Temple in the mists of Chiang Mai

Popular with Buddhist pilgrims, the remote northern temple of Wat Pra Prabat Si Roy is little known among foreign visitors.

A MAGNIFICENT forest temple perched on a mountaintop in Salouang, a remote area of Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district, Wat Pra Prabat Si Roy – or the Temple of the Four Buddha Footprints – somehow fails to feature as an attraction on the tour lists of any agents in this northern province.