20 days / 19 nights Thailand tour: 4 nights Bangkok, 3 nights Chiang Mai 4 nights beach resort in charming, centrally located three star hotels with daily breakfast, three days / two nights Jungle Rafts (join), 2 days / 1 night Lisu Lodge Full Board program(join), 3 overnight trains, private transfers and a local flight. 2 nights in a plane.
Day 1 - Depart from Amsterdam or other European airport
Day 2 - Arrival in Bangkok
Welcome and private transfer to hotel in central Bangkok. The remaining day of the day at leisure. Overnight in Bangkok.
Day 3 - Bangkok (B)
After breakfast free at leisure. Option to book a fun tour such as cycling through the outskirts of Bangkok or make Klong Tour. Overnight in Bangkok.
Day 4 - Bangkok (B)
After breakfast free at leisure. Option to book a tour to Ayutthaya or the Floating Market. Overnight in Bangkok.
Day 5 - Bangkok - River Kwai - Jungle Rafts (B, L, D)
After breakfast you will be picked up to join a small International company to travel to the River Kwai area. Stops are made en route. You will visit the infamous 'bridge over the River Kwai’ and the war-memorial.
You go by long tail boat on Kwai Noi river to the Jungle Rafts. After lunch free at leisure and you can visit the nearby Mon village.
Day 6 - Jungle Rafts (B, L, D)
After breakfast you are free to relax in your hammock or to explore the natural surroundings. You can also book optional excursions or rent a canoe or mountain bike. There is also the option to make an elephant ride. Lunch and dinner is included and you stay in the Jungle Rafts at night.
Day 7 - Jungle Rafts - Bangkok - Night train (B, L)
After breakfast you will make a train ride on the spectacular wooden bridge. The perfect opportunity to make some beautiful pictures. After lunch you will travel to Bangkok and will continue at night on a night train. You stay in your own bunk bed in an air conditioned compartment shared others. Its possible to order dinner in the train by yourself.
Day 8 - Chiang Mai (-)
You arrive early in the morning at Chiang Mai train station. There will be a guide waiting for you to bring you by private transfer to your centrally located hotel. The remaining day is free at leisure to explore Chiang Mai. Overnight in Chiang Mai
Day 9 - Chiang Mai (B)
After breakfast free at leisure. There is a option to book additional tours such as a visit to the Doi Suthep temple, or a cycling tour across Chiang Mai. Overnight in Chiang Mai.
Day 10 - Chiang Mai (B)
After breakfast free at leisure. You can book optional tours such as Thai cooking courses or a visit to Doi Inthanon - the highest mountain in Thailand or a visit to Lampang & Lampoon. Overnight in Chiang Mai.
Day 11 - Chiang Mai - Lisu Lodge (B, L, D)
After breakfast you will be picked up at the hotel to join a small International company and transfer to the wonderful Lisu Lodge. Today you make a mountain bike trip through the mountains to the elephant camp passing colorful villages. You make a journey over the hills, through water and the jungle. After lunch go by rubber boat down the fast flowing river. This can be replaced for a quiet bambooraft down a slow flowing river. Dinner and overnight at Lisu Lodge.
Day 12 - Lisu Lodge - Bangkok - Surat Thani (B)
After breakfast take a walk through to the nearby Lisu village. You will be brought to the airport for a flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. Upon arrival in Bangkok you will be picked up and brought to the train station by a private transfer. You will travel by night train to Surat Thani. Overnight in a bunk bed in an air conditioning train compartment that you share with others. Dinner can be ordered on the train.
Day 13 - Surat Thani - Koh Samui or Krabi (-)
In the early morning you will arrive at the train station in Surat Thani. Together with others you will be brought to the pier to take the ferry to Koh Samui. Upon arrival at Koh Samui you will be transferred to your hotel by private transfer. Overnight Koh Samui.
If you travel to Krabi, you are brought together with others to Krabi Town. From there you will be brought with a private transfer to your hotel at the beach in Krabi, Ao Nang Beach / Hat Nopparat. Overnight in Krabi.
* Note. In the months May to August, we strongly recommend Koh Samui as a beach destination. In the months September to April we recommend Krabi as a beach destination. This has to do with the weather (rainy season).
Day 14 till Day 16 – Koh Samui / Krabi (B)
After breakfast free at leisure. Overnight on Koh Samui or Krabi.
Day 17 - Koh Samui / Krabi - Surat Thani - Night Train (B)
When staying on Koh Samui: After breakfast you are free at leisure till the private transfer from the hotel to the pier in Koh Samui. You take the ferry back to the pier in Surat Thani where you will get on the night train to Bangkok.
When staying in Krabi: After breakfast you are free at leisure till the private transfer to Krabi Town. From there you will transfer along with others to the train station in Surat Thani to take the night train to Bangkok.
Overnight in the train in an air-conditioned bunk in a shared train compartment. Dinner can be ordered in the train.
Dag 18 – Bangkok
U komt in de ochtend aan op het treinstation van Bangkok. U wordt per privé transfer gebracht naar uw centraal gelegen hotel in Bangkok. De rest van de dag bent u vrij om misschien nog de laatste souvenirs te kopen. Overnachting in Bangkok
Day 19 - Bangkok (B)
After breakfast you will be free at leisure till the private transfer to Bangkok airport for your flight back to Amsterdam or another destination. Overnight on the plane.
Day 20 - Amsterdam or other destination
You're home again.
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This tour can be customized according to your wishes. It may be longer or shorter. Certain destinations may be added or removed. Hotels can be replaced. 2nd class train tickets can also be substituted for first class flights providing you with extra night (s) which you can spent at a beach destination for example.
Let us know and we will send you a customized proposal. You can also mention any requests when filling the booking or application forms.
* Prices in our proposals are dependent on the EUR - THAI BATH exchange rates. Price in Euro per person. Program, itinerary and package prices are subject to changed without prior notice.