Lannawild

Lannawild is not a Chiang Mai hotel in the way most people mean that phrase — it sits roughly 39.9 km from the Old City moat, out in the hills near Mae Kampong, and that distance is the whole point. This five-star resort opened in 2017 and has built a loyal following on the mountains that fill nearly every window: every room type on file here looks out onto them. With an 8.5/10 score from 866 reviews, Lannawild reads less like a city stopover and more like a deliberate few days away from the city altogether — the kind of trip where the drive itself is part of the plan.

Getting to Lannawild

Getting to Lannawild takes real commitment: it's 39.9 km from the Old City and 42.9 km from Chiang Mai International Airport, which in local terms means an hour or more on winding mountain roads rather than a quick taxi hop. That's worth knowing before you book — this isn't a resort you duck out to and back from in an afternoon. What it buys you is proximity to a different Chiang Mai altogether: Mae Kampong village, a scattering of waterfalls, and cooler air the whole way up. Free WiFi reaches every room here, so once you've made the climb, staying connected isn't the trade-off; the trade-off is simply time and a winding road.

Rooms & What to Expect

Every room on file at Lannawild looks out onto mountains or the surrounding nature, and the sizes here run generous even by resort standards. The largest is a twin room built around a super-king bed plus two queen beds at 150 square metres — a genuine family-sized layout, not a room stretched thin to fit extra bedding, with those peaks visible from the bed. A Deluxe Villa follows at 74 square metres with two queen beds, the same hills holding steady outside. A Deluxe Royal Room comes in smaller and simpler, 50 square metres with a single queen bed, aimed more at a couple wanting quiet than a larger group. And a Deluxe Studio Suite, 79 square metres with two queen beds, trades the peaks for a broader nature outlook — worth asking about specifically if the surrounding forest matters more to you than the mountains themselves.

Amenities & Facilities

Lannawild keeps its facility list tighter than a city hotel, and that's in keeping with the setting — this is a resort built around the landscape outside the windows rather than a checklist of extras. There's a proper dining room on-site, rooms set up for families, and a garden that runs through the grounds. In-room comforts run to a minibar and daily housekeeping, along with air conditioning — worth flagging given how cool the mountain air already gets after dark, so it's there for the days it's actually needed.

What's Nearby — Temples, Markets & Local Life

This is where Lannawild earns its name. Mae Kampong village sits 3.1 km away — a well-known hill community of wooden houses along a stream, popular for exactly the slow, green atmosphere the resort trades on. Close by, at 3.42 km, is Tep Sadet Waterfall, and at 3.49 km, a separate cascade known simply as Mae Kampong Waterfall — two falls within a few hundred metres of each other, which says something about how much water moves through these hills. Doi Ton Waterfall adds a third option at 3.51 km. Mon Teen Tok Camping Resort, at 3.45 km, marks this out as genuine camping-and-nature country rather than a resort dropped into farmland. The Old City landmarks familiar from the rest of Chiang Mai — Night Bazaar, Art in Paradise, Tha Phae Gate, Wat Chedi Luang, Wua Lai Walking Street — are all roughly the same 39.9 km back the way you came, useful to know if you're weighing a day trip into town against simply staying put in the hills.

Dining

On-site dining isn't specifically confirmed beyond the fact that Lannawild does have a dining room on the property, so I'd rather not guess at a menu here. Given the distance from the city, it's worth planning meals around what the resort itself offers rather than counting on anywhere else nearby.

Other Hotels Nearby

Lannawild sits in good company for this style of mountain stay. Cliffver is 1.8 km away, a four-star property scoring 8.4/10 — close enough for a comparison booking if Lannawild is full during peak season. A little further at 1.9 km is Morning Star Glamping, a five-star operation posting a 9/10 score, and — going by the name — leaning into the same nature-first setting with a glamping format rather than conventional rooms. La Lanna, 2.1 km out, rounds out the group at four stars and 8.6/10. All three sit within a couple of kilometres, which tells you this particular hillside has quietly become its own small cluster of nature resorts, distinct from anything down in the city.

Guest Reviews

An 8.5/10 across 866 reviews holds up well for a resort this far from the centre, and the category scores explain the shape of it. Staff service is the clear standout at 9.3/10 against a city average of 9 — a meaningful gap, and the kind of number that suggests the remoteness is offset by genuinely attentive service once you arrive. Value for money comes in at 8.7/10 versus a city average of 8.4. Cleanliness sits at 8.6/10 against 8.9 citywide, and facilities score the same 8.6/10 against 8.8 — both a touch under the city average, which for a resort this far into the hills, relying on its own systems rather than city infrastructure, isn't a surprising trade. Location scores 8.1/10 against a city average of 8.1 — dead even, which is a fair reflection of a place that's inconvenient for the city but exactly where it means to be for the mountains.

Good to Know

Lannawild opened in 2017. Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 12:00. An indicative nightly rate found for the property was 4,251 THB, reasonable for a five-star with rooms this large. Free WiFi is available throughout, and a room plan that includes breakfast is on offer — worth taking given how far the nearest alternative dining options are.

If you want Chiang Mai's temples and night markets on your doorstep, Lannawild isn't that hotel — it's an hour away from all of it. But if the plan is genuinely to get up into the hills, sleep with mountain air coming through the window, and walk down to a waterfall before breakfast, this is built for exactly that.

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Lannawild from central Chiang Mai? It's 39.9 km from the Old City and 42.9 km from Chiang Mai International Airport — plan on over an hour's drive each way.

What's nearby if I want to explore on foot? Mae Kampong village is 3.1 km away, along with several waterfalls — Tep Sadet at 3.42 km, Mae Kampong at 3.49 km, and Doi Ton at 3.51 km.

Is breakfast included? A room plan that includes breakfast is available, and free WiFi reaches every room.

Written by Terra Lanna from verified data — star rating, guest review scores, real coordinates and distances, and Agoda's own facility and location data. Master English version; other languages are translated from this.