De Wiang Kum Kam Location & Map

Distance from De Wiang Kum Kam to interesting points of interest
Chiang Mai Airport	10 mins	Robinson Department Store	10 mins
Chiang Mai Night Bazaar	15 mins	Wualai Walking Street	15 mins
Chiang Mai Railway Station	20 mins	Chiang Mai Bus Station	20 mins
Big C Department Store	20 mins	Royalflora Suanrachapruk	30 mins
Chiang Mai Night Safari	30 mins	Doi Suthep	45 mins
Baan Tawai	45 mins	Bo-sang Handicrafts Center	45 mins
Maesa Elephant Camp	60 mins	Maerim Elephant Camp	60 mins

De Wiangkumkam hotel is situated in front of the Changkam temple at the centre of Wiang Kum Kam, the underground ancient city and the first capital of the Lanna Kingdom.

 “Wiang Kum Kam“ was established by King Meng rai, the King of Nok, as  Lanna’s captital but Wiang Kum Kam did not last for long because it faced  the problem of severe floods every year. King Meng rai therefore founded Chiang mai as the new capital because it had a better geographic location.  However, Wiang Kum Kam still maintained it’s importance because it was situated as the border town to Chiang mai until the end of King Meng rai’s reign.

Following very severe flooding  the Ping river changed the direction of it’s watercourse and the entire city of Wiang Kum Kam  was left under sludge for many hundreds of years until the name of “Wiang Kum Kam” faded away from history and people believed that Wiang Kum Kam was only the town in legends. Then in 1984 the” legend city” was rediscovered by the Arts Department in Chiang Mai and thus began a period of excavation and restoration of old temples which has become an important focus of the studies of the art and architecture of the pure Lanna culture.

Latitude: 18.747542
Longitude: 99.001175
Hotel’s GPS: 18°44'51.15"N 99° 0'4.23"E

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