Looking for where to ride bicycles in Chiang Mai with kids?!
These are the best places to learn to ride a bicycle in Chiang Mai or to go cycling with kids. The locations we cover are safe and welcoming for even toddlers learning to ride a bicycle and for older children, teenagers, and the whole family too!
All are also the best places to skateboard, ride scooters with kids in Chiang Mai or even rollerblade in Chiang Mai.
Learn where to ride bicycles, scooters, or go rollerblading with the whole family in Chiang Mai!
Ride Your Bicycles at Huay Tung Tao Reservoir Chiang Mai
Not only is Huay Tung Tao a fabulous place to take the family for a day, it’s also an incredible place to ride your bike with kids in Chiang Mai. The road is wide, flat with low grade sloped hills. On the far side of the lake it is shaded and there is plenty to see on the ride!
There are restaurants too, giant straw animals, sheep to feed, and swimming too if you dare!
Learn more about all the fun at Huay Tung Tao Lake!
Hours: Open daily from 7 am – 6 pm
Phone: 053 121 119
Entrance fee: Foreigners Adults 50 baht (showing Thai driver’s license does NOT work to get local price) Children FREE (but this is at the ticket controllers discretion it seems). Locals Adults 20 baht Children FREE
Good for ages: all ages
Bicycles available for rent: No, you must bring your own.
Playground: Yes
Location: Google Maps
Ride Bicycles in Chiang Mai with the kids at the Northern Science Park
The land surrounding the Northern Science Park in Chiang Mai is a perfect place to take children who are just learning to ride a bicycle. It is also a lovely spot to ride a bike in general!
What the actual attraction is to see or do at the Northern Science Park is, I have no idea but it’s a vast area of land with wide open roads, minimal car and motorbike traffic. The roads are flat and smooth too! What’s wonderful is the view!
The land is owned by Chiang Mai University (CMU) and they have a couple campuses here and a football pitch too! So if you feel like it, you can bring a ball along and play.
There is also a spot to rent bicycles, but they are one size fits all and there are no child sized bicycles or baby seats. How you rent then is through an app and they aren’t exactly easy to find. They can be found near the football pitch shown above.
When you get hot be sure to stop in and enjoy a cold drink at Fernspresso at Lake. It’s a lovely spot to rest up or to end your ride. In fact, I recommend you park here as it’s really easy to find.
What’s the best is that if you have little kids i they have a tractor they can pretend to drive! This alone kept my son occupied for ages.
Hours: Open daily from 7 am – 6 pm
Entrance fee: FREE
Good for ages: all ages
Bicycles available for rent: Yes, but tricky to find and you need the right app and payment method.
Playground: No
Location: Google Maps
Go For a Family Bike Ride at Tweechol Gardens Chiang Mai
Tweechol Botanic Gardens is a huge area sometimes better known as Horizon Village Resort. Here they have botanical gardens, a hedge maze, a petting zoo, a playground and more! It’s a great place to take the family for a day.
You can bring your own bicycles but they do have bicycles available for rent including children sized bikes. They also have bicycles with baby seats last I saw but there are few of those, so really, it is best to bring your own.
Learn more about Tweechol Botanic Gardens!
Hours: 8 am – 4:30 pm daily
Phone: 053 868 891
Website: tweecholbotanicgarden.com
Entrance fee: Adult 86 baht, child 43 baht, bring your own bicycle fee 53 baht per bicycle
Good for ages: All ages
Bicycles available for rent: Yes! All rates for 3 hour rental: child bike 54 baht, regular adult bike 75, bicycle with baby seat 75 baht
Location: Google Maps
Ride Bikes with kids at the Chiang Mai Stadium
The Chiang Mai Stadium offers a nice road that goes in a circle around the main stadium. The road has very little motorbike or car traffic. The kids can also stop off and play in the playground, play basketball, run around the track, play football and more!
Learn more about the Chiang Mai Stadium
Hours: Open daily dawn til dusk
Entrance fee: FREE
Good for ages: 2 to 10 years old
Bicycles available for rent: No
Location: Google Maps
Learn Bike Tricks at Playground SIX Chiang Mai
Playground SIX is located between Nimman and Canal Road at the back of that huge parking lot you can see from Canal Road. You’ll know you are there when you see this guy:
Playground SIX is rather small and they don’t allow large bikes but rather BMX or Strider bikes are preferred. You can also skateboard or rollerblade here! There is only one ramp (at the moment) which is perfect for beginners. In addition there are lots of rails and obstacles to learn to jump bikes up and off of.
It’s also a great place to take kids learning to ride a bike in Chiang Mai! The ground isn’t entirely flat granting kids the notion of control over sloped surfaces and they can learn to control themselves going downhill.
It’s a perfect spot to learn for little kids, whether it’s cycling, skateboarding, rollerblading, or BMX biking. Plus there’s fantastic sunsets to behold!
If here with kids, the best time to come is late afternoon until dusk. Then the big kids come out to play!
Hours: Open 24 hours per day
Entrance fee: FREE
Good for ages: 2 to 10 years old
Bicycles available for rent: No
Location: Google Maps
Little Tikes Can Bike at Chiang Mai University Angkaew Reservoir
The Angkaew Reservoir at Chiang Mau University (CMU) is just a stunning spot to run, scooter, rollerblade, skateboard, and Strider bike. Regular sized bicycles are unfortunately not permitted, although bikes with training wheels don’t seem to be frowned upon. This makes it a nice place for toddlers and really young kids to learn how to ride a bicycle.
The pathway is free from motorbikes and cars, but there are typically lots of runners. If you follow the path all the way around, you will reach an active road with plenty of space for riding that loops back around to where you started!
Be sure to stop at the local café for amazing drinks and food. Truly, it’s delicious.
Hours: Open 24 hours per day (although the entrance to CMU opens to the public at 6 am and closes around 8 pm)
Entrance fee: FREE
Good for ages: all ages
Bicycles available for rent: No
Location: Google Maps
Strider Bike in Chiang Mai at 700 Years Park Off the Superhighway
This is a rather hidden gem of a public park in Chiang Mai. It’s somewhat tricky to get to if you are not familiar with the area and if you miss the turn off, it’s a huge pain in the butt to get back to. BUT it’s such a beautiful setting! You wouldn’t think so considering it’s right next to a superhighway, yet I promise you it’s peaceful and tranquil. Bonus is there’s plenty of shade!
Technically bicycles are not allowed here, however very young riders on Strider bikes, scooters, and skateboards are just fine! If you are cheeky like us, you can even let your kids go for a drive!
It’s best to come here off hours, so before 4 pm to avoid the crowds that come here to run or workout.
Hours: Open 8 am-6 pm daily.
Entrance fee: FREE
Recommended for: all ages
Bicycles available for rent: No
Parking: Parking is located off of the Superhighway 11 at the 3029 turn off.
Location: Google Maps
Ride Wild at Wildside Chiang Mai!
Wildside is an awesome little spot for kids to get their daredevil out! It’s a pump track best for Strider bikes, BMX, or bicycles with excellent shocks.
They’ve got a small circuit pump track great for beginners and those who want to practice tricks. The difficulty progresses from there!
Kids and teenagers can progress up to ramps that lead onto the pump track. The ramps are also designed specifically for BMX tricks and are a great place to practice.
It gets much more serious from here…
Yuuuup! That’s as tall and terrifying as it looks! For experienced riders, Wildside provides a chance to REALLY test your skills and your limits! These ramps lead onto off ramps that look like this:
From here you would land on enormous inflatable pillows. To use this feature you must call ahead and book so they can inflate the landing pillows. It only costs 300 baht! Obviously, this isn’t for everyone, so when it’s not in use, they turn it into an adventure structure!
Kids love rope climbing up and sliding down! If this is too much for your kiddos, then they have a small play area to keep young children occupied while the wild ones ride.
There is a sand pit, rope wall, and small trampoline. This is fabulous for younger siblings (or possibly older ones) that just don’t want to ride.
Hours: Open 10 am to 6 pm (hours vary on weekends so be sure to call or message) CLOSED Monday
Phone: 094 932 0953
Facebook: Wildside
Entrance fee: IF you bring your own bike it’s 50 baht for an all day pass.
Recommended for: 2 and up
Bicycles available for rent: Yes. 200 baht for 1 hour and 50 baht per hour after that
Location: Google Maps
Learn Basic Tricks at This Pump Track
Turning Point Pump Track is a great little spot to Strider bike, BMX, rollerblade, scooter and ride regular bicycles (with shocks). It’s really popular in the evening and well into the night because they have field lights to light up the pump track!
It is currently not on Google Maps as it is so new (as of July 2021) but it’s really easy to find near Royal Park Rajapruek. In fact parking is located just before or at a little café called Milk Land. You can also look out for the just installed sign, but there is no parking there.
Due to Covid restrictions, Turning Point Pump Track operates with a limit of 20 players per round. Each round has specific timings as seen below:
Round 1 7:00-12:00
Round 2 12:15-16:00
Round 3 16:15-18:00
Round 4 18:15-20:00
Round 5 20:15-22:00
They require everyone to wear helmets and masks. They also encourage wearing personal protective equipment for safety such as knee pads, elbow pads, gloves, and closed-toed shoes.
Turning Point Pump Track looks so cool! We hope to see you riding there!
Hours: Open daily 8 am – 10 pm
Facebook: Turning Point Pump Track
LINE: https://lin.ee/rX5p5dN
Entrance fee: Adults 100 baht per round. Students (not over 20 years old) 80 baht per round. Children under 100 cm in height are FREE! Members pay 50% less and membership is 1,500 baht per year.
Recommended for: Riding age and up
Bicycles available for rent: No
Location: Google Maps (Milk Land which is right next to it)
BMX or Strider Bike at Promenada Mall
Sorry for potato quality photo. In the evenings, the open air parking lot at Promenada Mall turns into an ‘extreme’ sports area where people of all ages can do BMX tricks, scooter tricks, skateboarding and rollerblading tricks. You must bring your own gear and people set up ramps, rails, and there’s a designated place for beginners.
Hours: Open daily from about 5 pm until late
Entrance fee: FREE
Recommended for: 3 and up
Bicycles available for rent: No
Location: Google Maps
Bicycle With the Whole Family at ASTRO Park
The incredible National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) ASTRO Park in Mae Rim Chiang Mai opens their doors to riders in the morning hours and evening hours daily. There’s plenty of marked pathways for runners, cyclers, scooters, and rollerbladers.
A section of the pathways are flat, where a larger portion is a huge hill. Fun to go down! Not so easy to ride back up! There is also very limited shade (if any at all) so keep that in mind.
Hours: Open daily from 6:30 – 8:30 am and again from 4:30 – 8 pm
Entrance fee: FREE
Recommended for: 3 and up
Bicycles available for rent: No
Location: Google Maps
Cycle with kids at Rama IX Park Chiang Mai
Rama IX public park in Chiang Mai somehow remains a well kept secret. This is surprising because it is HUGE and unsurprising because its entrance is unassuming and difficult to pick out.
Here the whole family can ride around together through the winding pathways. The kids will enjoy the playground, football pitch, badminton courts and more!
Hours: Open 8 am-6 pm daily.
Entrance fee: FREE
Bicycles available for rent: No
Recommended for: All ages
Location: Google Maps
Our Little Secret to Ride Bicycles with Kids in Chiang Mai
This is a place of bliss. It is right in front of you and yet you would never know it was there. This area which truly has no specific pinnable location, has the perfect bicycle and scooter pathways for all abilities.
Located across the street at the end of the road entrance to Wat Doi Pao is the beginning to this flat, windy bike path that snakes through a small forested side of the road. It is wonderful for riders of all levels and bicycle types and is also a popular dog walking path. It ends at a lovely coffee shop called The Extraction Coffee. The path isn’t too long and you and the kids can ride it back and forth as many times as you please!
Or you can cross over and continue the bicycle path up towards the temple from either end where the narrow concrete path ends.
At that point, you will be met with a perfectly laid asphalt road with well marked bicycle lanes. No public vehicles are allowed up here, although there will be the occasional National Park vehicles that traverse up or down this path.
A short ride will take you to the quirky and fun botanical garden called Khun Chang Khun Phaeng. There are informative placards around to review and learn about the flora here.
The bike path is smooth, although past the botanical garden it is very up and down. We took the kids and we had to walk up many of the ups! Going downhill though is a blast!
The path splits at one point and if you take the right fork in the road it will lead you to a cabin-like house and a dead end. If you choose left, that path will take you up to a man-made cave-like structure and another dead end.
Along the way you may notice there is a hiking path, especially noticeable towards the end of the bike path if you take the fork in the road to the left. There are two sections to this hike. The one that leads off to the right (assuming you are facing the cave-like structure) is a super short inter-looping path. The hiking path you see heading off beyond the bike path loops around in a circle and is approximately 2 km long.
It is NOT appropriate for bicycles (although we traversed along a short while before turning back at one point) and it is really not appropriate for small children unless you are prepared to carry them.
All in all this is a fantastic spot to go bike riding with kids or on your own and feel like you are worlds away.
Hours: Open 6 am-6 pm daily.
Entrance fee: FREE
Bicycles available for rent: No
Recommended for: 3 nd up
Location: Google Maps (This is the closest landmark)
Things to consider
It may seem obvious, but when you ride bicycles in Chiang Mai with kids, please make sure everyone is wearing a helmet! Road accidents are very common in Thailand and kids (and sometimes adults too!) can injure themselves cycling. Decathalon is a great place to buy safety gear for all sports!
