Thailand Discovery 15 Days / 14 Nights

Tour Itinerary:

Day 1: Bangkok (D)
Bangkok Met on arrival at Bangkok international Airport, you will be transferred to your hotel where you can settle in and relax. Evening dinner and drinks at the hotel to get to know each other.

Day 2 Bangkok (B/L)
Breakfast at the hotel. The following day we visit the Royal Palace, the Wats, enjoy the many markets and take a boat ride along the Chao Phraya River evening free for your own leisure.

Day 3: Bangkok – Kanchanaburi (B/L)
The Bridge over the River Kwai, is 240 km from Bangkok and offers a mix of nature, history and adventure. A world away from the hectic pace of the capital, its a province of startling natural beauty with a rugged landscape of waterfalls, caves, leafy forests and limestone cliffs.
The Bridge was built as part of a larger railway system intended on supplying the expanding Japanese army during the Second World War. The Japanese built this 415km railway which stretches from Kanchanaburi all the way to the Burmese border now known as Myanmar. Whilst building this railway 13,000 allied prisoners of war and over 80,000 Asian coolies lost their lives.
Although the bridge which was made famous by the 1950 film “The Bridge over the River Kwai” was destroyed by the allies towards the end of the war this section has now been replaced. You are able to ride along part of the original route and travel through places like “Hell Fire Pass” a 500m section of Track that runs through solid rock that had to be pounded out by POWs, they did this using no more than picks, hammers and their bare hands.
There are various memorials dedicated to the thousands who lost their lives here. The area known as Hell Fire Pass was cleared by 1,000 Australian and British soldiers and took 12 weeks to clear. Visit The Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum.

Day 4: Kanchanaburi – Ayutthaya - Chiang Mai (B/L/D)
Visit the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum before driving to Ayutthaya which was the capital of Thailand between 1350 / 1767. The city fell to the Burmese in 1767 and many of its religious sculptures and temples were destroyed, several still remain however and many have been restored. After a dinner board the 1st class overnight sleeper to Chang Mai.

Day 5: Chiang Mai (B/L)
On arrival into Chang Mai check into your hotel and enjoy the morning relaxing. After lunch visit the stunning Doi Suthep temple on the mountain top. Here you can see stunning views of Chang Mai below. Return to the hotel and the evening is free to roam the city and its bustling night markets.

Day 6 Trekking around Chiang Mai (B/L/D)
Drive from Chang Mai for about two hours towards Chiang Dao where we visit the Chiang Dao Caves before having lunch. Continue for about another hour to an Akha village where we start a three hour moderate trek before arriving and spending the night in a Palong Village. Accommodation will be in a Homestay in a hilltribe house.

Day 7: Trekking around Chiang Mai (B/L)
After breakfast ride out of the village on elephants for about an hour before continuing on foot for half an hour till reaching the road where transport will take you to the river where we have a picnic lunch.
After lunch we board our bamboo rafts taking us downstream along the Ping River for about an hour before meeting up with our transport and returning to Chang Mai.

Day 8: Chiang Mai – Khao Sok National Park (B/L/D)
Take the morning flight from Chang Mai to Surat Thani with a connection in Bangkok and onward to Khao Sok National Park.
Khao Sok National Park In Southern Thailand is covered by the oldest evergreen rainforest in the world, there are huge limestone mountains, deep valleys, breathtaking lakes, caves and a variety of wild animals. Transfer to Takuapa where you will explore the mangroves by speedboat to see local fishermen, birds and even walking fish. Board our classical Burmese junk for lunch and cruise slowly along the coast. Arrive to a deserted island for swimming kayaking and relax on the empty beach. Transfer inland to Khao Sok spend the night at the park.

Day 9: Khao Sok National Park  (B/L/D)
After breakfast, we head to our Elephant camp to discover the wonders of these creatures which are revered in Thai culture. Here you have two choices, either to stay at the camp, either to help the handlers with feeding and bathing the elephants,this will be a hands on activity, or take a fantastic Elephant Trek with a professional mahout through the jungle (Please specify at the time of booking) . Lunch will be taken at the camp followed by canoeing along the Sok river, before return to our hotel.

Day 10: Khao Sok National Park - Krabi (B)
Wake up to the sounds of the birds and the smells of nature, enjoy your morning breakfast before taking a trek through the jungle to discover nature at first hand with our experienced guides. They will inform you of all the flora and fauna and creatures which live and thrive here in abundance, weather permitting, our lunch will be served in the traditional cooked way of using bamboo, before heading back to our hotel to check out to leave for Krabi
On arrival check in to your chosen hotel for four nights complete relaxation.

Day 11 – 13 Krabi (B)
Relax on the beautifully sandy beaches of Krabi, explore the nearby Islands, visit James Bond Island or Koh Phi Phi, or head inland and explore Krabi Town and the Inland jungle, these are just some of the things you can consider whilst staying here.

Day 14 Krabi - Bangkok (B)
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Bangkok rest of the day shopping.

Day 15 Bangkok (B)
Transfer to the airport for your international connection alternative days can be arranged by request.