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Seven Days Around
Thailand
Guided Tour
Tour departs every Wednesday
Wednesday
Departures Only
We strongly suggest arriving in Bangkok the night before your tour starts
since the tour departs at 7am
This can be done either through
Aero-Marine or on your own. In order to arrange for your hotel pick-up on the
morning of the tour, we will need to know the name and address of the hotel you
will be staying at.
Includes:
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Six
nights accommodations at 4 or 5 star hotels
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Transfers and tours by air conditioned car/minibus/coach
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English speaking
guide
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Baggage
handling
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Entrance
fees
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Meals as specified in the
program
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Service
charges and Taxes
* Not included is the domestic air ticket. Additional cost of approx $170 pp*
Itinerary: 7 Days Around Thailand Tour
DAY 1-
BANGKOK - AYUTHYA - LOPBURI - PITSANULOKE (-/L/D)
Pick up passengers from various major Bangkok hotels. Depart from Bangkok to Ayuthaya, the former capital of Thailand. The principal sights are the gigantic bronze statues of Wat Mongkol Borpith, the three ancient pagodas at Wat Phra Srisanpetch and Wat Pranangcherng. Continue via Saraburi to Lopburi . After lunch at a local restaurant, visit to the museum at Narai Raja Nives Palace and the local market. Passing the Prang Sam Yod (Sacred Three Spired Pagoda) as well as the Monkey Temple, continue to Pitsanuloke and check-in at AMARIN LAGOON
HOTEL or similar. Dinner and accommodation.
DAY 2-
PITSANULOKE - SUKOTHAI - SRI SATCHANALAI - LAMPANG (B/L/D)
After Breakfast visit Wat Maha Dhat with its revered Buddha statue, Phra Buddha Jinaraj. Depart for Sukhothai, en route short stop at a rice-mill. Visit Sukhothai Historical Park, the Ramkamhaeng Museum and Wat Sri Chum with the gigantic Buddha statue. Lunch at a local restaurant. Continue via Sri Satchanalai to Lampang and check-in at WIENGLAKOR HOTEL or LAMPANG
RIVERLODGE. Optional tour: Lampang is the only town in Thailand, where horse carriages are still used as a means of transportation. Take a leisurely ride on the colorful horse-drawn carriages along the river and visit Ban Sao Nat, an antique teak wood house built on 100 wooden columns. Price per person: 250 BAHT
(around $6.25). Dinner at hotel and accommodation.
DAY 3 LAMPANG - LAMPOON - CHIANG MAI
(B/L/D)
After Breakfast depart for Ko Kah to see Wat Phra Dhat Lampang Luang housing the only Emerald Buddha besides the one at Wat Phra Keo in Bangkok. Continue to visit Wat Phra Keo Don Tao, a very interesting Burmese style temple. After short stop at the colorful Tung Kwian Market, where handicrafts, fruit, vegetables, live animals and the famous Lampang Ceramics are on sale, proceed to Lampoon for a visit to the famous Wat Haripoonchai, one of the most sacred monuments in the north. Continue to Chiang Mai and lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit of handicraft manufactures, where the process of making lacquer -ware, spinning and weaving of Thai Silk and painting of paper umbrellas can be observed. Also visit a famous Thai wood carving factory with the possibility to buy Burmese antiques. Check-in at CHIANG MAI PLAZA HOTEL or similar. Dinner and accommodation.
DAY 4
CHIANG MAI (B/L/D)
After Breakfast city tour: Visit the most interesting places in Chiang Mai such as Wat Phra Singh with its famous Buddha image, the Hill tribe Museum, and Wat Doi Suthep, tucked away in the mountains at 1,056 meters above sea level. Lunch at a local restaurant. Afternoon at leisure.
In the evening enjoy a typical Thai dinner with a presentation of traditional dances from Northern Thailand. Accommodation at CHIANG MAI PLAZA or similar.
Optional Balloon Flight
Over Chiang Mai:
Riding in a hot air balloon is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that
you should do at least once. You will be amazed at how quiet and
peaceful it is as you float gently on the breeze without a care in the
world. There is no better way to see the beauty of Thailand than
by a gentle free-floating balloon flight over the mysterious
countryside. Balloon flights take place in the early morning
before the earth heats up. Flights will take approximately one
hour and you will gently rejoin the world of earthbound beings over a
glass of champagne. You will also receive a flight certificate
from the pilot.
Flights operate between October and February only!
Book early, since only 8 people can participate in this unique
experience per day!
Price per person: 8.5000 Bhat (about $213)
DAY 5
CHIANG MAI - HMONG HILLTRIBE LODGE (B/L/D)
After Breakfast depart Chiang Mai to Mae Sa Valley. Visit an elephant camp to watch the elephants at work. Their strength and clever teamwork will amaze you. Optional: Take a one-hour elephant ride into the jungle surroundings. Cost per person: 600. -
Baht (around $15.00). Continue to an Orchid Farm, lunch at Mae Saa Valley Resort. Proceed by pick-up truck to visit the Meo Hill tribe Village at Nong Hoi Mai and continue to Ban Meo Mae Ki. Check in at The Hmong Hilltribe Lodge. The afternoon is at leisure, take a walk through the hill tribe village or rent a bicycle to explore the neighborhood. B.B.Q.dinner at Hmong Hilltribe Lodge followed by presentation of Meo dances and songs. Accommodation at HMONG HILLTRIBE
LODGE or similar.
DAY 6 HMONG HILLTRIBE LODGE - THATORN - CHIANG RAI
(B/L/D)
After Breakfast depart for Fang and Thatorn via Chiang Dao. Short stop at the village of Chiang Dao for drinks and walk around the local market. En route visit to Huay Luek, a Meo hilltribe village. After arrival in Thatorn, a small village just a few kilometers away from the Burmese border, lunch is served at Maekok River Village Resort. Depart by long tailed motor boats from Ban Phatai for a three hour journey down the Kok River, passing tiny hill tribe villages consisting of simple bamboo huts among lush vegetation. A stop will be made to visit a Lahu hill tribe village and at a cave housing many sacred Buddha statues. Arrival in Chiang Rai in the early evening. Check-in at WIANG INN
HOTEL or similar. Dinner and accommodation.
DAY 7 CHIANG RAI - BANGKOK (B/L/-)
After Breakfast depart Chiang Rai by minibus to visit the Golden Triangle, where the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos convene. Boat trip on the Mekong River to Chiang Saen. After lunch at a local restaurant, transfer to Chiang Rai Airport. Depart Chiang Rai by afternoon flight to Bangkok. Upon arrival transfer to your hotel in Bangkok.
January - Oct
31,2008 - $919 pp dbl, Single Supplement $210
One child ages 2-11 with 2 adults using existing bedding $439
Optional
Air supplement (Chiang Rai to Bangkok)
approx $170pp additional
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