Hua Hin Trip Overview
Visit this important and unique bridge over the River Kwai. Have a nice train ride on the historic train route along the river surrounded by its beautiful scenery, Jungle and Floating House boats along the river. Learn about the story of the death Railway.
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Duration: 11 to 12 hours
Starts: Hua Hin, Thailand
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand
Visit this important and unique bridge over the River Kwai. Have a nice train ride on the historic train route along the river surrounded by its beautiful scenery, Jungle and Floating House boats along the river. Learn about the story of the death Railway.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Bridge Over the River Kwai, Tha Makham, Kanchanaburi 71000 Thailand
From Hua Hin it takes about 2,5 Hours to the historical and famous Bridge over the Kwai River.
This bridge was made famous by Pierre Boulle in his book and the film which was based on it, The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: JEATH War Museum, Wat Chai Chumphon Ban Tai Subdistrict, Kanchanaburi 71000 Thailand
Visit the Jeath War Museum. The museum is divided into two sections, one depicting the construction of the Death Railway which is meant to recreate the quarters used by Allied POWs, and the other consisting of reconstructed bamboo huts containing such items as paintings, drawings and photos of and by former prisoners, weapons, tools, and maps.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: River Kwai, Kanchanaburi Thailand
We then take the train along the Kwai River on the historic route, past beautiful scenery and the historically sad Death Railway, which earns its name from the sheer number of lives lost during construction.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sai Yok National Park, Kanchanaburi Thailand
We will have Thai Lunch Buffett in a Local Restaurant.
After we will visit the Death Railway. Estimates vary but, of more than 60,000 prisoners of war enslaved on the Death Railway, 13,000 are believed to have died, in addition to as many as 90,000 southeast Asian civilian forced laborer’s.
Even those who overcame the odds had to endure abysmal living and working conditions, including a humid, monsoon-plagued climate ripe for spreading diseases, food shortages, an absence of medical care, and the mammoth task of construction on unforgiveable terrain and with primitive equipment. That’s not to mention the incredible violence and torture inflicted by the Japanese and Korean soldiers supervising the construction.
The Death Railway was completed in October 1943.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, 284/66 Sangchuto Rd, Kanchanaburi 71000 Thailand
This War Cemetery is also known as the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. It contains the remains of 6,982 Australian, Dutch and British war prisoners who lost their lives during the construction of the Death Railway.
After we will return to Hua Hin
Duration: 45 minutes
