Thailand Historical,Cultural and Natural Tour

สวัสดีค่ะ Sawasdee ka！Welcome to Thailand! On arrival in Bangkok, your private guide will welcome you at the arrival hall and transfer you to your hotel with a private car and driver. Your guide will help you with luggage and hotel check-in and ensure your arrival is worry-free.

Today’s tour starts at 9 AM. Firstly, your guide will take you to Grand Palace the nations' landmark and the most revered royal monuments. You will see the Palace that was used for different occasions as The Coronation Hall, Funeral Hall, and Royal Guest House and the mysterious famous Emerald Buddha （Wat Phra Kaew）, the most revered Buddha image in Thailand. Then visit Wat Pho, one of the oldest and largest temples in Bangkok. Lunch at local restaurants near the pier for well-known local cuisines. After lunch, cross the river by public ferry to visit Wat Arun on the opposite bank of the Chao Phraya River. After the whole visit, return to the hotel. 

Check out from your hotel this morning. You will depart for a 2-hour drive to the 100-year-old Damnoen Saduak Floating Market located 100 km (62 mi) from Bangkok, one of Thailand’s most famous attractions. Day-in and day-out from about 8 am to about 11 am, the Floating Market is routinely crowded with hundreds of vendors and purchasers floating in their small rowing boats selling and buying or exchanging their goods. You will have a chance to take a ride on a long tail boat to get the real sense of a floating village. After the long tail boat cruise around the village, you will stop at a transit point where you can choose to further explore the floating market by a 4-seat boat (at your own expense) or stroll around by the river's banks.

Your second stop is Kanchanaburi. On arrival, you will visit the world-famous bridge over the River Kwai. The bridge was part of the Death Railway and was destroyed in Allied bombing raids towards the end of World War II but later rebuilt by the Japanese as war reparations.

After enjoying your lunch at a riverside restaurant. You will continue to visit the JEATH War Museum. It is dedicated to the Allied prisoners of war(POWs) and Asian laborers who suffered and died during the construction period of River Kwai Bridge. And then you will visit the Don Rak War Cemetery to learn more about the history of the 6,982 Allied POWs who perished during the construction of the Death Railway. Finally, check-in at your hotel in Kanchanaburi.

This morning you will check out from the hotel and head to Ayuttaya, one of the UNESCO World Heritage lists of Thailand. On the way to Ayutthaya, you will visit the Bang-Pa-In Summer Palace, located 60 kilometers north of Bangkok, an impressive architectural blend of East and West dating back to the 17th century.

Continue to Ayutthaya, which was the capital of the Thai Kingdom for 417 years. The city was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong and in 1767 it was destroyed by the Burmese army. Stroll around the ruins of several ancient temples including Wat Phra Si Sanphet, a former royal temple during Ayutthaya's days of glory; Wat Mahathat, undoubtedly the landmark and most photographed objects of Ayutthaya, where the roots of a tree surround the head of a stone Buddha image; and if time allows, Wat Chai Wattanaram, a perfect example of Khmer architectural influence. These temples record the prosperity and decline of ancient Thailand. During the visit, your guide will take you to sample a notable local snack – Roti Sai Mai which is also referred to as 'Sweet Angel Hair'.

After the tour, check-in at Ayutthaya's hotel and spend the rest of the day at your leisure.

After breakfast at the hotel, check out and head for Lopburi in your private car. Today you will visit Monkey Temple, where you’ll have hilarious experience with cheeky monkeys. Continue to Wat San Phra Kan, the landmark of Lopburi city. Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Sukhothai. Upon arrival at Sukhothai, check-in and have a refreshment, later, you will continue to the awe-inspiring Sukhothai Historical Park, a big and quiet park with 193 ruins comprising the ruins of royal palaces, Buddhist temples, the city gates, walls, moats, and the water dike control system of ancient Sukhothai.

Today check out from the hotel, we will drive straight to Chiang Mai. Upon arrival at Chiang Mai, a relaxing drive takes you to the Doi Suthep Mountain. Climb 309 steps (or for the less fitness-oriented, a tram is available for a small surcharge) to the top, enjoying a truly breathtaking scenery all along the way up to the top where you will find Wat Phra That, one of Northern Thailand’s most sacred temples. Have a panoramic view of the city of Chiang Mai. Return to Chiang Mai city with lunch at a local restaurant en route. Check in to the hotel and have a good time on your own.

Elephant Nature Park is an elephant rescue and rehabilitation center in Northern Thailand where you can volunteer and visit to help (join-in group). This park does not use heavy chains, hooks or sticks to beat the elephants, nor do they use elephants for tricks such as painting, dancing or other unnatural behaviors. On arrival, join others and learn about the magnificent elephant, then you will have a chance to feed the elephants from the viewing platform. Walk with the elephants to the river that skirts the park. Bathe these gentle giants as they splash around. If going into the river is not for you then watch the elephants bathe and play while you stay dry on the river bank. After having your lunch, you will be transferred to an Orchid and Butterfly Farm, you can enjoy exotic butterfly and plant life year-round. 

You will start your trip this early morning and hop aboard your private car departing for Chiang Rai Province. Enroute makes a stopover at a Hot Spring for a break. Continuing on, you will visit Wat Rong Khun or ‘the White Temple’, blending traditional Buddhist art with contemporary themes. This temple was designed and built by Achan Chaloemchai Khositphiphat. A white ordination hall-Phra Ubosot- is decorated with silver glittering pieces of mirrors. 

Afterward, head to Chiang Saen, a river town strewn with the ruins of ancient temples. Your guide will share the history of the former Thai kingdom with you. After lunch at a local restaurant, move on to a temple overlook to view the Golden Triangle then hop aboard a long-tail boat for a ride on the Khong River. You’ll arrive at the point where Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand meet, and stop at a local Laos village (bring your passport). Visit the Hall of Opium, a private museum on the former opium trade, before a return transfer to your hotel in Chiang Mai.

Morning checks out and transfers to the airport for your flight from Chiang Mai to Phuket. On arrival, your private guide will accompany you for your hotel check-in. After settle down, relax poolside or head to the beach.

Day at leisure. Relax at your hotel or explore the surrounding area.

Day at leisure. Relax at your hotel or explore the surrounding area.

Have breakfast and relax at your hotel. After check out from the hotel, you will set apart to Phuket airport for your onward flight.