DAY 01 : NAKHONPATHOM & KANCHANABURI CITY
Meet your private English-speaking guide in the hotel's lobby.
Depart for Nakhon Pathom, visit Phra Pathom Chedi, the world's tallest Buddhist monument. The orange-tiled chedi dates back from the mid-1850s. It encases an earlier chedi, and attracts Buddhist pilgrims from all over the world.
Depart for Kanchanaburi, located 128 kilometres (80 miles) west of Bangkok. It is Thailand's third largest province with an area of 19,486 square kilometres. The provincial area is mountainous and has the west border next to Myanmar. (2 hours drive)
Visit JEATH War Museum, a realistic depiction of prisoner of war living quarters, with photographic, pictorial and physical memorabilia dating from World War II.
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).
After Dinner, Visit Kanchanaburi Night Market. You will find there various local Thai specialties and self made Thai sweets. The choice is huge and often unexpected delicious.
Overnight : Kanchanaburi
Meal : Dinner (1)
DAY 02 : BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI / ELEPHANT SAFARI
Breakfast at the hotel before check out.
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.
Train ride on Death Railway through magnificent scenery, passing over the original wooden viaduct constructed by Allied POWs.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer to Resotel Pier. Take a long-tailed boat from pier to get to the resort, passing by unspoiled mountainous jungle scenery.
Dinner and overnight.
Overnight : Saiyoke
Meal : Breakfast (Hotel) / Lunch (1) / Dinner (2)
DAY 3 : SRINAKARIN DAM / ERAWAN WATERFALL
Breakfast at the hotel.
Visit Srinakarin Dam, the country's largest hydro-power producer of electricity. Listen to lecture and take pictures around the reservoir.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Depart the dam for the largest and most beautiful waterfall in the western region, Erawan Waterfall is on the bank of Kwai Yai River in Khao Salop (Erawan) National Park. It is about 2,000 meters tall divided into 7 levels. The atmosphere in this always-verdant national park is serene, peaceful and rich with innumerable plant and flower species, perfectly conducive to sight-seeing and trekking.
Relax, swim and enjoy natural surroundings at own leisure.
Transfer to Resotel Pier. Take a long-tailed boat from pier to get to the resort, passing by unspoiled mountainous jungle scenery.
Dinner and overnight.
Overnight : Saiyoke
Meal : Breakfast (Hotel) / Lunch (2) / Dinner (3)
DAY 04 : LAWA CAVE & HELL FIRE PASS TREKING
Visit to Lava Cave. Explore the fascinating rock formations inside. Cave in Kanchanaburi, located 50 metres from the bank of the Kwae Noi river, this large cave can be visited either by bike and by car. The cave contains beautiful stalactites and stalagmites in several chambers.
Arrive Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, The museum explains to visitors the story of why and how the railway was built and attempts to convey the hardships and suffering endured by so many who were forced to work in extremely harsh conditions. The Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum symbolizes the importance of this site to the Australian people.
After visiting the memorial museum and contemplation deck, we are encouraged to proceed to the walking trail. The walking trail follows the alignment of the original Burma-Thailand railway for approximately four kilometres from Hellfire Pass to beyond Compressor Cutting. Small shelters and interpretative panels have been provided at various locations and toilets are available at the Hintok Road stop.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Continue further north to the uniquely scenic border land of Sangklaburi. Reach Vajiralongkorn or Khao Laem Dam in the splendid location surrounded by the mountains.
Arrive the borderland of Sangklaburi town in late afternoon. Glimpse the underwater temple of the old community and the impressive view of the ethnic town with Thailand's longest Wooden Bridge being its landmark. Swimming or canoeing in Khao Laem Dam available at your leisure.
Overnight : Sangklaburi
Meal : Breakfast (Hotel) / Lunch (3) / Dinner (4)
DAY 05 : SANGKLABURI OFF-BEATEN JOURNEY
Enjoy a leisure boat trip on the magnificent Khao Laem lake to the floating villages in a scenic location, 15 kms from the town. On the way, make a brief stop at the underwater old temple (if the water level is not so high that the temple remnants get entirely flooded).
Start the 1.5 hours elephant riding into the near by jungle up and down the mountainous terrain. The riding runs along, apparently, the Thailand's most beautiful elephant track that cuts through the village's hill farms before leading to a gorgeous stream in the natural area with its tropical spell and dramatic landscapes featuring pristine forests and gorges.
Then take a bamboo raft back (30-45 minutes depending on how strong the current is). Have great fun with a wild journey on the rapid stream and enjoy the breathtaking scenery of the riverside forest. Transfer back to hotel for lunch.
Afternoon, walk across the Mon wooden bridge over the river to the biggest Mon community in Thailand. Mon is an ethnic minority whose origin is in Myanmar. Here, they live peacefully and their tradition has been continually practiced.
Then visit Wat Wang Wiwekaram. This extensive temple on the southern outskirts of Sangkhla Buri edges on Khao Laeem Dam. The complex is constructed in an unusual mix of Thai, Indian, and Burmese Buddhist architectural styles, and the abbot Lauang Pho Uttama is highly revered among local people, including tribal folk and Burmese. Shopping of wooden items can be very attractive due to the distinctive designs and reasonable prices. Transfer back to hotel.
Enjoy the sunset from Khao Laem and dinner at the hotel.
Overnight : Sangklaburi
Meal : Breakfast / Lunch (4) / Dinner (5)
DAY 06 : DEPART KANCHANABURI
Breakfast at guest house before depart from Sangklaburi.
Enjoy a natural spa while bathing in a mineral water of Hindad Hot Spring.
Reach Sai Yok Noi Waterfall.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Leave form Kanchanaburi pass green paddy fields, villages, and temples then return to Bangkok.
Overnight : x
Meal : Breakfast (Hotel) / Lunch (5)