There are 6 ways to get from Ottawa to Chiang Rai by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
best- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorval
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)YUL - CEI
29h 28m฿20,929–62,918Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)YOW - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
30h 54m฿16,313–60,713Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)YOW - CEI
26h 9m฿21,233–60,273Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorval
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)YUL - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
30h 53m฿25,009–42,358Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport, ferry, Local Bus
- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Luang Prabang International Airport (LPQ)YOW - LPQ
- Take the ferry from Luang Prabang to Huay Xai
- Take the bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Rai
40h 17m฿21,593–71,138Train to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ottawa to Toronto Union Station
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)YYZ - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
34h 3m฿24,587–50,809
Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ottawa to Chiang Rai is to train and fly and bus which costs ฿24000 - ฿55000 and takes 34h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Ottawa to Chiang Rai is to fly which takes 26h 9m and costs ฿21000 - ฿65000.
The distance between Ottawa and Chiang Rai is 12893 km.
It takes approximately 29h 28m to get from Ottawa to Chiang Rai, including transfers.
Chiang Rai is 12h ahead of Ottawa. It is currently 11:36 AM in Ottawa and 11:36 PM in Chiang Rai.
There are 391+ hotels available in Chiang Rai.
What companies run services between Ottawa, ON, Canada and Chiang Rai, Thailand?
Air Canada, Thai Airways International, and two other airlines fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) 3 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Brussels, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–60,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–60,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–60,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–60,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–65,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–60,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–60,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–60,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–60,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Brussels, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–60,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–70,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–65,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿25,000–70,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–75,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–48,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–60,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–60,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–65,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–60,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–60,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–65,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿25,000–70,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–48,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–75,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–80,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–75,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–60,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–75,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–55,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–70,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–80,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–60,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–55,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–80,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–75,000
- Website
- bangkokair.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–75,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–48,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–75,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–47,000
- Website
- laoairlines.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–75,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–80,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–70,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–70,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–70,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–48,000
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Ottawa to Dorval
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿700–2,700
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- ฿750–2,700
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- ฿750–2,100
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- ฿700–1,100
Train from Ottawa to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿1,300–3,200
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- ฿1,600–3,200
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- ฿1,600–2,700
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- ฿1,300–1,900
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿200–600
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
Bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿65
- Website
- asocialnomad.com
Ferry from Luang Prabang to Huay Xai
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿290–750
- Schedules at
- asocialnomad.com
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