Bangkok & Kanchanaburi Discovery: River Kwai & Erawan Falls (5D4N)

Itinerary

Bangkok / Arrival

Arrive at Bangkok Airport, meet our airport representative, and take a private transfer to your hotel for check-in and leisure time.

Bangkok Highlights: Temples & Canal Tour

Pick up from your hotel lobby, meet your local English-speaking guide, and depart to Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), founded in the 16th century and the oldest and largest temple in Bangkok with 95 pagodas, home to the 46-meter-long Reclining Buddha.

Continue to Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Thailand’s most sacred Buddhist temple, and the Grand Palace, covering over 218,000 square meters and enclosed by walls built in 1782.

Lunch is provided at a local restaurant.

Cruise aboard a comfortable Long-Tail Motor Boat along the Chao Phraya River and through the canals of Thonburi, taking in colorful scenes of Thai riverside life.

Visit Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), its main shrine decorated with glazed ornaments and ceramics rising 67 meters toward the sky. Afterwards, return to your hotel.

BANGKOK / DAMNOEN SADUAK FLOATING MARKET, KANCHANABURI & DEATH RAILWAY

Check out from the hotel, meet your local English-speaking guide, and depart to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market (1½ hours’ drive). The journey begins with a leisurely drive through rice paddies and salt fields, followed by a boat ride among shopping boats selling local produce and crafts.

Depart for Kanchanaburi (2½ hours’ drive), Thailand’s third-largest province, with mountainous terrain along the western border with Myanmar.

Lunch is provided at a local restaurant.

Take a ride through history aboard the Death Railway Train along picturesque scenic routes past mountains and the River Kwai.

Visit the Bridge over the River Kwai, part of the Death Railway constructed by Allied prisoners of war, and the JEATH War Museum, a realistic depiction of prisoner-of-war living quarters. Afterwards, transfer to your hotel for check-in and leisure time.

KANCHANABURI / SAI YOK ELEPHANT CAMP & ERAWAN WATERFALL

Pick up from your hotel lobby and depart to Sai Yok Elephant Camp, experiencing elephant life in their natural surroundings. Change into traditional clothing, feed and interact with the elephants, then walk them to a pond for a bathing session.

Lunch is provided at a local restaurant.

Depart to Erawan Waterfall, a well-known cascade of crystal-clear turquoise pools set across seven distinct levels, each with its own character. Take time to relax and swim in the natural pools. Afterwards, return to your hotel for leisure time.

Kanchanaburi / Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, Tiger Cave Temple & Bangkok

Check out from the hotel and depart to the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, commemorating the Allied prisoners of war and Asian laborers who suffered constructing the Thailand–Burma Railway. Walk the Hellfire Pass Walking Trail through the original rock cutting.

Lunch is provided at a local restaurant.

Continue to Tiger Cave Temple (Wat Tham Suea), a striking hilltop complex with a monumental Buddha statue and panoramic views over the surrounding rice fields. Return to Bangkok (3 hours’ drive), then transfer to your hotel for check-in and leisure time, or to Bangkok Airport for your onward flight.