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Your 14-hour wonderful full-day tour in Kanchanaburi, dedicatedly designed by our veteran 10-year experience guides! You will rejoice in a natural, cultural, and historical explorations in a single day. Our exclusive itinerary includes Erawan Water Fall, River Kwai Bridge, Wat Tai, JEATH War Museum, Wat Tham Khao Poon, Death Railway, Chong Kai War Cemetery, and a long-tailed boat in River Kwai.
In the morning, you will visit Erawan Waterfall, spend full 3 hours in beautiful rainforest, and swim in emerald green ponds. In the afternoon, you will be re-fueled with delicious lunch, visit many historical sites of Kanchanaburi, savor the beautiful scenery of River Kwai in a long-tailed boat, and enjoy an exciting moment to see the train passing by you!
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Duration: 14 hours
Starts: Bangkok, Thailand
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Your 14-hour wonderful full-day tour in Kanchanaburi, dedicatedly designed by our veteran 10-year experience guides! You will rejoice in a natural, cultural, and historical explorations in a single day. Our exclusive itinerary includes Erawan Water Fall, River Kwai Bridge, Wat Tai, JEATH War Museum, Wat Tham Khao Poon, Death Railway, Chong Kai War Cemetery, and a long-tailed boat in River Kwai.
In the morning, you will visit Erawan Waterfall, spend full 3 hours in beautiful rainforest, and swim in emerald green ponds. In the afternoon, you will be re-fueled with delicious lunch, visit many historical sites of Kanchanaburi, savor the beautiful scenery of River Kwai in a long-tailed boat, and enjoy an exciting moment to see the train passing by you!
Wow! Your tour includes augmented reality (AR) 2022 contents. You will receive a link to play them on your mobile devices after your booking.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square, 392, 44 Siam Square Soi 6, Khwaeng Pathum Wan, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330, Thailand
Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square is the center of our standard pickup service. We pick up travelers living in hotels along BTS skytrain.
Stop At: Erawan Waterfalls, Moo 4 Tha Kradan, Erawan National Park 71250 Thailand
Erawan Waterfall is recognized as one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Thailand. The major attraction of the park is the 7-tiered Erawan Falls with emerald green ponds. Erawan has seven separate tiers spanning approximately 1,500 meters through the thick rainforest of the park. The park are named after “Erawan”, the three-headed white elephant of Hindu mythology. The top tier of the falls is said to resemble an elephant head. Admission fee for foreigners are included in your tour.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: River Kwai Bridge, Maenam Kwai Road, Tha Makham 71000 Thailand
Thanks to several films and books, the Bridge on the River Khwae has become famous and attracted both Thais and foreigners to the site. If an ordinary black iron bridge can tell a story, you can be sure it’s a dramatic one. The bridge has steel plates over the ties to make it easy to walk over the span. There are also viewing platforms between the trestles to give you a view of the river as well as to give you a place to get out of the way if you’re on the bridge when a train comes. You will have a delicious lunch at a raft restaurant near the River Kwai Bridge.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: JEATH War Museum, Wat Chai Chumphon Ban Tai Subdistrict, Kanchanaburi 71000 Thailand
The name JEATH is derived from countries engaged in the WWII death railway construction from 1942 to 1945: Japan, England, America, Australia, Thailand and Holland. The JEATH museum displays photographs and illustrations narrating the living condition of prisoners of war (POWs) during that cruel time, some of which were donated by former POWs who survived. The museum building itself was also turned from the detention hut, used during that period.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Wat Chai Chumphon Chana Songkhram, 2G8J+9HM, Ban Tai, Mueang Kanchanaburi District, Kanchanaburi 71000, Thailand
Wat Chai Chumphon Chana Songkhram, or Wat Tai, is an old temple that is invaluable to the people of Kanchanaburi province. In ancient times, Thai army had gathered many soldiers who were overwhelmed to join the ceremony to set up a shrine to worship the superstitious guardian angel. Our travelers will enjoy 45-minute Thai-style, long-tailed boat ride from here to Wat Tham Khao Poon and savor beautiful scenery of River Kwai.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Wat Tham Khao Pun, Moo 3 Nong Ya, Kanchanaburi 71000 Thailand
Wat Tham Khao Pun is a cave temple with a fun labyrinth of illuminated passageways. The marked trail is a bit of a squeeze in some places, but ducking beneath limestone protrusions to discover these subterranean shrines is a special experience that you can’t miss it!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Death Railway Museum, 73 Chao Khun Nen Rd, Tambon Ban Nuea, Amphoe Mueang Kanchanaburi, Chang Wat Kanchanaburi 71000, Thailand
The Death Railway, or the Thai-Burma Railway, is a train made infamous by a horrific wartime atrocity upon prisoners of World War II. The train still operates as a regular Thailand regional train. Thai locals and foreign tourists can ride this train to explore important landmarks in Kanchanaburi such as Krasae Cave, the River Kwai Bridge, and Sai Yok Noi Waterfall. Pls note that we will visit Death Railway, not Death Railway museum. Since Death Railway is not marked on Google maps, we marked Death Railway museum as an itinerary replacement.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Chong Kai War Cemetery, Ban Khao Pun Road, Kanchanaburi 71000 Thailand
Chong Kai War Cemetery is your optional visit. You can tell your guide to visit this place if you are interested in Thai-Burma history. Situated only 2 kilometers south of town on the bank of the Kwai Noi River, the cemetery occupies the site of the Chong Kai which once was the prisoner of war camp. Its tranquility reminds the visitors of the war and its after-effects.
Duration: 15 minutes
