Bangkok River Kwai Tour

Fascinating, nostalgic and memorable sums up this day tour to Kanchanaburi province. The famous bridge and the beginning of the 'Death Railway' is a poignant reminder of the thousands of POW's and forced laborers who lost their lives in the Second World War during the construction works of the railway. Transfer from your hotel in Bangkok to Kanchanaburi. Visit the Thailand-Burma Railway Museum, an interactive museum, information and research facility dedicated to presenting the history of the Thailand-Burma Railway. The fully air-conditioned center offers the visitor an educational and moving experience. After a visit to the War Cemetery, enjoy a scenic long-tail boat trip along Maeklong River to the famous Bride over the River Kwai. Continue by van / coach to Pakseng for lunch at a local restaurant, then board the local train for the thrilling ride across wooden viaducts, which offers fantastic scenery along the Kwai River. Coach-transfer back to Bangkok.

Transfer from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi. Visit the war cemetery and "Bridge over the River Kwai", then continue to Takilen, where you board the local train for a short journey on the most exciting stretch of the "Death Railway". Lunch at a local restaurant overlooking the Kwai River. In the afternoon we will visit the Sai Yoke Elephant Camp. Enjoy a one-hour trek on the back of an elephant and then embark on bamboo rafts floating down the river (chances are, that you will get wet - please bring along a change of clothes!). Return to Bangkok by van / coach.

Transfer from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi. Visit the war cemetery and "Bridge over the River Kwai", then board the local train for a journey along the "Death Railway". Lunch at a local restaurant overlooking the Kwai River. In the afternoon, we drive to Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno Forest Monastery, better known as the Tiger Temple. Since its opening in 1994, the monastery gained a reputation as a wildlife sanctuary and by now a countless number of boar, deer, buffaloes, cows, horses, wild goat and gibbons roam around freely. The first tiger cub arrived to the monastery in February 1999 and more followed soon after. One zone of the existing valley is used as a place where tigers are being led for exercise in the afternoon. Visitors are allowed to walk down this valley and observe the tigers roaming freely and closely and can take photographs of them. Return to Bangkok by van / coach.