Thailand Culture & Koh Samui Holiday

Suvarnabhumi (BKK) airport, where you will be greeted with a Wayfairer welcome sign, and then transferred to your hotel for check-in.

Your guide will meet you at your hotel this evening to brief you about your tour and to recommend some great dining options.

Today, you will have a locally guided tour of Bangkok and travel like a local using a number of varied transport options to include klong (canal) boat, tuk-tuk, the Chao Phraya River public ferry and the elevated BTS or Skytrain.

Bangkok is gaining recognition for its art, culture, food, shopping, hospitality and affordability. The city combines some of Asia’s oldest and most elaborately adorned temples with modern shopping malls and skyscrapers – a city that packs in so many sights and attractions you won’t know where to begin. However, your friendly and knowledgeable local guide will give you a helping hand and introduce you to some of Bangkok’s most famous sights - including the impressive Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew and Wat Po.

This morning you will have the chance visit Damneon Saduak floating market, which is around 12km south of Downtown Bangkok. We will head out on a long boat to explore the klongs before having lunch.

The afternoon will be at your leisure in the hotel or your guide can drop you somewhere for your afternoon.

This morning, you will be driven to Kanchanaburi where you visit the famous bridge on the River Kwai, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery before boarding the train along the Death Railway.

There is an excellent museum, the Thai Burma Railway Museum, to explore as part of your stop where you will learn more about the POW’s experience as well as viewing a section of the infamous Burma Death Railway.

You will then board a longtail boat to the incredible tented boutique River Camp. This extraordinary boutique River Kwai accommodation is the perfect place to relax in the abundant nature of the region.

This morning you will head out of Kanchanaburi to explore the beautiful Erawan National Park, with the wonderful trails and waterfalls.

Returning to your camp on the River Kwai in the afternoon where you are free to relax, take some kayaks out on the lake or take part in many of the other activities available.

This morning you will be collected from the hotel and transferred to the airport for your flight to Chiang Mai.

Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to the hotel to drop your bags before an afternoon Trishaw ride to explore the old town by trishaw.

The tour in the evening will finish with a walk around the Chiang Mai night market.

This morning you will visit the Elephant Nature Camp for their full day adventure. A fantastic experience and a great chance to get hands on with these majestic animals at a park which truly cares for the animals.

This evening we take you out for a traditional Kantoke dinner, a local gem where you’ll be served the best Thai cuisine has to offer.

This morning has an early star, rising before 6am to head to the base of Chiang Mai Hill to watch the monks descending into the city as the sun rises to collect their alms for the day. Your guide will explain the alms-giving tradition, and help you make offerings to the young monks as they filed down the hill.

If there is time you can continue on up the mountain to Wat Prah That Doi Suthep, before heading to a local farm outside Chiang Mai.

You will then have the opportunity to attended a Thai cooker class to make lunch, starting with collecting your own ingredients.

In the afternoon you will head out to explore the hill-tribe region outside of Chiang Mai, taking in incredible views. We take a full interactive tour around the local hill-tribes, seeing where the elephants are used by locals for work and not for tourism, small family owned shops and communities going about their daily lives.

In the evening enjoy a show of Hmong sing and dance performed by local villagers.

This morning you will check out of your hotel and your guide will transfer you back to Chiang Mai. En route you will have the chance to stop at the famous Doi Suthep temple where you can take some fantastic photos with the impressive view over Chiang Mai, and learn more about the site itself.

You will then continue on the Airport for your flight to Surat Thani and boat to Samui.

Relax in the tropical paradise of Koh Sumui and enjoy the excellent food and service at your luxury hotel, or engage in the activities put on by the hotel. 

Relax in the tropical paradise of Koh Sumui and enjoy the excellent food and service at your luxury hotel, or engage in the activities put on by the hotel.

Relax in the tropical paradise of Koh Sumui and enjoy the excellent food and service at your luxury hotel, or engage in the activities put on by the hotel. 

Relax in the tropical paradise of Koh Sumui and enjoy the excellent food and service at your luxury hotel, or engage in the activities put on by the hotel. 

This afternoon you will be transferred back to the airport for your flight back home via Bangkok.