
Best of Southern Thailand 9 Days
Love beaches! Love islands! Love cocktails! love this trip, the trip starts from buzzing BANGKOK to blissful Koh Samui, snorkeling, swimming, and hanging at waterfalls, visiting jungly Khao Sok National Park, finishing up at AO NANG a paradise dream! Embrace your inner beach bum and come home with sand in all the wrong places. Bring SPF 30, a sense of adventure, and an appetite for the delicious and strange.
Day 1 /Bangkok: Bangkok arrival – Tour (B)
Day 2 /Overnight train: Bangkok – Overnight Train to Surat Thani (B)
Day 3 /Koh Samui: Surat Thani – Koh Samui Beach (B)
Day 4 /Koh Samui: Koh Samui Beach (B)
Day 5 /Khao Sok: Koh Samui – Khao Sok National Park (B)
Day 6 /Ao Nang: Kho Sok National Park – Ao Nang Beach (B)
Day 7 /Ao Nang: Ao Nang Beach Tour (B, L)
Day 8 /Ao Nang: Ao Nang Beach (B)
Day 9 /Departure: Ao Nang Beach – Departure (B)
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Bangkok arrival – Tour
Highlights with Photos: Bangkok
Welcome to Bangkok. Upon your arrival at Bangkok airport, you will be met and transferred to your central Bangkok hotel. If time allows, we will tour Bangkok’s major activities, highlighted below.
Accommodation: Overnight in Bangkok
Activities: Chinatown Food Discovery, Tuk Tuk Experience, Temple & River of Kings, Bangkok by Bike
Meals: Breakfast
Day 2: Bangkok – Overnight Train to Surat Thani
Highlights with Photos: Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho
Today explore some of Bangkok’s most famous sights, including the Grand Palace and the adjoining Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew). Make an optional visit to the temple complex of Wat Pho, which houses the famous 46-meter-long statue of the Reclining Buddha. Enjoy a free afternoon to discover more of the city in your own time. This evening, head south to Surat Thani on a 13-hour overnight train.
Notes: Sleeper trains are clean and air-conditioned, and beds are padded berths with sheets, pillows, and blankets provided (although some people prefer to bring their sleeping sheets). Please note that you may be sharing compartments with locals of the same or opposite gender. Your baggage will travel in the carriage with you. There’s also food and drink service available on board.
Accommodation: Overnight by sleeper train (1 night)
Activities: visit Jim Thompson’s House, Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), Thai Massage, Bangkok – Grand Palace
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3: Surat Thani – Koh Samui
Highlights with Photos: Koh Samui
Accommodation: Overnight in Koh Samui
Activities: Swim, snorkel, relax, and explore Big Buddha (Wat Phra Yai)
Meals: Breakfast
Day 4: Koh Samui
Highlights with Photos: Koh Samui
Accommodation: Overnight in Koh Samui
Activities: Thai Massage, Thai Cooking Class, Day trip to Koh Tao, Ang Thong Marine Park tour
Meals: Breakfast
Day 5: Khao Sok National Park
Highlights with Photos: Khao Sok National Park
Today travel to Khao Sok National Park by songtaew, ferry, and minivan. The journey will take a total of about five hours. The park is the wettest spot in Thailand and encloses some of the oldest jungles in the world. See limestone islands rise out of the water and, if you’re lucky, monkeys playing by the water’s edge. Stroll along trails past waterfalls and spend the night in a guesthouse in the jungle.
Accommodation: Overnight in Khao Sok
Activities: discover Khao Sok National Park
Meals: Breakfast
Day 6: Khao Sok – Ao Nang Beach
Highlights with Photos: Ao Nang Beach
Accommodation: Overnight in Ao Nang
Activities: Free
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 7: Ao Nang Beach
Highlights with Photos: Ao Nang Beach
Accommodation: Overnight in Ao Nang
Activities: Sea Kayaking
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 8: Ao Nang Beach
Highlights with Photos: Ao Nang Beach
Accommodation: Overnight in Ao Nang
Activities: Krabi includes Rock Climbing, a Half-day cycling trip with waterfalls, Phi Phi Island Day Tour. Ao Nang includes a Hot Springs & Emerald Lagoon tour, Scuba Diving (3 dives), Cooking class, Thai Massage
Meals: Breakfast
Day 9: Ao Nang Beach – Return to Bangkok or Depart for your next destination
Meals: Breakfast