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Duration:
 10 Days / 9 Nights

The trip covers the best of Thailand, including the most beautiful cities, temples, mountains, valleys, rivers, bays, beaches, islands, and cuisine

 

Special Features

Explore Bangkok with unique temples, amazing Chinatown, Chao Phraya River, shopping centers

Discover Chiang Mai “Northern Rose of Thailand”, with grand valleys, immense rice fields, elephant sanctuaries

Enjoy Phuket with the most beautiful beaches, bays, islands, Thai traditional shows, the unique local temples

Travel to Phi Phi island, a breathtaking archipelago of 6 islands, with the 2 main islands being Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Leh

Day 1 /Bangkok: Bangkok arrival – Pick up & Check in hotel (B)
Day 2 /Bangkok: Bangkok City Tour (B)
Day 3 /Bangkok: Bangkok  – Fly to Chiang Mai (a 1hr 10min flight)  – Tour (B)
Day 4 /Chiang Mai: Chiang Mai – Chiang Dao for Elephant Camp (B)
Day 5 /Chiang Mai: Chiang Mai Cooking Class (B)
Day 6 /Chiang Mai: Chiang Mai – Fly to Phuket (a 2hrs flight) (B)
Day 7 /Phuket: Phuket – Phang Bay Cruise – Phuket (B)
Day 8 /Phuket: Phuket – Phi Phi island by Cruise (B)
Day 9 /Phuket: Phuket Free Time (B)
Day 10 /Departure: Phuket – Departure (B)

Trip Package Includes

•  All A/C private transfers at all places as indicated in the program

•  All intra-flight (tax & service charge included)
          ∗  Bangkok (BKK) – Chiang Mai (CNX): a 1hr 10min flight

          ∗  Chiang Mai (CNX) – Phuket (HKT): a 2hrs flight

•  9 nights of accommodations at the hotels

          ∗  3 nights Bangkok

          ∗  3 nights Chiang Mai

          ∗  3 nights Phuket

•  Meals as indicated in the program: B- Breakfast, L- Lunch, D- Dinner

•  Boat/ Ferry trip at all places as indicated in the program

•  All admission costs at places mentioned in the itinerary

•  English-speaking tour guide

•  All entrance fees

•  All taxes & service charges

 

Trip Package Excludes

•  Personal expenses are not noted in the program

•  Insurance

Day 1:

Bangkok Arrival - Pick up & Check in Hotel

Included:

Private A/C transportation · Tour guide · Breakfast · Hotel in Bangkok

Highlights:

Bangkok

Activities:

Upon your arrival at Bangkok airport, the local tour guide and driver will pick you up and transfer you to your central hotel in Bangkok to check in.
Overnight in Bangkok

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Day 2:

Bangkok City Tour

Included:

Private A/C transportation · Tour guide · Breakfast · Entrance fees · Hotel in Bangkok

Highlights:

Grand Palace  Emerald Buddha  Wat Pho

Activities:

We start with a visit to the Grand Palace and Emerald Buddha Temple – Wat Phra Kaeo, and before entering the main gate to the temple of the Emerald Buddha, stop by the Royal Regalia Museum to see the beauty of decorative jewelry, which used to be an ornament of the royal officers and consorts. Continue exploring Pho – the Reclining Buddha temple, the oldest and biggest temple with the largest number of pagodas (95 in all) in the city well known for its huge Reclining Buddha.
This afternoon, we visit “Arts of the Kingdom” — a magnificent exhibition of exquisite but rarely seen traditional Thai crafts that reflects the decades of work initiated under the Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques or the Support Foundation under the Royal Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
Overnight in Bangkok

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Day 3:

Bangkok - Fly to Chiang Mai - Tour

Included:

Private A/C transportation · Tour guide · Breakfast · Entrance fees · Airfare ticket Bangkok – Chiang Mai · Hotel in Chiang Mai

Highlights:

Chiang Mai  Doi Suthep  Wat Suan Dok

Activities:

Free until time to transfer you to the airport for the flight to Chiang Mai, upon arrival in Chiang Mai, you are welcomed and transferred to your hotel for check-in. Afternoon we visit Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep which is located on a mountain overlooking the city and the most sacred temple in Northern Thailand, containing a holy relic of Lord Buddha, with a challenging climb of over 300 steps, flanked by enormous mythological Nagas, a panoramic view of the city can be seen from here at 3,500 feet above sea level.
Then, we drive down to Chiang Mai’s old town to visit Wat Suan Dok for an exclusive monk chat and experience the Dhamma of Buddhism and the local lifestyle always related to Buddhism, the Monk Chat Session allows foreigners to have interactive communication with Thai monks by talking informally, Buddhism and Thai Culture as well as general topics about Thai ways of living can be discussed at the session.
Overnight in Chiang Mai

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Day 4:

Chiang Mai - Take 30km to Chiang Dao - Elephant Camp

Included:

Private A/C transportation · Tour guide · Breakfast · Raft · Entrance fees · Hotel in Chiang Mai

Highlights:

Chiang Dao

Activities:

After an early breakfast, head out on an excursion about 30 km from Chiang Mai to Chiang Dao for a visit to an elephant camp where elephants of all sizes can be seen amid the beautiful jungle to the north of the city, in the lush tropical jungle, you will see the elephants taking their morning bath in the running streams before starting to work and being trained.
The morning tour includes a demonstration of how trained elephants are used as work animals in the teak forests of Thailand, this is your chance to enjoy an elephant ride around camp. Afterward, board bamboo rafts along a very picturesque stretch of the river to see the beautiful scenery down the river, the rafting lasts about an hour but depends on the depth of the water and the speed of the current. Lunch will be at a local restaurant today. The evening is at leisure.
Overnight in Chiang Mai

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Day 5:

Chiang Mai Cooking Class

Included:

Private A/C transportation · Tour guide · Breakfast · Cooking Class · Entrance fees · Hotel in Chiang Mai

Activities:

We enjoy a cooking class on an organic farm, firstly we experience a morning visit to the local market for ingredient shopping, wade through the organic farm, and learn more about various ingredients growing here as well as the essential ingredients for your dishes, then we enjoy cooking Thai dishes such as Curry, Tom Yam, Papaya Salad, Spring Roll, and Mango with Sticky Rice, for lunch, you will enjoy what you have prepared. Return to the hotel in the afternoon, the rest of the day is at leisure.
Overnight in Chiang Mai

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Day 6:

Chiang Mai - Fly to Phuket (a 2hrs flight)

Included:

Private A/C transportation · Tour guide · Breakfast · Hotel in Phuket

Highlights:

Phuket

Activities:

Time at leisure until transfer to Chiang Mai Airport for departure to Phuket. Upon arrival at Phuket airport, transfer to your hotel for check-in.
Overnight in Phuket

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Day 7:

Phuket - Boat Trip to Phang Nga Bay

Included:

Private A/C transportation · Tour guide · Breakfast · Boat · Cooking Class · Entrance fees · Hotel in Phuket

Highlights:

Phang Nga Bay

Activities:

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be picked up and transferred to the embarkation pier at Yacht Haven Marina, embark on board the “June Bahtra” for a 09:00 a.m. departure, and enjoy your cruise through the enchanting and breathtaking Phang Nga Bay.
Around noon, we will arrive at James Bond Island and continue our journey by long tail boat through the mangrove delta and the Grotto Cave to the Sea Gypsy village, a delicious Thai buffet lunch is served back on board, then it is free for you to relax, sunbathe and swim until cruise back to Phuket Island and transfer to the hotel. You will arrive back at your hotel at approximately 18:00.
Overnight in Phuket

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Day 8:

Phuket - Phi Phi island

Included:

Private A/C transportation · Tour guide · Breakfast · Boat · Entrance fees · Hotel in Phuket

Highlights:

Phi Phi Island

Activities:

In the early morning take a cruise to Phi Phi Island and sightseeing in Maya Bay from the cruise. After disembarking, enjoy swimming in crystal clear water or sunbathing on the white sand beach. Have a buffet lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon take your time to snorkel or explore the Island.
Overnight in Phuket

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Day 9:

Phuket - Free Time

Included:

Breakfast · Hotel in Bangkok

Highlights:

Phuket

Activities:

Today is free at leisure to relax and unwind. A wide variety of optional activities are available upon request.
Overnight in Phuket

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Day 10:

Phuket - Departure

Included:

Private A/C transportation · Breakfast

Highlights:

Airport transfer

Activities:

Time at leisure until our driver picks up and transfers you to the airport for the flight back to Bangkok to connect your homeward flight or your next destination.