Tour Overview
Thailand is a rush for your senses: a bustling, exotic, and vivid culture that never ceases to amaze visitors. On this cultural tour, you’ll visit Thailand’s gilded temples, one more gorgeous than the next, in the cities of Bangkok, Ayutthaya, and Chiang Mai. Other highlights include a cruise through Bangkok’s canals, a visit to a rural hill tribe village, riding elephants through the jungle and exciting shopping opportunities in Chiang Mai’s famous night bazaar. Continue to Cambodia, where you’ll visit the bustling capital of Phnom Penh. Tour the Royal Palace with its dazzling Silver Pagoda. Then it’s on to Angkor Wat, where you have two days to explore the spectacular carved stone temples of this World Heritage site.HOTEL OPTIONS:
Silver Level
Siam@Siam Design Hotel & Spa - Bangkok - Leisure Class Room
Ayatana Hamlet & Spa - Chiag Mai - Superior Room
Phnom Penh Hotel - Phnom Penh - Superior Room
La Residence @ Angkor - Siem Reap
Boutique Level
S15 Sukhumvit Hotel - Bangkok - Deluxe Room
De Naga Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai - Deluxe Room
Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh - Phnom Penh - Deluxe Room
Victoria Angkor Wat Resort & Spa - Siem Reap
Gold Level
The Oriental Hotel - Bangkok - Superior River Wing Room
The Chedi Hotel - Chiang Mai - Deluxe Room
Intercontinental Hotel - Phnom Penh - Deluxe Room
Raffles Grand Hotel - Siem Reap - Deluxe Room
Day by Day Itinerary
Day 01: Bangkok, ThailandArrive Bangkok International Airport and transfer to your hotel, where the balance of the day is at leisure.
Overnight - Bangkok Day 02: Bangkok
Travel by long-tail speed boat on the picturesque Chao Phraya River and klongs (canals) to see the serene family houses and temples along the waterways that give this city the name “Venice of the East.” Visit the elegant Temple of Dawn, stop at a neighborhood monastery to learn about Thai Buddhism and at an old wooden schoolhouse where kids delight in visitors. After lunch, visit the Grand Palace, a lavish, awe-inspiring monument of tapering gilded spires, majestic pavilions, dazzling murals, and brilliant colors. Next stop to shop; Bangkok is a shopper’s paradise, and few visitors leave the city without a few trinkets. This evening's dinner at the White Elephant Restaurant introduces you to Thai cuisine, Classical Dance and a truly Thai ambience.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight - Bangkok Day 03: Bangkok
Depart by road through the countryside to the north of Bangkok, heading for Ayutthaya, the former capital of Siam. At the magnificent city ruins, you can see the largest Buddha image of Phra Mongkhon Bophit. Continue to Bang Pa-In Summer Palace of King Rama V, consisting of buildings in a quaint mixture of European and Thai architecture. You will have a chance to visit the interior of Chinese Wehat Chamrun Palace. Cruise back to Bangkok on the Chao Phaya River aboard the luxurious Horizon Cruise. En route, observe the scenic beauty and friendliness of the canal folks as you enjoy a sumptuous lunch.
Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight - Bangkok Day 04: Bangkok - Chiang Mai
Transfer to the airport for you morning flight to Chiang Mai. Transfer to your hotel and enjoy an afternoon tour featuring the historic Buddhist Wats (temples) of Chiang Mai. This evening, enjoy dinner and a visit to the Chiang Mai Night Bazaar.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight Chiang Mai Day 05: Chiang Mai
Full day excursion from Chiang Mai. Option #1: Doi Inthanon National Park, home to the highest mountain in Thailand (2,565 meters) with stops along the winding road include Karen hill tribe villages, Wachiratharn waterfall and the twin chedi built by the Thai Air Force to commemorate King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit. Option #2: Visit the Mae Taman Elephant Camp. Enjoy an elephant ride across the Mae Tang River and up the hill, return by oxcart to the elephant village. After lunch, take a rafting adventure along the Mae Tang River. Next, travel to the Orchid Farm, where you may view many beautiful species of orchid.
Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight - Chiang Mai Day 06: Chiang Mai - Bangkok - Phnom Penh
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Bangkok and connect on to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Upon arrival, you are met and transferred to the magnificently restored Le Royal Hotel. In the afternoon explore this exotic city of French boulevards and golden temple spires.
Breakfast
Overnight - Phnom Penh Day 07: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap
Today explore Phnom Penh with its graceful tree-lined boulevards and riverfront promenades, reminders of bygone eras. To start, you will visit the Royal Palace, which was built in 1866 by King Norodom. The Palace is actually a number of structures within a pagoda-style compound. Silver Pagoda located within the Royal Palace compound, the Silver Pagoda is so names because of its floor, which is made up of 5,000 silver tiles. The treasures are a solid gold Buddha encrusted with 9, 584 diamonds and weighing 90kilos and a small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha and National Museum, which it houses of Khmer art especially sculptures, from different periods of Cambodian history, 19th century dance costumes, royal barges and palanquins. Explore one of Phnom Penh’s great markets, the Central Market, located in a domed Art Deco building and the Russian Market, a labyrinth of stalls selling everything from CD’s to silk, crafts, jewellery and more.
Transfer to airport for flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival you are met and transferred to your hotel. This evening enjoy dinner at a local restaurant with private transfer from the hotel.
Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight - Siem Reap Day 08: Siem Reap
Full day at Angkor to visit Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, the Bayon, the mystical temple of Ta Phrom and afternoon visit to Preah Khan.
Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight - Siem Reap Day 09: Siem Reap - Bangkok - Depart
An early morning option is given to visit the nearby floating villages of the Tonle Sap basin. A fascinating boat journey takes the group through these villages and in the early morning the docks are alive with the arrival of the Phnom Penh ferries and cargo boats. Return to the hotel for time at leisure until transfer out for onward flight to Bangkok
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