The boat trip on Mae Kong river is okay. You can see a golden buddha and stop at the Laos side of the river. There you have a market, a KFC (!) and that's it. We booked a tour at a tourist office to go...More

Take the river cruise up the Mekong to the Myanmar juncture then down to the market on the Laos side, just to say you have been there. The Laos market is very commercial but fun.

There is a viewpoint on top of a hill (we got driven up there) with cool views of Laos and Cambodia separated by the Mekong river. There are visible casinos with boats used to transport people to the casino. We didn't take a boat ride...More

The location is a perfect place to see that people are separated by rivers, mountains and man mdae lines. Having a bird's eye view of Laos , Myanmar's and Thailand lanscape its evudent that human race should not be separated by language, culture, food etc.....More

The Golden Triangle is a wonderful historic area to visit in Thailand. We arrived by boat and that really added to the fun.

Nice to see the three countries that way. We did a small boat trip which was pleasant too. Not too far from Chiang Rai

I'm not knocking the location, or its geographical and historical importance, or the views of the river, but the Golden Triangle "Park" is just a package tour commercialised opportunity for a selfie with one of the myriad of signboards set up for this very purpose....More