Yi Peng, a festival of lights celebrated mainly in the north of Thailand, overlaps with Loy Krathong, which is celebrated during the full moon of …
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Dec 15, 2023
This experience was unforgettable - absolutely incredible. The festival itself was lovely and fairly well organized, with the exception of the transportation to the grounds which was disorganized wit… Full review by Marina L
Dec 9, 2023
Yes 100% seeing all the lanterns in the sky was beautiful but the experience was far from it. Mass crowd lining up for transport with barely any signs or organisation. Long ride in Red Songthaews, no… Full review by KelDavies
Dec 7, 2023
My family and I were going to be in Bangkok and we happen to hear about this lantern festival so we decided that we wanted to do this. Side note, me and my wife have done lantern festival in Vegas (R… Full review by tae u
I was just wondering how to find out what the date is for 2020?. I've seen there is an event on two dates one the actual festival and one a week later for tourists?, also if I wanted to see the festival by the river with the floating flowers where in Chiang mai do you go?. I was also wondering if the festival at the temple with the monks costs?, but overall I'd really like to know the date for the none tourist festival date and if the event costs.
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Hi Sophie N, WHAT research I have been able to do suggests that the main date for 2020 will be November 1st. If organisation is approached in the same way it was in 2019 then the …
Hi Sophie N, WHAT research I have been able to do suggests that the main date for 2020 will be November 1st. If organisation is approached in the same way it was in 2019 then the main airport will be shut down on lantern launch night to avoid accidents with aircraft. Releasing a lantern before or after this night carries a heavy fine and/or imprisonment because of air safety. You also ask where to go to see the floating flowers. We found that the best place was standing on the Old City end of the Nawarat Bridge. Below us was a little bamboo platform on to which people went to hand their floating flowers to a man standing waist deep in the river. He then took it and gently pushed flowers out on to the river where the current drifted them away downstream towards the Iron Bridge. Please double check the date as it varies from year to year, 2019 being November 11 for the main lantern launch. Hope all this helps. Have fun.
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