Transfer Chiang Mai Airport to Chiang Mai Hotel. Tonight enjoy a delicious Khantoke dinner – a symbol of northern Thai cuisine whilst being entertained by traditional dancers dating back to the Lanna Kingdom. Dinner is followed by cultural presentation of hill tribes people.

 

After breakfast visit an elephant training camp, which will provide you with an idea of how these huge animals are trained in the jungles of Thailand. Experience a small adventure as you ride the elephants through the jungle for approximately followed by a journey on bamboo rafts as you float down the Mae Tang River. Stop for lunch and visit the Orchid Farm, where you will also have an opportunity to see and purchase some of our beautiful orchids prior to returning to your hotel.

 

This morning visit the temple of Doi Suthep where here are plenty of legends surrounding the mountaintop temple of Doi Suthep. Stories of long ago tell tales of a wandering 14th century monk and a dying elephant, a hermit and of villages coming together to build a road to a holy shrine. Combined with the physical aura of the place, these stories weave a magic concoction for northern bound travellers. About 16 kilometers drive away from Doi Suthep temple you see the Hmong Hilltribe people in their colorful costumes. All around their village, they show their agriculture skills, planting many kind of vegetables and fruits replacing their traditional cash crop – the opium poppy. We stop for lunch at a local restaurant before returning to the hotel to relax for the day.

 

Check-out time at 12 noon, luggage may be left at the hotel until pick-up for the train station in the late afternoon. Transfer to Chiang Mai railway station and board the overnight sleeper train to Bangkok.

 

Upon arrival in Bangkok transfer from Bangkok Railway Station to your Bangkok Hotel. Breakfast will be provided at the hotel upon arrival (your rooms may not be ready for immediate occupancy). Your hotel is conveniently located in the center of town with the subway and sky train just short walk away, you'll also find two public parks, two department stores and a museum just a stone throw away, so there's plenty to do in your free time.

 

Breakfast followed by a tour of the home of the Kings of Siam of the Chakri Dynasty, originally built by King Rama I, it served as the royal residence until 1946. Today the palace is still used on certain occasions for visiting royalty or special guests of the Kingdom. Adjoining the Grand Palace you will find the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Keo), this is probably the best known of the royal temples. It is regarded as the most important temple in all Thailand and it is the venue of many of the numerous religious ceremonies in which the King participates, especially at the beginning of each of the three seasons when His Majesty personally changes the elaborate robes of the Buddha image, carved out of a single piece of emerald-green jasper.

 

Following breakfast at the hotel you will be picked up along with other passengers before leaving Bangkok for River Kwai. Our first stop in Kanchanaburi will be at the Railway Museum which will give you a good overall view concerning this portion of the track. After visit the War Cemetery and the famous bridge over the River Kwai before proceeding by long tail boats for the River Kwai Jungle Rafts for check-in and lunch. In the afternoon visit the Hell Fire Pass. Dinner at the hotel followed by a Mon cultural dance and song.

 

Wake up to the sounds of nature. Breakfast at th rafts, followed by a stroll to the Mon tribal village. The remainder of the day is at leisure for personal activities.

 

Breakfast at the resort. Just before lunch we head down stream to take a ride along the infamous Death Railway as we pass hanging cliffs and river scenery. After transfer to Cha Am, a quiet beach resort town located on the West Coast.

 

Breakfast followed by another day to relax by the pool, take a stroll on the beach and basically chill out.

 

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out time is at 12 noon. Pick-up for Bangkok International Airport will be approximately 5 hours prior to your flight departure time.

 

Empress Chiang Mai Hotel - Chiang Mai

Rembrandt Hotel -  Bangkok

River Kwai Jungle Rafts

Courtyard Marriott Hua Hin on Cha Am Beach

 

Some portions of the tour will be provided on seat-in-coach basis

1st Class Sleeper Train Chiang Mai – Bangkok