Arrive Bangkok International Airport. Transfer to your major city hotel in Bangkok with English-speaking guide. Balance of the day is free at leisure

Bangkok, 2 nights

Breakfast at hotel AM Cycling tour (Color of Bangkok) incl. light meal Color of Bangkok (excursion starts around 08.00h so pick-up at your hotel is earlier): is a 4-5 hour bicycling tour through the metropolis Bangkok. Participants get to see the huge differences this metropolis has to offer. Visit a local Buddhist temple complex, a sweatshop making sandals or other items, take a short boat trip across the Chao Phaya River in a long tail boat, see not only luxurious villa’s and apartments but also slum houses and the people living there as well, see an open-air Muay Thai school (kick boxing), a Burmese style (Mon) built Chedi, a local elementary school, ride through the greenest area of Bangkok and recognize the plants, you might have at home, only here they are bigger! On the biggest part of “Color of Bangkok”, cars and other heavy traffic are not able to drive, which results in a 95% traffic free route. During the trip, stop about every hour to rest and to provide you drinking water or a soft drink. Halfway, we will offer a small local meal (Pad Tai Kung or Kao Pad) in a local restaurant. N.B. Visit of the above mentioned schools will be skipped if closed. Included: - A unique and unequalled Bangkok cycling experience - A delicious Thai snack/meal - Bicycle rent - 2 longtail-boat rides - Cycling Guide - Water or soft-drinks during the excursion - Roundtrip transfers from Bangkok city hotel Remark: Colors of Bangkok tour, we stop at a kindergarten (closed on Saturday & Sunday) in a local community and a small Muay Thai training school which is part of a slum. Read more

Bangkok, 2 nights

Breakfast at hotel AM Departure to visit local market in Samut Songkhram (Maeklong). Afterwards, proceed to Kanchanaburi and bring a visit at War Cemetery, Bridge over the River Kwai and JEATH museum. Samut Songkhram (Maeklong).Samut Songkhram is a province of fertile land, ripe with plants and crops, including numerous vegetables and fruits, as well as a vast variety of seafood products. It is also an interesting historical area, particularly during the early Ratanakosin period, following the fall of Ayutthaya.Samut Songkhram is located just southwest of Bangkok, along the Gulf of Thailand. Attractions in the province include floating markets, temples, a Siamese cat house, and the Ban Phaya So - the home of a famous alto fiddle maker who combines the art of traditional Thai music with wood carving. War Cemetery The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery (known locally as the Don-Rak War Cemetery) is the main prisoner of war (POW) cemetery for victims of Japanese imprisonment while building the Burma Railway. It is on the main road, Saeng Chuto Road, through the town of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, adjacent to an older Chinese cemetery. It was designed by Colin St Clair Oakes and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. There are 6,982 POWs buried there, mostly Australian, British, and Dutch. It contains the remains of prisoners buried beside the south section of the railway from Bangkok to Nieke, excepting those identified as Americans, whose remains were repatriated. Bridge over the River Kwai Kanchanaburi, in Myanmar border, is home to the famous Bridge River Kwai. During WW II, Japan constructed the meter-gauge railway line from Ban Pong, Thailand to Thanbyuzayat, Burma. The line passing through the scenic Three Pagodas Pass runs for 250 miles. This is now known as the Death Railway. JEATH museum The JEATH War Museum is one of two war museums in Thailand about the Death Railway built from 1942 to 1943 by Allied POWs under the direction of the Japanese, a part of the famous Thai-Burma railways. B.B.Q. dinner and accommodation at Hintok River Camp @ Hellfire Pass (Tent) Read more

Kanchanaburi, 2 nights

Breakfast at hotel By minivan to Nam Tok and train ride over the “Death Rail Way”. Hell Fire Pass Monument, Erawan Waterfalls. Picnic lunch or lunch at local restaurant will be provided during the tour. At leisure at the waterfall. Death Railway The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, the Burma–Siam Railway, the Thailand–Burma Railway and similar names, was a 415-kilometre (258 mi) railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan in 1943 to support its forces in the Burma campaign of World War II. This railway completed the railroad link between Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon). The line was closed in 1947, but the section between Nong Pla Duk and Nam Tok was reopened ten years later in 1957. Erawan Waterfalls The Erawan Waterfall was really an impressive series of seven waterfalls each with a shape and character all its own. All the waterfalls typically fell over limestone cliffs resulting in colorful plunge pools as well as interestingly rounded rock formations reminiscent of something that would belong in a cave. Moreover, we also saw some unsigned waterfalls that seemed legitimate but didn't appear to count towards the seven. Read more

Kanchanaburi, 2 nights

Breakfast at hotel Continue by mini-van to Bang-Pa-In Summer Palace and temples visit in Ayutthaya, i.e. Wat Sri Sanphet, Visit Wat Chaimongkul.and ruins. Wat Sri Sanphet was the holiest temple on the site of the old Royal Palace in Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya until the city was completely destroyed by the Burmese in 1767. It was the grandest and most beautiful temple in the capital and it served as a model for Wat Phra Kaeo in Bangkok. Wat Yai Chai Mongkol (or Mongkhon) is located a few kilometers southeast of Ayutthaya (island). You'll have to cross the Pridithamrong bridge out of the city. It obviously is one of the major temples in the Ayutthaya area, and both tourists and local worshippers visit the wat. Logistically, visiting this temple can be well combined with a visit to Wat Phanan Choeng (open till 5 P.M.). Read more

Ayutthaya, 1 night

Breakfast at hotel Departure for Khao Yai and Wine Tasting Tour (join basis, scheduled at 10.30h, 13.30h or 15.30h). Guided tour of the vineyards with explanation about the various grapes grown for wine making as well table grapes. This is followed by a tour of the Winery which includes a wine tasting at the foyer of the winery. The tour also includes other fruit orchards such as dragon fruit etc. as this is appoint of interest to many visitors. Afterwards visitors have the opportunity for shopping at one of our Wine and Souvenir Shops near the winery or next to the restaurant Remark: Only Wine Tasting Tour is included (join basis). Child and young adult below the legal drinking age are served with 100% fresh grape juice instead of wine. Read more

Khao Yai, 2 nights

Breakfast at hotel Day tour in Khao Yai National Park and soft trekking through the National Park. Visit Haew Suwat Waterfall. Enjoy the natural beautiful and wildlife scenery. Khao Yai National Park is is located in the western part of the Sankamphaeng Mountain Range, at the southwestern boundary of the Khorat Plateau. The highest mountain in the area of the park is 1,351 m high Khao Rom. This park lies largely in Nakhon Ratchasima Province (Khorat), but also includes parts of Saraburi, Prachinburi, and Nakhon Nayok Provinces. The park is the third largest in Thailand. It covers an area of 300 square kilometers, including tropical seasonal forests and grasslands. Its altitude mostly ranges from 400–1,000 m above sea level. There are 3,000 species of plants, 320 species of birds like red junglefowl and coral-billed ground cuckoo, and 66 species of mammals, including Asian black bear, Indian elephant, gaur, gibbon, Indian sambar deer, pig-tailed macaque,[disambiguation needed] Indian muntjac, Ussuri dhole, and wild pig. Although evidence of tiger presence has not been recorded recently, monitoring by Freeland Foundation in collaboration with Department of National Park rangers has discovered tigers (the Indochinese tiger subspecies) in other parts of eastern Thailand where they were previously thought to have been completely extirpated.[1] Its waterfalls include the 80 metre Heo Narok, and Heo Suwat made famous from the film The Beach. Namtok Sarika is popular with the Thais. The Haew Suwat Waterfall was probably the most popular waterfall in Khao Yai National Park. We felt this was the case because of its ease of access, its vicinity to a major campsite, and the heaps of people that were both around the falls as well as the short trail to get to its bottom. We thought Namtok Haew Narok was busy, but this waterfall put it on another level. We made our visit during the Dry Season so the 15m or so waterfall was split into a pair of parallel segments. The dual plumes dove right into a boulder-fringed dark plunge pool at its base. We saw there were some people who managed to swim then scramble their way to what appeared to be a cave-like alcove almost behind the waterfall. Picnic lunch or lunch at local restaurant will be provided during the tour. Read more

Khao Yai, 2 nights

Breakfast at hotel Departure via Lopburi to visit Prang Sam Yod and Wat Maha Dhat with its revered Buddha statue, Phra Buddha Jinaraj in Phitsanuloke. Continue to Sukhothai Prang Sam Yod Phra Prang Sam Yot is Lop Buri’s best known landmark and provincial symbol. A former Hindu shrine built in the 13th century in the classic Bayon style of Khmer architecture, the compound comprises three Prangs (towers) linked by corridors. The three laterite and sandstone spires, each decorated with classic stucco, are believed to have originally represented the Hindu Trimurti; Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver) and Shiva (the Destroyer). During the reign of King Narai, the shrine was converted into a Buddhist temple and a brick hall was built in the east to house a grand U Thong-style Buddha image. Buddha images were later added to the two Prangs. The temple is located on a mound on the west side of the railway, near San PhraKan, another shrine. Wat Maha Dhat Wat Mahathat (Temple of the Great Relics) is located almost right in the center of Ayutthaya. Apart from being the symbolic center where the Buddha's relics were enshrined, Wat Mahathat was also the residence of the Supreme Patriarch or leader of the Thai Buddhist monks. The temple is believed to be built during the 14th century A.D. (the early Ayutthaya period). The main prang collapsed during the Ayutthaya period, but was restored. It collapsed again in 1911, so only the foundation of the main prang remains at present. However, it can easily be judged from the size of the base, that the prang was quite high. As in most architecture of the early period of Ayutthaya, the main prang was the most important edifice in the temple compound. Read more

Sukhothai, 2 nights

Breakfast at hotel Today tour in Sukhothai (Sukhothai literally means “Dawn of Happiness”), explore important temples and the ruins of the royal palaces, including bicycle riding. Afterwards, we depart to Phitsanuloke and walking tour in Phitsanuloke with visit Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat. We also visit Buddha images factory. Phitsanulok is an important, historic city in lower northern Thailand and is the capital of Phitsanulok Province, which stretches all the way to the Laotian border. Phitsanulok is one of the oldest cities in Thailand, founded over 600 years ago. It is probably best known as the birthplace of King Naresuan, who freed the country from Burmese domination in the late 16th century, and that of his brother and successor King Ekathosarot (Sanphet III). As the crossroad between the northern and central regions of the country, it has long been important both for political and strategic reasons, and was fought over many times in centuries past. Phitsanulok was the capital of Thailand for 25 years during the reign of King Boromma Trailokanat of Ayutthaya. On the banks of the Nan River, the city was originally a small Khmer outpost known as Song Kwae, before the Khwae Noi River changed its course in the 11th century CE. Phitsanulok was also a provincial center of the Angkorian Empire during the Angkorian period.[1] Phitsanulok is home to Naresuan University and Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, as well as to a major Royal Thai Army base. Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat, known among the locals as "Wat Yai", was founded in 1357 by King Lithai[1] of Sukhothai. The temple was built at the same time as Wat Phra Phuttha Chinna Si and “Wat Phra Si Satsadaram. During the reign of Ekathotsarot of Ayutthaya, its buddha image was gilded and the temple was later developed by Chulalongkorn and Bhumibol Adulyadej of Rattanakosin. The temple is located at the foot of Naresuan Bridge on the bank of the Nan River. It has an area of 36 rai (1 rai = 1600 m^2).[2] The temple is very famous because of its golden buddha image called Phra Phuttha Chinnarat, which is considered by some Thais to be the most beautiful buddha image in the country. Read more

Sukhothai, 2 nights

Breakfast at hotel En-route to Chiang Saen with visit Si Satchanalai. Continue via Lampang visit Wat Phra That Lampang Luang Temple, a paradigm of temple building of Lanna. The temple itself is prominently sited on a hillock surrounded by walls. The entrance arches, called PratuKhong, is adorned with fine plaster designs. The wall-less main vihan (ordination hall) houses a bronze Buddha statue called the Phra Chao Lan Thong. At the end of vihan (ordination hall) is a place where golden chedi in Lanna architectural style containing a Holy Relic situated. Also in the back of the temple, there is another vihan (ordination hall) with beautiful murals on wooden walls, said to be the oldest in the North. The temple also has a large collection of ancient wooden utensils. Proceed via Ngao and Kwan Phayao. Short visit to Wat Si Kom Kam in Phayao Visit Wat Rong Khun (can only be seen from outside due to side effect from earthquake), also known as the "White" Temple. A lifetime project of artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, the temple has a fine blend of traditional Buddhist art with contemporary themes and is decorated with small pieces of mirrored glass which add substantially to its dramatic beauty. Continue to Chiang Saen for check in. Read more

Chiang Saen

Breakfast at hotel Transfer from your hotel in Chiang Saen to Lisu Lodge JOIN PROGRAM 2 DAYS/ 1 NIGHT LISU LODGE EXPERIENCE (CODE: LSEX2P) **** Afternoon Arrival **** 15.00h Arrive at Lisu Lodge. A traditional welcome drink will be served followed by a briefing. Late afternoon, our Lisu guide will take you for a walk through the village. You will start from the Ton Lung temple to view the herbal garden and continue visiting some local families with a stop for a cup of tea and a spot of traditional medicine at the shaman’s house. Time at leisure until Thai dinner with a traditional Lisu dance show Overnight at Lisu Lodge. Read more

Lodge, 1 night

Breakfast at the lodge In the morning you have a choice of activities: - Guided bike tour around the Lisu Lodge area. - Steam bath. - Massage. - Ox-cart ride through farmlands and orchards to Thai village of Baan Pang Mai Daeng - about an hour ending up back at Lisu Lodge. - Visit to Tea Plantation by bike Notes - A second additional 1-hour activity can be booked at a nominal charge but as a free activity you are welcome to go cycling by yourself and we will give you a road book of recommended itineraries. Enjoy a delicious Thai lunch. 13:00 Departure after lunch to your major city hotel in Chiang Mai with English-speaking guide and visit Prathat Doi Suthep temple, to enjoy panoramic view of the city from the mountain top. Returning to Chiang Mai town and transfer to your hotel Read more

Chiang Mai, 1 night

Breakfast at hotel Transfer from your major city hotel in Chiang Mai to Chiang Mai Airport with local English-speaking guide. Depart Chiang Mai by Flight to Koh Samui (Flight ticket included). Upon arrival at Koh Samui airport, meet your driver and you will be taken to hotel.

Koh Samui, 2 nights

Today is free at your leisure

Koh Samui, 2 nights

Breakfast at hotel Transfer from your hotel in Samui to Samui Airport with driver