Thailand Package: Bangkok / Kanchanaburi / ChiangMai / Phuket

12 Days / 11 Nights

Package includes:

Return International flights departing:                                                             Brisbane / Sydney / Melbourne / Perth / Gold Coast / Adelaide / United States / UK. Other Countries please send your enquiry.

Domestic flights - Bangkok / ChiangMai / Phuket / Bangkok.

Joined day tours, return hotel transfers with an english speaking guide. 

11 nights accommodation, 3 star hotels, daily breakfasts. All taxes included.

Highlights: Tiger Temple, Bridge over River Kwai, Grand Palace, Ayutthaya, Elephant riding, Bamboo rafting, Golden Triangle, Hill tribe Villages, Phi Phi Island, Phang Nga Bay, River dinner cruise, Simon Cabaret Show.

Itinerary:        

Day 1: Bangkok (-/-/-)
International flight. Arrive at your hotel. Free at own lesuire. Overnight Bangkok.

Day 2: Bangkok / Kanchanaburi (B/L/-)                                                                               Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for a full day tour to Kanchanaburi provence, approx 130 klms from Bangkok. Walk the Bridge over River Kwai, visit the POW war cemetery, lunch at a local restaurant and the world famous Tiger Temple (photos with the Tigers). Return to your hotel around 18:00. Overnight Bangkok.

Day 3: Bangkok / Ayutthaya (B/L/-)                                                                                       Breakfast at the hotel. Coach pick-up for a full day tour, travel through the countryside to north of Bangkok, Ayutthaya, the former capital of Siam, once the centre of the Kingdom. Today only the ruins of this magnificent city remain. Visit the Summer Palace of King Rama IV with it's mixture of Thai, Chinese and Gothic Architecture, a well preserved "Monument" to a former historical period.  Board a cruise for your return to Bangkok, enjoy a buffet lunch onboard whilst cruising down the Chao Phraya River, watching life on the river as it passes you by. Arrive at your hotel around 15:30. Evening flight to ChiangMai. Overnight ChiangMai.    

Day 4: ChiangMai   (B/L/-)
Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your English-speaking guide in the hotel's lobby.
Travel north of Chiang Mai route to Mae Taman Elephant Camp, which is 56 km northwards of Chiang Mai. Enjoy the spectacular scenery along the way. The idea of this trip is to see the demonstration of how trained elephants are used as working animals in teak forests includes elephant bathing in the river, working in the jungle, dragging and pushing logs, and responding commands. Then take a special time to riding on elephant for 1 hour through the jungle, made a stop at Lisu Hilltribe Village. The Lisu hilltribe people originated in Tibet and their villages are usually located in the mountains around 1000 meters.

For the truly adventurous! Continue an ox-cart riding back to the camp where lunch is served. After lunch, experience trip by taking Bamboo Raft along Mae Taeng River for 45 minutes. Then, visit a Orchid Nursery to see a large collection of more than 50 different types of colorful exotic year-round-bloom orchids. After taking great pleasure at the Orchid Nursery, return to the hotel around 16:30. Overnight ChiangMai.

Day 5: ChiangMai  (B/L/-)                                                                                                         Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your English-speaking guide in the hotel's lobby.
An early morning drive through scenery from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai (200 Km) by road along picturesque scenic routes pass the several beautiful northern mountains and valleys via the Hot Spring at Mae Ka Chan district and visit to Rong Khun Temple (White’s Temple) It is designed by the famous national artist. The main temple building or U-Bosot is a distinctive white color and decorated with fragments of reflective glass and can be seen from afar. Painting and murals inside the temple are also very magnificent. Continue to archeological remains at Chiang Sean, original capital of the Lanna kingdom, which originated around 1328, visit the multitude of sites including ancient ruins of temples, stupas, and ancient city wall and moat.

Lunch served at the local restaurant on the bank of Mae Khong River.

Afternoon visit the world famous Golden Triangle where the borders of three countries;  Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar) are met. See the panoramic view of Mekong River, the Golden Buddha Statue beside the Mae Khong River.

Then visit the Opium Museum, a small museum with historical displays pertaining to opium culture include all the various implements used in the planting, harvest and all information about opium.

The trip continues to Mae Sai, the Thailand-Myanmar border and the northernmost point of Thailand. Enjoy shopping for local products from China and Myanmar.                                                                     Return to the hotel early evening. Overnight ChiangMai.

Day 6: ChaingMai / Phuket (B/-/-)                                                                                         Breakfast at the hotel. Early morning flight to Phuket via Bangkok. On arrival at your hotel, free at leisure. Many options available including, Muay Thai (Kick Boxing), night markets, evening dinner cruise, at own expense. Overnight Phuket.

Day 7: Phuket / Phi Phi Island  (B/L/-)
Breakfast at the hotel. Hotel pick-up for a full day Phi Phi Island tour Phi Phi Islands are one of the worlds most beautiful and irrestible tourist destinations. During the express boat trip to and around the Islands, guests will gaze in awe as the breathtaking panorama unfolds before their eyes - glistening white beaches, swaying coconut palms, tropical jungle and towering cliffs. Beneath the crystal clear waters lives an abundance of exotic coral and colourful tropical fish. Lunch, snorkeling equipment and life jackets are provided. Return to hotel around 16:30. Overnight Phuket.

Day 8: Phuket / Simon Cabaret show  (B/-/-)                                                                     Breakfast at the hotel. Free day at own lesuire to explore the Island or the many markets. Early evening hotel pick-up to see the famous Simon Cabaret show,Let your imagination fly...
Well-elstablished as a market leader of professional entertainment.

Since opening in October 18, 1991, Phuket Simon Cabaret has established itself as Phuket leading entertainment venue.

For sheer entertainment, nothing can beat this famous Phuket Simon Cabaret. In the exclusive, luxurious and intimate theater with hi-tech sound and light equipment costumes and the unforgettably glamorous performers. return to hotel.  Overnight Phuket.

    

Day 9: Phuket - Phang Nga Bay ( B/-/-)                                                                               Breakfast at the hotel, Pick up from your hotel by minivan/car. Proceed to Phang Nga province by coach. Visit Suwannakuha Temple where a great nirvana image of Buddha lying in is a temple in a cave. Stalactites wets you and a lot of monkeys playing around in there. Arrive at Kra Som Pier, Phang Nga. Depart from Kra Som Pier to Ao Phang Nga National Park by open air long tail boat. It mainly consists of a mass of limestone islands, caves, rock formations and evergreen mangroves.

Landing at Khao Phing Kan This gigantic cliff appears to be cloven in two ; the halves supported by leaning against each other offers a sight of rare and exquisite beauty. Next the renown 'James Bond Island' so call because a scene form the movie 'The Man With The Golden Gun' was filmed here. This spectacular tall island stands in front of Khao Phing Kan. Its broad peak and narrow base gives the strange appearance of a spike driven into the sea. 

Enjoy a great lunch on Panyi Island (Sea Gypsy Village). Around this island, there is an entire Muslim fishing village of about 500 households built on stilts on stilts in the sea and connected by wooden bridges. Arrive at Krasom Pier. Depart from Krasom Pier to Phuket cashew nut factory and souvenir shop before returning back to hotel. Free at leisure. Overnight Phuket. 

Day 10: Phuket / Bangkok  (B/-/D)                                                                                         Breakfast at the hotel before a mid morning flight to Bangkok. On arrival free at leisure. Early evening hotel pick-up for a night dinner cruise along the Chao Phraya river, enjoy a Moonlight dinner cruise on the River of the Kings, Bangkok’s majestic principal river. A delightfully romantic way to pass an evening. Savour sights, sounds and incomparable scenery of the Bangkok skyline by night whilst enjoying a delicious meal as you gently cruise upriver. Return to hotel around 21:00. Overnight Bangkok.

Day 11: Bangkok / Grand Palace  (B/-/-)                                                                                         Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your private English-speaking guide in the hotel's lobby.
Depart from hotel to Rattanakosin Island, the original area of Bangkok when it was first established as the capital over 200 years ago.

Visit The Grand Palace has an area of 218,400 sq. metres and is surrounded by walls built in 1782. The length of the four walls is 1,900 metres. Within these walls are situated government offices and the Chapel Royal of the Emerald Buddha besides the royal residences.
Wat Phra Kaeo, the most beautiful and important Buddhist temple in Thailand. It is so richly and intricately decorated that, once entering the temple, you will feel as if you are in a real 'city of angels' City-sightseeing tour along Ratchadumnoen Rd.(The Royal's Way). En route you can see many magnificent temples and architectural buildings, including the City Pillar Shrine, National Museum, Democracy Monument, Golden Mountain, Thai Boxing Stadium, Anantasamakhom Palace, Parliament House, Dusit Zoo and Chitlada Palace King's Residence. Return to Hotel around 13:00. Free at leisure for last minute shopping. Ask us for advice for wholesale shopping areas. Overnight Bangkok.

Day 12: Bangkok - Tour End ( B/-/-)                                                                                         Breakfast at the hotel, free at leisure until 12:00 hotel check-out. International flight back home or extend your stay.                                                                                                             
 

$2,495.00 US / $2,695.00 AU / £ 1565  per person twin share 

Upgrade to 4 star accommodation available on request.