BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI

Trip Description : Visit historical sites in Kanchanaburi including the Bridge over the River Kwai, War Museum, Allied War Cemeteries and enjoy Train ride on Death Railway through magnificent scenery, passing over the original wooden viaduct constructed by Allied POWs.

Destination	:	Thailand (Kanchanaburi)
Start City	:	Bangkok
Tour Type	:	Private / Join-In
Duration	:	Full day
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Related website	:	http://www.tourismthailand.org

ITINERARY

07:00 hrs	Meet your English-speaking guide in the hotel's lobby.
	Depart for Kanchanaburi, located 128 kilometers (80 miles) west of Bangkok. It is Thailand's third largest province with an area of 19,486 square kilometers. The provincial area is mountaineous and has the west border next to Myanmar.
09:00 hrs	Visit JEATH War Museum, a realistic depiction of prisoner of war living quarters, with photographic, pictorial and physical memorabilia dating from World War II.
09:30 hrs	Continue to Kanchanaburi War Cemetery It contains the remains of 6,982 war prisoners (mostly the British, Dutch, Australian and American) who lost their lives during the construction of the Bridge over the River Kwai and the railway to Burma (the Death Railway).
10:00 hrs	Then visit world-famous Bridge over the River Kwai, a part of the Death Railway constructed by Allied prisoners of war. Take leisurely walks around town and pictures on the world-renowned Death Railway.
10:45 hrs	Train ride on Death Railway through magnificent scenery, passing over the original wooden viaduct constructed by Allied POWs.
12:15 hrs	Buffet lunch at local restaurant.
13:30 hrs	After lunch, feeding the food to elephants at Soi Yoke Elephant Camp.
14:30 hrs	Leave form Kanchanaburi pass green paddy fields, villages, and temples then return to bangkok.
17:00 hrs	Arrive your hotel.