Anantara Golden Triangle

Facilities

• Infinity pool (26m long) with jacuzzi and a shaded sala (open-sided pavilion) in which you can lie on a ‘bed’ of bubbling water jets
  
• Extensive, landscaped gardens and terraces with mature trees (teak, tamarind, palm), tropical foliage planted in blocks and exotic plants such as birds of paradise, ornamental gingers and spidery lilies
  
• 160 acres of bamboo forest, grasslands and riverbanks
  
• Sports centre with gym, sauna, steamroom, squash court and table tennis
  
• Tennis court
  
• Two restaurants and a bar serving light meals as well as drinks
  
• ‘Dining by Design’: the chance to dine privately and al fresco in a spot of your choice, with a chef cooking to order
  
• Weddings can be arranged
  
• Shop, selling local silks, crafts and jewellery
  
• Business centre
  
• Library with books to borrow and high-speed internet access
  
• Complimentary shuttle bus to Sop Ruak (small town also called ‘Golden Triangle’ as it overlooks the point where Thailand, Burma and Laos meet) and Chiang Saen, the larger local town with shops and a museum
  
• Parking and valet service
  
• Pick-up from Chiang Rai airport or at pier on the Mekong river for guests arriving from Laos
  
• VIP pick-ups by limousine, boat and elephant
  
• Anantara concierge service and transport arrangements, from car hire (with driver) to boat, bamboo raft or elephant

Social Responsibility

This includes local recruitment (more than 80% of the staff are local); buying produce from nearby organic farms and growing vegetables in the hotel’s own kitchen garden; buying food unpackaged where hygienic; sponsoring meals in local schools, and inviting schools and orphanages to visit the elephant camp; sending elephants free-of-charge to take part in community and temple events; solar-heating of mahouts’ showers in elephant camp; employment of an elephant vet who spends half her time at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang, giving free veterinary care to any Thai elephant in need; inviting guests to minimise the hotel’s volume of laundry, eg not changing sheets unless the guest leaves a silk elephant on the bed; solar pre-heating of water for laundry (from 2009); swimming pool heated by heat-pump technology with the by-product cool air used to air-condition the kitchens; Jacuzzi heated by excess heat from cold-store compressors; gardens watered by natural rainfall and with river water.

When to go?

From October to February, when the Golden Triangle enjoys warm, sunny days (average 30ºC). Temperatures can drop to 10ºC at night.

Features include:

• Restaurant
• Room service
• Bar
• Breakfast
• Garden
• Internet access
• Business centre
• Outdoor pool
• Heated Outdoor Pool
• Spa treatment rooms
• Jacuzzi/hot tub
• Gym
• Table tennis
• Bicycles available
• Concierge service
• Meeting rooms
• Function facilities
• Airport Transfers