THAILAND DIVERSITY

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1

  BANGKOK- ARRIVAL

   Transfer from Bangkok airport to your hotel in Bangkok. Overnight at hotel of your choice.

• Day 2

  BANGKOK ATTRACTIONS

   After breakfast, proceed for a sightseeing tour with main sights of Bangkok. You will first visit the Temple of the Golden Buddha, Wat Trimitr. Through the Chinatown you'll continue to Wat Pho, the Temple, with its large 50 meter long reclining Buddha. This temple was originally built as a school for traditional Thai massage, acupressure. The Wat Phra Keio and the Royal Palace is today's highlight of this tour. Finally, you visit the marble temple, which lies near the government district. In the evening you are driven to the Democracy Monument, and then take the Sidewalk Cafe, a popular, local restaurant for dinner. At 20:00 brings you a tram in front of the restaurant and you see the old town of Bangkok at night, with many well-known, illuminated buildings, such as the Royal Palace, Parliament Building, the Golden Mountain, Wat Arun and other attractions. Overnight at hotel in Bangkok.

• Day 3

  BANGKOK – DAMNAN SADUAK FLOATING MARKET - KANCHANABURI

   At 7:00 begins the journey. First, the salt pans of Samut Songkram is looked at. Continue to Damnan Saduak, about 100 kilometers southwest of Bangkok, where is the only surviving "Floating Market". With a rowing boat to be rowed about one hour through the market streets and adjacent khlongs, passing close to market developments. Continue to Kanchanaburi. Visit the war museum, war cemetery and the bridge over the River Kwai. Lunch in a restaurant under the bridge on the River Kwai. Afternoon train journey with the so-called "Death Railway" to the end, about 60 km west of Kanchanaburi. Overnight in a resort complex on the River Kwai. 

• Day 4

  KANCHANABURI – SANKLABURI

   After breakfast you will take a motorboat to the Kwai River upstream until Saiyok Yai waterfall. With the car to Sanklaburi through very scenic areas, with some very high mountains. Lunch en route in a simple Thai restaurant. Burma's visit to a temple and an old wooden bridge in Sanklaburi. Overnight in P- Guest House, a beautifully situated resort facilities, the rooms have shower, toilet and air conditioning.

• Day 5

  SANKLABURI - KANCHANABURI

   After breakfast you will take a motorboat trip up the river (approx 1 hour). Then about an hour ride on the back of an elephant through the jungle. Lunch is taken en route. With a bamboo raft floated down the river again, you are then. Return to Kanchanaburi in late afternoon. Overnight at hotel in Kanchanaburi, near the bridge on the River Kwai.

• Day 6

  KANCHANABURI – SUPHANBURI – U-THAI THANI

   Drive from Kanchanaburi to Suphanburi. Wang on short rest Macha temple. Of Suphanburi then proceed through the level of rice on small roads up to U-Thai Thani. Lunch at a small restaurant in the city. The Wat Chantaran is one of the most beautiful temples in the area, but rarely visited by tourists. In the afternoon take a motor boat trip on the river Skaekrang. You will have the opportunity to observe the lives of the people on the river. In the late afternoon you will visit the market of Uthai Thani. Overnight in a resort on the Chaophaya river in Uthai Thani.

• Day 7

  UTHAI THANI – PHITSANOLOKE – SUKHOTHAI

   Of Uthai Thani Nakhon Sawan it goes on until after Phitsanoloke. In Wat Mahhatat, you will see the Buddha image, a copy of the Marble Temple in Bangkok is. Here come together Buddhists from around the country to honor this important statue and also to predict from one of the many fortune-tellers the future can be. After a further 50 km you get to Sukhothai. Lunch on the way. Sukhothai was the first capital of Siam Empire in the 13th/14th century. Rental of a bicycle, you will visit the most important ancient temples amidst this vast park, including the Wat Mahatat, Wat Sra Sri and Wat Si Sawai. Overnight at hotel in Sukothai.

• Day 8

  SUKHOTHAI - PHRAE

   Si Satchanalai, a former sister town of Sukhothai, is now the first goal. Here are old temples and learn how to Sawankalok-ceramicswere produced. It then goes through the mountains to the north. In Phrae, a small provincial capital, have a look at the Wat Chom Sawan. Overnight at Hotel Mayom.

• Day 9

  PHRAE – CHIANG MAI

  In the morning you take a pedicab tour on a small Wat Luang temple. Approximately 30 km north of Phrae in Rong Kwang, is the Huay Rong Waterfall. With a pickup truck, it goes from here to a Meo hill village near Boh Hoy. Lunch on the way. In the afternoon it goes on to Lampang Phrae (Wat Lampang Luang Phratat). On the route of Lampang to Chiang Mai is an animal market where people from surrounding villages offer all possible and impossible to eat animals. There are monkeys, snakes, lizards, beetles, ants and more. Arrive in Chiang Mai in the late afternoon. Overnight at hotel in Chiang Mai.

• Day 10

  CHIANG MAI CITY TOUR

   In the morning you drive to Doi Suthep mountain to visit Wat Doi Suthep. From here you have good weather for a beautiful view of Chiang Mai and the surrounding area. Lunch on the way.

  In the afternoon we visit the various craft operations of Bor Sang and San Kamphaeng, is shown in which, as Thai silk, teak furniture, lacquer ware, silverware and silk umbrellas are made
  Return to hotel in Chiang Mai and night.
• Day 11

  CHIANG MAI - THATON

   Drive to Chiang Dao, 50 km north of Chiang Mai. In an elephant camp near the village shows how elephants are bathed in the river and taught to work. Shortly after the famous Chiang Dao Caves is located in Thailand's third highest mountain (2150 m). Lunch in a simple Thai restaurant.

  Next on catch up to Thaton and overnight in Thaton - Maekok River Village.
• Day 12

  Day 12THATON – CHIANG RAI - GOLDEN TRIANGLE

   After breakfast, take a small road through the mountains, and will pass through various villages en route, including a village of the giraffe-necked women. Next to the "Golden Triangle", an island in the Mekong River, which brings together the countries of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. Overnight at the resort on the Golden Triangle.

• Day 13

  GOLDEN TRIANGLE – MAE SAI – CHIANG SAEN – CHIANG RAI - BANGKOK

   Mae Sai, the border town between Thailand and Burma, visited the morning after breakfast.

  Here on the market with all sorts of products from Burma and China are offered at very reasonable prices. Then make another motor boat trip on the Mekong River from the Golden Triangle to Chiang Saen. Lunch at a simple restaurant. Before it goes back to Chiang Rai, theWat Chedi Luang in Chiang Saen is visited. Early in the afternoon, you arrive back in Chiang Rai. Flight Chiang Rai – Bangkok connecting back home or beach extention.

• No discount on tour price (not applicable for airfare) for child under 12 years old sharing a twin room with 1 adult
• 30% discount on tour price (not applicable for airfare) for child under 12 years old sharing a triple room with 2 adults
• Cut-off date is 15 days before departure

• Cancellation fee on the total cost of roundtrip
• 08 to 14 days before arrival date- 25 % of tour price
• 01 to 07 days before arrival date- 50 % of tour price
• No show- 100% of tour price

• VAT, in case the government is adjusting the presently applied VAT of 7% to 10%, or any other amount
• Deviations in the tour program or change of hotels are sometimes necessary depending on       road conditions or availability of rooms.