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FROM NATURE TO ADVENTURE

Code :NS.TH.BT-09

Type :INDIVIDUAL AND JOINING-UP BASED

Price :From 12690 baht / person

 

 

 

  •  Why book with NS Travel?

     

    We are located in BANGKOK and a specialist for your HOLIDAY in THAILAND, also for a multiple day BUDGET TOUR around THAILAND with destinations like BANGKOK, RIVER KWAI and CHIANG MAI

     

FROM NATURE TO ADVENTURE

This 8 DAY package combines destinations like BANGKOK, RIVER KWAI and CHIANG MAI and is great for a HOLIDAY in THAILAND full with beautiful NATURE and ADVENTURE.

 
NS.TRAVEL brings you off the beaten tracks, to some of the greenest parts of THAILAND. After a short stay in hyper urbanized BANGKOK, you will switch to green and unspoiled nature close to the JUNGLE, along the famous RIVER KWAI.
 
You will subsequently travel by night train towards the Northern territories, where after a short stay in charming CHIANG MAI, we bring you to the deep jungle, for a 3 days TREKKING amidst lush JUNGLE and close to ethnic minorities. 
 
This excellent soft immersion into THAI JUNGLE is a good blend of nature and adventure. This program has been cautiously tailor made to match Nature friends’ expectations, offering full safety for the cheapest possible rate with a touch of comfort both in BANGKOK and CHIANG MAI.

PROGRAM

DAY 1: 

Meals: -
- Pick-up at Bangkok airport by your English speaking guide and transfer by the brand new airport link to your hotel downtown Bangkok - Rest of the day at leisure – overnight.
 

DAY 2: 

Meals: B / – / –
- After your breakfast, your guide will meet you and will escort you by public transportation out of Bangkok for a full day discovering of the Koh Kred Island, located in the middle of the Chao Phaya River. You will spend part of the day biking on this car free island and will discover the MON ethnic community working mainly in ancestor pottery factories spread here and there on the island. Lunch in not included but for little money you can eat on the island - Evening at leisure - Overnight
 

DAY 3:

Meals: B / L / D
- 06:00: Pick-up at your hotel in Bangkok and collective departure to Kachanaburi - You will first visit the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre. This interactive museum is a remarkable research & information centre, dedicated to the story of the Thailand-Burma Railway - Visit one of the impressive War Cemeteries, where many allied soldiers were buried.
Then visit the worldwide known ‘Bridge over River Kwai’. It was built in about 16 months, by allied prisoners of war and Asian conscripts. The bridge was afterwards destroyed during allied bombing raids, by the end of World War II. But it was later rebuilt by Japanese, as war reparations.
Journey to the ‘River Kwai Jungle Rafts’ - Check-in - Lunch. You will take a long tailed boat downstream to the pier of Resotel and there, will take a vehicle up to ‘Hell Fire Pass Memorial’. The tracks of Death Railway from Hell Fire Pass to Hin Tok Station were laid after stony mountains were cut by prisoners of war in this inhospitable jungle.
The destroyed railroad leads to ‘Hin Tok’ bridge and ‘Konyu’ cutting. There, a tablet commemorates the Calvary of P.O.W, forced to achieve a tedious and painful job in horrible conditions. The memorial complex (Hin Lek Fai) was settled in memory of the allied prisoners of war and conscripted from India, Burma, Malaysia a.s.o, who suffered and died during the construction of the railway - Back to Jungle Rafts - Dinner followed by a 45 minutes Mon dances representation – overnight on Jungle rafts. 
 

DAY 4: 

Meals: B / L / - 
Hearty American Breakfast. Then, relax in paradise - You will vsit the Mon Village next to the Jungle Rafts – Elephant riding through the bamboo forest (optional and not included in the package) -Check-out and departure to ‘River Kwai Resotel’ pier for lunch. After lunch you will depart for a short but stunning journey on the Death Railway Train, using the track overhanging the River Kwai on the old wooden viaduct - Journey by air-conditioned vehicle back to Bangkok. You will arrive in Bangkok by end of the afternoon and will be transferred to Hua Lampong railway station - At 19h40, departure on the night train (sleeping car 2nd class) to Chiangmai - Overnight onboard
 

DAY: 5 

Meals: - / - / -
- 09.40: (Approximately) Arrival in Chiangmai railway station – Transfer to your hotel – Check in - Full day at leisure - Around 18h00: Meeting with your guide at the lobby of your hotel for a briefing about the trek starting on day 6 – questions/answers session – Evening at leisure – Overnight. 
 

DAY: 6 

Meals: B – L – D
- 08:45: (approximately) Your English speaking guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel - Departure by truck or jeep to Huay Nam Dung national park - Stop at the local market of Mae Malai – Meet locals and buy food for lunch on local market - Stop on the way at a local waterfall – Lunch and bath in fresh water - Reaching Huay nam Dung by a winding road 
- 14:00: Arrival in a hill tribe village of the ‘Shan’ ethnic – Departure for a 2 hours trek in the jungle towards another village of ‘Karen’ ethnic. On the way, your guide will tell you more about habits of hill tribe villagers, Nature, trees, etc.
- 17:00: (approximately) Arrival in ‘Baan Mae Jok’ (Karen hill tribe village). Discover your one night ‘home town’ and its inhabitants – Dinner - Overnight. 
 

DAY: 7 

Meals: B / L / D 
- 08:00: Breakfast in the village, surrounded by morning clouds - Departure of a 3 hours morning trek towards an elephant camp. You will really appreciate the Nature at its best walking under the green canopy and surrounded by the thousand noises of the Jungle - Arrival at the elephant camp hamlet. While ‘mahuts’ fetch elephants in the jungle and prepare them for the ride, your guide will prepare the lunch
- 14:00: Departure through dense jungle for a +/- 2 hours ride. You will admire the jungle, sitting on your ‘elephant saddle/chair’ for almost 2 hours. 
- 16:00: Arrival in ‘Baan Pa Khaolam’, another hill tribe village – Dinner – Overnight – After dinner, all participants, chat and laugh at during a candlelight evening - Overnight. 
 

DAY 8 

Meals: B / L / -
- 08:00: Breakfast in the middle of the jungle - Departure for a smooth 2 hours rafting journey towards a ‘Lahu’ village, with a stop on the way in a ‘Karen village’ - Another 2 hours rafting journey downstream on a river full with rapids, towards a ‘Shan’ village - Lunch in the ‘Shan’ village 
- 14:30: Journey back by truck or jeep to Chiangmai 
- 17:30: (approximately) Arrival in Chiangmai – Drop off in your hotel, railway station or airport - End of the program. 
 

CODE

 

PROGRAM / PERIOD

 

PRICES PER PERSON ( 1/11/2011 - 31/10/2012 )

JOINING

1PAX

2PAX

3PAX

4PAX

5PAX

6PAX

NS.TH.BT-09

01/NOV/11 TO 23/DEC/12

N/A 

N/A 

15970 

15270 

15280 

14970 

15330 

NS.TH.BT-09* 

24/DEC/11 TO 01/JAN/12 

N/A 

N/A 

16320 

15460 

15630 

15250 

15680 

NS.TH.BT-09 

02/JAN/12 TO 11/APR/12 

N/A 

N/A 

15970 

15270 

15280 

14970 

15330 

NS.TH.BT-09* 

12/APR/12 TO 15/APR/12 

N/A 

N/A 

16320 

15460 

15630 

15250 

15680 

NS.TH.BT-09 

16/APR/12 TO 31/OCT/12 

N/A 

N/A 

15970 

15270 

15280 

14970 

15330 

NS.TH.BT-09** 

SUMMER PROMO RATES

N/A 

N/A 

13490 

12990 

12890 

12790

12990
 

 

INCLUDED
* English private escort from BKK airport to your hotel - transfer by public airport link train
* 2 overnights at Hotel de Bangkok (superior room)
* Full day private sightseeing around Bangkok with English speaking guide
* 2 overnights at the Jungle Rafts (standard room)
* 1 overnight at Maninarakorn (deluxe room)
* 2 overnights in jungle tribes homestay
* All activities as per program - All local transfers - public or joining-up local transportation - access to national parks and all entrance fees to visited sites
* All meals as per program 
* Insurance (Thai standards) - All local taxes, service and vat

EXCLUDED
* Personal expenses
* Meals not mentioned in the program
* Beverages during the meals
* Tips to guides, drivers and luggage boys
* Promo applies for stays up to 31/Oct/2012
*

REMARKS

* 20 % discount is given to kids escorting parents (below 12 years old and 12cm high)
* rates for private program (blue columns) are given per person (from 1 to 6) traveling together
* rates for joining-up program (green column) are given for person joining-up existing group
* n/a = not available
* o/r = on request