• 6 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Dinner (D)
• 2 Lunch (L)

• Bangkok: Nose around the gilded Royal Palace, then travel like a local: floating down the Rivers. 
• Kanchanaburi: A sombre slice of history. See the Death Railway Museum, WWII Cemetery and the famous Bridge itself. 
• Kanchanaburi: Candle-lit rooms.In the middle of the jungle. And lots of delicious local food to devour. It’s really a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Oh, and you can even jump in the river directly from your room! IKR.
• Kanchanaburi: Cool off in emerald pools, shower under a waterfall and get your step count up. All in a day’s work.
• Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya: Golden temples, a giant reclining Buddha and so many incredible sights to see. Try not to fall off your bike in shock!
• Chiang Mai: Meet these gentle giants (plus rescued rabbits, cats and water buffalo) at this Elephant Nature Park – a kind-hearted elephant sanctuary. 

• Bangkok: A modular trip means fellow travellers will join and leave at various locations. There’ll be some goodbyes, sure, but there’ll also be plenty of hellos with new like-minded travellers.

Pedal through the UNESCO-listed Ayutthaya Historical Park, where tree-lined lanes skirt prang spires and chedis rising from red-brick monasteries. Breeze by moats and cloister walls as your guide reveals stories etched into stone and stucco.

Learn how this former capital of Siam thrived as a global trading crossroads before its 18th-century fall. Glimpse Buddha images, palace platforms, and river-island vistas that evoke the grandeur of a cosmopolitan kingdom shaped by merchants, monks, and monarchs.

Visit Elephant Nature Park, an ethical sanctuary in the hills north of Chiang Mai, to feed and observe rescued elephants from safe platforms. Watch family groups amble across meadows and splash in mud at their own pace.

Hear how rehabilitation is guided by local conservationists and why there is no riding or performances here. Your visit supports veterinary care, habitat restoration, and protection for other rescued animals that share this peaceful valley.

Train in Muay Thai fundamentals during a hands-on skills class with a local instructor. Learn stance and guard, sharpen jabs, elbows, knees and kicks, and try light clinch work using pads in a supportive setting.

Gain insight into the ritual and respect at the heart of Thailand’s national sport while building confidence and flow. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Hop on a Vespa night ride to sample regional flavors at family kitchens and sizzling street stalls. Taste Tom Kha Gai, charcoal-grilled skewers, and northern Sai Ua while weaving through Chiang Mai’s leafy sois and breezy river roads.

Pause for street art and hidden temples between tastings, then cap the evening with live music in the market district. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Join a Thai cooking class with an immersive market visit to pick fresh herbs, coconut, and curry pastes. Under chef guidance, wok-fry a perfect Pad Thai and simmer a fragrant green curry, learning to balance sweet, sour, salty, and spicy.

Sit down to enjoy your creations and take home recipes to recreate northern flavors back home. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore Erawan National Park, following a jungle trail beside seven-tiered cascades that tumble into turquoise pools. Cool off beneath limestone ledges, feel the mist on sun-warmed skin, and watch tiny fish dart through crystalline shallows.

Named for the mythic three-headed elephant, the upper falls fan gracefully over pale travertine. The interplay of jungle shade, aquamarine water, and birdsong makes this an energizing nature stop where you can cool off beneath a waterfall between scenic photo moments.

Visit the Thailand–Burma Railway Centre to understand the ordeal of POWs and Asian laborers on the Thailand–Burma Railway during 1942–43. Walk the neat rows of headstones at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, a place of quiet remembrance that honors lives lost along this fateful route.

Continue to the Bridge on the River Kwai, tracing iron spans across the Khwae Yai. Hear how the line was rebuilt after wartime bombing and pause for photos and reflection by the water—a solemn encounter with history amid tranquil jungle scenery.

Check into a floating jungle raft moored on the River Kwai Noi, where bamboo walkways and candle-lit rooms create an off-grid, back-to-nature escape. Fall asleep to the hush of the current and wake to birdsong echoing through the forested valley.

Savor a local Mon-style dinner as dusk settles and lanterns glow on the river. Step from your deck for a refreshing drift downstream and soak in the riverside stillness—a rare blend of simplicity, culture, and scenery.

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Discover Bangkok with a guided visit to the Grand Palace, where gilded chedis and mirror mosaics frame royal courtyards. Step into Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) to admire exquisite murals and sacred iconography as your Local Guide illuminates centuries of craftsmanship and court ceremony.

Board a long-tail boat through the khlongs to glide along the Chao Phraya, passing stilted wooden homes, riverside shrines, and canal life unfolding at water level. This traditional journey reveals the city’s heartbeat beyond expressways and towers—the old “Venice of the East” alive in sight, sound, and spray.