Day 1 · Chiang Rai
Arrive in Chiang Rai
You are met at Chiang Rai airport and taken to a central hotel. The rest of the day is free for the old town, founded under King Mangrai in the 13th century, or the night bazaar.
10 days · 9 nights
The north and the old capitals of Siam, with a guide and car to yourselves.
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Ask about datesTen days that travel the length of northern and central Thailand with your own guide and vehicle. Start in Chiang Rai and the hill country, spend two nights in Chiang Mai, then follow the old capitals south through Sukhothai and Ayutthaya to the River Kwai and two nights in Bangkok.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Chiang Rai
Day 1 · Chiang Rai
You are met at Chiang Rai airport and taken to a central hotel. The rest of the day is free for the old town, founded under King Mangrai in the 13th century, or the night bazaar.
Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle
Day 2 · Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle
Visit the Hilltribe Museum, then Yao and Akha villages in the Mae Chan hills and the border market at Mae Sai. At the Golden Triangle, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet on the Mekong. After lunch, climb 350 steps to Wat Phra That Chom Kitti at Chiang Saen and return to Chiang Rai.
Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai
Day 3 · Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai
Stop at Wat Rong Khun, the mirrored all-white temple outside Chiang Rai, then drive to Chiang Mai and ride the cable car up to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Cruise the River Ping, eat khao soi at a farm with a dance performance, and walk the flower and produce market.
Chiang Mai
Day 4 · Chiang Mai
A morning at an elephant sanctuary focused on care and observation. After lunch, explore the walled old city: Wat Suan Dok and its 48 metre chedi, Wat Phra Sing and 14th-century Wat Chedi Luang.
Lamphun, Lampang and Sukhothai
Day 5 · Lamphun, Lampang and Sukhothai
See the golden Wat Phra That Hariphunchai in Lamphun, whose origins go back to the Mon kingdom of the eighth century, and Wat Phra That Lampang Luang. After lunch, drive to Sukhothai Historical Park, the UNESCO-listed ruins of Siam's first capital, arriving in the late afternoon.
Sukhothai and Ayutthaya
Day 6 · Sukhothai and Ayutthaya
Join local people offering food to monks at dawn, then follow Siam's old route south through Uthai Thani, with lunch in Chai Nat. In Ayutthaya, visit Wat Phra Si Sanphet, the golden Buddha of Viharn Phra Mongkol Bophit and the ruins of Wat Mahathat.
Kanchanaburi
Day 7 · Kanchanaburi
Drive through farmland to Kanchanaburi, where the Kwai Noi and Kwai Yai rivers meet. Visit the war cemetery and the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre to learn how prisoners of war and labourers built the line, then have the afternoon free after lunch.
Damnoen Saduak and Bangkok
Day 8 · Damnoen Saduak and Bangkok
See the 127 metre Phra Pathommachedi stupa in Nakhon Pathom, then the boats of Damnoen Saduak floating market, piled with fruit, vegetables and snacks. Lunch, then on to your Bangkok hotel.
Bangkok
Day 9 · Bangkok
A free day in the capital. If it is your first visit, the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew with the Emerald Buddha are the places to start.
Day 10 · Bangkok
A last breakfast and time at leisure before your transfer to Bangkok airport.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Chiang Rai · 2 nights
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Chiang Mai · 2 nights
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Sukhothai · 1 night
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Ayutthaya · 1 night
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Kanchanaburi · 1 night
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Bangkok · 2 nights
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Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Thailand
13 days · 12 nights
Bangkok → Siem Reap → Kampong Cham → Phnom Penh → Mekong Delta → Ho Chi Minh City
You start with two days in Bangkok and fly to Siem Reap for the temples of Angkor. At Kampong Cham you board a small all-suite riverboat for seven nights, stopping at villages, pagodas and Phnom Penh before crossing into the Mekong Delta and arriving in Ho Chi Minh City.
Thailand
6 days · 5 nights
Bangkok → Chiang Mai
Three nights in Bangkok with two guided days, one for the Grand Palace and the great temples and one for the railway and floating markets outside the city. Then fly north to Chiang Mai for two nights with nothing planned, so you can set the pace.
Thailand
7 days · 6 nights
Bangkok → Phuket
Begin with three nights in Bangkok and two guided days: the Grand Palace and great temples, then the railway and floating markets beyond the city. Fly south to Phuket for three nights near Patong with your days left open for the beach or a boat out to the islands.
Ten days that travel the length of northern and central Thailand with your own guide and vehicle. Start in Chiang Rai and the hill country, spend two nights in Chiang Mai, then follow the old capitals south through Sukhothai and Ayutthaya to the River Kwai and two nights in Bangkok.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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