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
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.
Visit Soi Yoke Elephant Camp. Feeding the food to elephants at Soi Yoke Elephant Camp.
Then experience exciting elephant ride into the jungle for 45 minutes past bamboo trees and hanging creepers.
Continue the trip by taking bamboo rafting adventure for 30-45 minutes along River Kwai back to the camp.
Leave from Kanchanaburi pass green paddy fields, villages, and temples then return to Bangkok. (2-2.5 hours drive)
Overnight : x
Meal : Breakfast (Hotel) / Lunch (1)