River Cruise’ and ‘The Riverside’, as they both offer the services of river cruises at Ping River, an important river of Thailand which originates from Chiangmai. That means, instead of just sitting near the river, you will sail along it too, moving along the calm stream while having your favourite dishes.
River Cruise, or Mae Ping River Cruise, and The Riverside, will definitely change your boring time into the most valuable date that you will never want to forget. You can choose only one, the one you like most, or you can try them both.
To get into deeper details and make it easy for your decision, let’s see the short informations of each one.
Mae Ping River Cruise
The company Mae Ping River Cruise Co., Ltd was found in the year 1969 by Mr.Supachai (Preecha) Natngamkam. His business is quite popular among tourists, not only Thai tourists, but also foreign tourists.
There are two main typs of services.
Mae Ping River Trip
In case you’re not hungry yet, or not looking for a big meal, you may want to attend this one, ‘Mae Ping River Trip’, as the trip will take you along Ping River to see the beautiful scenery.
The trip will be started at Wat Chai Mongkol. You just have to get aboard there. Then you will keep sailing along Ping River. During the trip, you will see how relaxing the atmosphere is. There are cool water drizzle, trees in rows, and local houses around your boat. It is something that you may not be able to find again if you miss it.
Finally, your boat will arrive at the destination ‘Thai Farmer’s House’, where you will have a time for enjoying some light and leisure foods and drinks like juice, fruits, or Khao Soi.(** A kind of food which is quite similar to noodle.) Everything is fresh and delicious. By the way, the price is included in the package. You don’t have to pay for any additional amount.
If you want to enjoy your time to feel the touch of natural atmosphere along with learning about Thai agriculture, then get yourself ready. Mae Ping River Trip is available from 9:00-5:00. The boat departs every hour. So, just choose the time period that is most convenient for you.
Not only that, if you purchase the package, there will be staffs to pick you up for free at your hotel. But the hotel must located within Chiang Mai downtown.
Dinner Cruise
Now, it’s time for those who’re looking forward to the most romantic meal. Dinner Cruise is a trip that will take you aboard to have a wonderful dinner while sailing along Ping River.
The dishes served on the boat are mainly Thai and northern Thai. And the boat can contain about 48 people.
Book seats for yourself and your love one fast, as the boat departs only one time a day, at 18:00. The trip will last for 90 minutes. That should be enough for you to enjoy your dinner.
The Riverside
The agency has been being on business for decades. Now it is a memorabl ebar & restaurant in Chiang Mai.
The Riverside provides you the natural, romantic, and traditional dinner style. It is not an ordinary eating spot, but it also offers your the additional package of dinner cruise, which mean you can sail along Ping River while having Thai traditional dishes as dinner at the same time.
For the cruise, the boat departs only at 20:00. The charge is 180 Baht for and adult and 90 Baht for a child. The cruise lasts for 75 minutes.
To make a reservation, you may visiat the website www.theriversidechiangmai.com for further details.
However, if you don’t want to sail along the river, you don’t have to buy the offered package. Instead, you can just sit in the restaurant itself, which is near the river. The Riverside is located on 9-11, Charoenrat Road, Wat Ket District, Muang County. You may sit there and enjoy delicious Thai foods like Thai spicy shrimp soup, deep fried chicken in pandanus leaf, Thai fried noodle, Serpent Head Fish in green mango salad etc.
Eat your food, take a look at the river at night, and watch live music performances by talented musicians. For the performances at the restaurant, there are total 3 types. The first type is ‘acoustic guitar duo’, which starts from 19:45-21:15. The second type is ‘acoustic ensembles’, which starts from 20:15-21:15. The last type is ’full bands alternating’, which starts from 21:20-1:00.
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